Young'uns Invited to Camp Pokémon on Apple Devices

Oh yay, mobile games!

Now we're talking. Too bad this didnt come out a few hours earlier before TW wrote that excellent Talking Point about Nintendo going after kids (but Pokemon weren't included).

This is how you leverage and advertise to children w/o sacrificing your brand, free commercials for your cards, games and movies.

Too bad no Android support, I want to know what mystery is in Mystery Cave.

And here I thought Nintendo was trying to get people especially young people to grow up on Nintendo devices. O.o

It's interesting how Pokémon is such a seperate entity to Nintendo. An anime, film series, toy lines, card game. Pokémon truly is its own thing, so I'm not surprised that there are apps on non-Nintendo devices here and there.

@Spoony_Tech This is Game Freak, not Nintendo.

@Dipper723 I don't care if it's Gamefreak or not, they should have some control over them.

@Tsurii897 I'm actually thinking that Nintendo should shunt their marketing to The Pokémon Company now, with some limits, of course.

I'm drooling over the prospect of a Super Smash Bros. anime, or a set of Fire Emblem body pillows.

@TheWPCTraveler
Speaking of Fire Emblem, a FE mobile game would be fun, rather like FF Crystal Defenders?

@ZenTurtle Nah. I'd rather see a Fire Emblem dating sim.

Yes, the first line is a horrible pun.

@Spoony_tech @Tsurii897 They also had games on PC (trading card, project studio) before there were smartphones. So a few simple games on the smartphones aren't that strange.

But WHY only IOS?

@Tsurii897 so what you are saying is that Pokemon is bigger then is all! O.O

@Tsurii897 Um...that last statement was a little harsh. I think they would care since Nintendo is a parent company who owns about 2/3 of them...

As a Pokemon and Nintendo fanboy, I am excited to have Pokemon more on the go.
Who cares if it is one of 'Nintendo's biggest money makers".
I did notice the app was free to download. Thus they aren't really profiting to much from this.
GameFreak is GameFreak and the world is ever evolving.
The last few years have shown that mobile gaming is the next / current thing, and since everyone's kid 6 years and older has a smart phone now-a-day, why not keep the Pokemon legend alive and well and make sure most everyone can experience it.
I was a lucky one who started with a copy of Pokemon Red, and have played them all the way through X / Y and and loved every step of the journey's given to me.
I have the PC Project Studio games, so this isn't a bad thing, but more of a wise move. I don't think they are going to make any main series games on the mobile systems, this is likely just a way to get the kids (like we all used to be when Pokemon first happened) to know what Pokemon is and to suck them into asking for 3DS systems for the Holiday seasons to they can play with that Squirtle they got to learn about and snap a picture with.
Good job GameFreak!

@OzKat
I was not a kid when Pokemon first happened... I was a kid when Game & Watch first happened!

I downloaded it, and that mystery should just has been history. Not any interesting -.- Would like anything for pokemon y, be it a potion, or even a magicarp with special ot, but nope.

@Scary_Old_Lady Be careful on ur April Fools Jokes HEHEHEHHEHEHHEH snorts

I'm getting this (^_^)

@themac2001 Yeah!

Come on guy! Android is big too!

"Young'uns Invited to Camp Pokémon"

Will be a lot of shouting, I guess (did you get the reference?)!