Shares register biggest jump since 1983 as roll out of mobile app begins.
Almost £6 billion has been added to Nintendo’s market value in two days following the launch of the Pokémon Go smartphone app.
The Japanese gaming company saw its shares jump 24.5% in Tokyo on Monday – its biggest gain since 1983 – which follows a 10% rise on Friday.
Pokémon Go is the first edition of the smash hit game for mobile phones and lets players catch the eponymous monsters in the real world using their smartphone cameras.
It debuted at the top of the gaming charts in the US last week and is also available in Australia and New Zealand. A Japanese launch will take place shortly.
Nintendo owns a 33% share of The Pokémon Company and has also taken a stake in Niantic, which developed Pokémon Go.
Nintendo has said that it will launch four more smartphone games by the end of March.
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