What this is
How The Pokémon Company began: founded in April 1998 as Pokémon Center Co., Ltd., in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, by Nintendo, Creatures and Game Freak.
How it’s built
- Stated in the history page of The Pokémon Company’s English corporate website.
What we assumed
Nothing. The figure is used as published.
Sanity check
It names the three founders but not their shareholdings, which the company does not publish.
The value
- Founded Apr 1998 as ポケモンセンター株式会社 in 日本橋 by Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK
Where it comes from
The line in the source
Apr 1998: Pokémon Center Co., Ltd. is established by the original Pokémon creators, Nintendo, Creatures Inc., and GAME FREAK inc.