What this is
A third check of The Pokémon Company’s October 2015 release on investing in Niantic: the Tokyo company is named as investor; its US arm is not mentioned.
How it’s built
- Re-read the live release on The Pokémon Company’s corporate website. It is signed by president Tsunekazu Ishihara, and there is no English version.
What we assumed
Nothing. The figure is used as published.
Sanity check
The release says who invested, not how much or whether the US arm also took shares. Niantic’s own release names both.
Where it comes from
The line in the source
株式会社ポケモンは、先日発表されたポケモンの新プロジェクト『Pokémon GO』を共同で手掛ける「Niantic, Inc.」に対し出資を行うことになりました。 In English
Third read of the same page (B per house tiering: company_site). Confirms F:Q51.B-12/F:Q51.G-28..G-32 in substance; copyright line names Pokémon, Nintendo/Creatures, GAME FREAK, Niantic — no TPCi string anywhere.