Tencent Teams Up With Nintendo-Backed Pokemon to Create Games
- The Chinese company didn’t explain what the pair will work on
- Tencent gains a strong franchise and may help Pokemon in China
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Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Pokemon Co. will jointly develop games, an alliance that may help the Nintendo Co.-backed company crack the world’s largest mobile gaming arena.
Tencent, whose WeChat social media service is used by more than a billion people across China, said its TiMi Studio Group will take the lead in developing titles with the Japanese company behind the popular monster-hunting franchise. The two have struck a broad agreement on collaboration, Tencent said in a post on its official Weibo blog without elaborating.