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Nintendo Drops in Tokyo After SMBC Nikko Cuts Recommendation

  • `Full' revenue from smartphone games delayed to FY3/18: SMBC
  • Expectation for 3DS sales volume reduced, SMBC says in note
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Nintendo Co. fell the most in two months in Tokyo trading after SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. cut its recommendation and said it now expects the company’s entry into smartphone games won’t make full contributions to revenue until the year ending March 2018.

The video game maker’s shares dropped 7.6 percent as of the close in Tokyo, the biggest decline since Oct. 29. The benchmark Topix index fell 1.1 percent.