John Hanke and Mike Quigley of Niantic Labs recently revealed how their massively multiplayer augmented-reality game led to the development of Pokemon Go. In an interview with VentureBeat, the duo spoke about how their partnership with Nintendo started.
The Pokemon Company CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara led the collaboration, though former Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata "had his hand on the wheel," Hanke said.
Iwata saw the need to embrace mobile gaming, and Ishihara, Hanke said, is a big fan of Niantic's Ingress. Ishihara and his wife are both high-level Ingress players—higher than Hanke himself. Niantic's chief executive does not, however, mention if Ishihara is a supporter of the Enlightened or the Resistance.
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The Pokemon Company CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara led the collaboration, though former Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata "had his hand on the wheel," Hanke said.
Iwata saw the need to embrace mobile gaming, and Ishihara, Hanke said, is a big fan of Niantic's Ingress. Ishihara and his wife are both high-level Ingress players—higher than Hanke himself. Niantic's chief executive does not, however, mention if Ishihara is a supporter of the Enlightened or the Resistance.
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