wait, so who exactly "owns" pokemon? Is it nintendo?

Me

>>32417382
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>>32417374
Yes.

>>32417388
so it's like a 3 way ownership of the brand?

so who gets to decide what happens with it?

that just gives me more questions

>>32417374
Game Freak has main jurisdiction.

>>32417374
Nintendo, Gamefreak, and Creatures each own 1/3 of the franchise.

Nintendo does own some stake in Creatures, but not enough for them to be subsidiary.

The Pokemon Company was made to help manage the Pokemon brand, with much the merchandise and deals with outside parties being handled by them. They don't actually own the rights to Pokemon though, so agreement is needed by people at Nintendo, Gamefreak, and Creatures for anything major to happen with the franchise.

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>>32417645
I've never heard of Creatures. What do they do?

>>32417757
drop the saur and we'll tell you

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>>32417374

I own it