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Revenues $23mm+ & 133% increase as #1 App Pokemon GO's "Halloween" event comes to a close later TONIGHT.

The event earned around $23.3 million total between October 25 and 29, according to SensorTower’s data, while it earned only (‘only’) $10 million between October 18 and 22, the week prior to the event.

https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/01/pokemon-go-gets-a-big-revenue-boost-from-its-special-halloween-event/

Interestingly, no "new"; items, content, in-game features, etc.. were added to the game while revenues soared. Driving speculation about WHAT WOULD HAPPEN if MORE resources, time, programming, etc. were invested into events in the future. As well as Pokemon GO expansion into China, India, etc..

Surely this is a significant shareholder development as one ought to EXPECT we'll be seeing Pokemon GO "Thanksgiving", "Christmas", "New Year", "Valentine's Day" & so on throughout the Winter.... just as the HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW Pokemon "Sun" and Pokemon "Moon" games debut; are eventually incorporated, & as the Nintendo-Apple joint-venture "Mario Run" comes to Apple. Meanwhile, in addition to all this NEW Pokemon GO "daily quests" are expected to be brought online to the Pokemon GO game (as program-data-miners have uncovered) soon as well.

Besides the STUNNING 133% increase in revenues & $23mm already banked in a few short days, the surge back into the #1 App WORLDWIDE (over YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Tinder, etc.) is EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE & serves to underscore the STRENGTH of this product, its' popularity, the Nintendo brand & its' following. Nintendo is CLEARLY gearing up for mobile & has (in its' over 100-year history) many OTHER BELOVED franchise (trademarked, exclusive licensing rights) characters to bring to market, license & leverage.

Keep in mind that Disney earns ~$35B each year from licensing rights.

Nintendo has ONLY JUST BEGUN licensing....In four short years, by the time the Olympics are hosted in Japan & their Nintendo THEME PARKS open, Nintendo will be WELL ON their way towards leveraging over 4,000 patents & dozens if not HUNDREDS of well-known & beloved gaming characters. Pokemon GO alone (WITHOUT Pokemon "Sun" & Pokemon "Moon") has access to 700 monsters ALONE. Interestingly, Pokemon GO launched with only ~150 monster-characters & does NOT include any other Nintendo characters that may be incorporated. Not to mention ANY NEW Pokemon GO characters from the HIGHLY ANTICIPATED Pokemon "Sun" & Pokemon "Moon" either; whose debut is imminent!


Pokemon GO "Thanksgiving" later this month!! (November)
Pokemon GO "Christmas" later the next!! (December)
Pokemon GO "New Year" ushers in 2017!! (January)
Pokemon GO "Valentine's Day" thereafter!! (February)
Pokemon GO "Easter" (April)


So, we can EXPECT a 5-7day EVENT around EACH OF THESE Holiday's to take us through the Winter & into the Spring as Pokemon GO continues its' GLOBAL ROLLOUT!! Remember Pokemon GO has NOT yet been RELEASED into every country yet, namely; India, China, S. Korea, etc.... where collectively BILLIONS of people reside. Pokemon GO is expected in ~60 countries & ~31 have been confirmed thus far -- Just over HALF.

In addition, shareholders should expect BIG sponsorship deals by Spring 2017 like the successful McDonald's sponsorship we saw trialed in Japan just a few months ago. Nintendo is looking more & more like a Roth IRA investment; safe, secure, with HUGE upside, a company that has BILLIONS in CASH reserves, an OVER 100yr history, provides dividends, beginning to leverage patents & IP (intellectual properties) & is expanding nicely into mobile with HUGE upside potential growing forward.



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