Nikkei’s March 2025 report that existing Niantic shareholders, including Nintendo and Fuji TV, would receive $3.85bn (about ¥570bn)

How it’s built

1. Reported by Nikkei, Japan’s main business newspaper, on the announcement of Niantic’s sale of Pokémon GO to Scopely.

What we assumed

Nothing. The figure is used as published.

Sanity check

It names Nintendo as a holder but not The Pokémon Company, at least in the text that could be read.

Where it comes from

The line in the source

任天堂やフジテレビといった日本企業を含む既存株主は38億5000万ドル（約5700億円）を受け取る。 [existing shareholders incl. Nintendo and Fuji TV receive $3.85bn]

Where it’s used

• Deep dive · Pokémon GO & mobileThe Niantic exit

Related figures

Built from this one

• EstimateA judgement of how likely it is that the Tokyo company’s ¥23.8bn one-off gain in the year to February 2026 came mainly from selling its Niantic stake0.68