The Pokémon Company
Joint-venture holding company for Pokémon IP, founded 1998 as Pokémon Center Co., Ltd., restructured to current form 2000. Equal 1/3 ownership by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures. Manages Pokémon brand licensing, publishing, marketing worldwide. Subsidiaries include The Pokémon Company International (Bellevue, WA — Western ops) and The Pokémon Works (internal studio).
- Type: Publisher · Buyer
- Headquarters: Japan
- Activity taxonomy (by shipped credits): Publishing, QA and testing services, Art, assets and fonts production services, Game development and engineering, Audio design and production services, Trailers, cinematics and cut-scenes Production services
- Credited games in the group: 13
Group structure
- The Pokémon Works (Developer)
Partners proven by shipped credits
- Nintendo of America — Publishing, QA and testing services, 11 shared credits, 2017–2023
- Mario Club — QA and testing services, 8 shared credits, 2019–2023
- Digital Hearts — QA and testing services, 6 shared credits, 2019–2021
- Game Freak — Development, 6 shared credits, 2019–2023
- Nintendo — Publishing, 5 shared credits, 2019–2026
- Nintendo of Europe SE — Publishing, 5 shared credits, 2017–2023
- Digital Hearts Seoul — QA and testing services, 4 shared credits, 2021–2022
- Interworks Confidence — Art, assets and fonts production services, 4 shared credits, 2019–2022
- Nintendo Australia — Publishing, 4 shared credits, 2019–2023
- Silicon Studio — Art, assets and fonts production services, 3 shared credits, 2021–2022
- adglobe — Art, assets and fonts production services, Game development and engineering, 3 shared credits, 2021–2021
- Nikken Total Sourcing — Art, assets and fonts production services, Game development and engineering, 3 shared credits, 2019–2021
- Agni-Flare — Art, assets and fonts production services, 3 shared credits, 2019–2021
- Creatures — Development, 3 shared credits, 2021–2023
- FLAME Hearts — Art, assets and fonts production services, Game development and engineering, 2 shared credits, 2019–2022
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Source: Games Atlas (gamesatlas.app), based on MobyGames credits and Games Atlas analysis. Games Atlas does not estimate revenue or report the performance of individual games. Profile: https://gamesatlas.app/companies/the-pok-mon-company