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GO developer/distributor, July 2016

July 2016

ReportedReported by a reliable secondary source, or read carefully from filed documents.

Found in one pass only. The research team reads every source twice, independently; this record turned up in one reading but not the other, so treat it as less certain than its grade.

The value

  • Niantic develops and distributes; Japan launch 22 July 2016

Where it comes from

Japanese-language article, 2016 Game*Spark · 24 July 2016 Open the original ↗

The line in the source

当アプリは、米国法人Niantic, Inc.が開発を行い配信しており、当社の関連会社である株式会社ポケモンは、ポケットモンスターの権利保有者としてライセンス料及び開発運営協力に伴う対価を受け取ります。

In English

The app is developed and distributed by Niantic; affiliate TPC receives licence fee and compensation. (Game*Spark verbatim.) Note: the Nintendo notice found is dated 2016-07-22; no separate 2016-07-13 Nintendo notice found (Game*Spark states only the 7/22 date).