{"id":1820737,"date":"2026-03-11T16:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1820737"},"modified":"2026-03-11T16:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:47:13","slug":"pokemon-pokopia-is-such-a-viral-hit-that-its-making-nintendos-share-price-surge-after-months-of-going-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1820737","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia is such a &#8220;viral hit&#8221; that it&#8217;s making Nintendo&#8217;s share price surge (after months of going down)"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-pokopia\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia is such a &#8220;viral hit&#8221; that it&#8217;s making Nintendo&#8217;s share price surge (after months of going down)<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Supercharged.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/stonks-Pokopia.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia - Ditto stonks\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"stonks-Pokopia.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer\/Nintendo\/Special Meme Fresh<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-11T16:47:13+00:00\">March 11, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-boosts-nintendo-share-price-after-first-weekend-out?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          2 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"97168ab0-566e-4c63-908e-fb3d4fd497ad\" data-name=\"Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia\" title=\"Follow Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia\"><br \/>\n  Follow Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>That <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-pokopia\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a> game is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-review\">pretty good<\/a>, ey? Well, the market appears to think the same based on the initial reception and the fact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/03\/uk-charts-pokemon-pokopia-undersupplied-at-retail-and-falls-short\">the physical game-key card release is sold out<\/a> in most retailers.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/nintendos-share-price-climbs-15-in-two-days-following-the-success-of-pokemon-pokopia\/\">VGC<\/a>, we&#8217;ve learned about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-03-11\/nintendo-shares-rally-10-as-new-pokemon-game-lifts-sentiment\">Bloomberg&#8217;s report on Nintendo&#8217;s share price<\/a> and the changes it&#8217;s seen following Pokopia&#8217;s release on 5th March. There had been an over 40 percent drop since 6th November&#8217;s \u00a514,105 ($89.09) price, down to \u00a58,350 ($52.74) as of 13th February. After Pokopia&#8217;s first weekend out in the wild, the shares reached &#8220;\u00a59,120 ($57.60) on Tuesday&#8221; before climbing &#8220;to as much as \u00a510,075 ($63.65) today \u2013 a 10.4% increase \u2013 before finally closing at \u00a59,932 ($62.74).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The share price still hasn&#8217;t recovered from the dip that started around the holiday period, probably tied to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-switch-2-boosted-japan-console-market-in-2025\">Switch 2 slowing down in the West<\/a>, but with Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/pokemon-pokopia\/\">garnering glowing reviews<\/a> and analysts like Atul Goyal saying the console&#8217;s momentum is &#8220;surging&#8221; thanks to the game&#8217;s critical hit (part of Bloomberg&#8217;s article), things could be looking up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The company still has some way to go before it can get close to its August 2025 share price of \u00a514,795 ($93.41),&#8221; VGC&#8217;s report reminds everyone. That was its highest-ever following a stellar launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a> and before things slowed down a bit. Another potential hurdle on the horizon is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/memory-price-rises-have-not-impacted-the-switch-2-yet-says-nintendo-president\">the ongoing memory shortage<\/a> that could make the console more expensive to produce.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As good (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-reminds-us-of-an-important-lesson-other-developers-can-and-should-take-risks-with-the-pokemon-ip\">and refreshing<\/a>) as Pokopia is, Nintendo is still expected to beef up its line-up of first-party offerings for the rest of 2026 beyond <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-reveals-new-fire-emblem-game-coming-to-switch-2\">Fire Emblem: Fortune&#8217;s Weave<\/a>. A new 3D Mario is still nowhere to be found, and we&#8217;re waiting for a big Zelda-related announcement worthy of the series&#8217; 40th anniversary. Sorry, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/yoshi-and-the-mysterious-book-switch-2-gameplay-trailer-bubble-blowing\">Yoshi<\/a>, you&#8217;re cool, but also you&#8217;re no system seller.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>That <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-pokopia\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a> game is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-review\">pretty good<\/a>, ey? Well, the market appears to think the same based on the initial reception and the fact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/03\/uk-charts-pokemon-pokopia-undersupplied-at-retail-and-falls-short\">the physical game-key card release is sold out<\/a> in most retailers.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/nintendos-share-price-climbs-15-in-two-days-following-the-success-of-pokemon-pokopia\/\">VGC<\/a>, we&#8217;ve learned about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-03-11\/nintendo-shares-rally-10-as-new-pokemon-game-lifts-sentiment\">Bloomberg&#8217;s report on Nintendo&#8217;s share price<\/a> and the changes it&#8217;s seen following Pokopia&#8217;s release on 5th March. There had been an over 40 percent drop since 6th November&#8217;s \u00a514,105 ($89.09) price, down to \u00a58,350 ($52.74) as of 13th February. After Pokopia&#8217;s first weekend out in the wild, the shares reached &#8220;\u00a59,120 ($57.60) on Tuesday&#8221; before climbing &#8220;to as much as \u00a510,075 ($63.65) today \u2013 a 10.4% increase \u2013 before finally closing at \u00a59,932 ($62.74).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The share price still hasn&#8217;t recovered from the dip that started around the holiday period, probably tied to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-switch-2-boosted-japan-console-market-in-2025\">Switch 2 slowing down in the West<\/a>, but with Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/pokemon-pokopia\/\">garnering glowing reviews<\/a> and analysts like Atul Goyal saying the console&#8217;s momentum is &#8220;surging&#8221; thanks to the game&#8217;s critical hit (part of Bloomberg&#8217;s article), things could be looking up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The company still has some way to go before it can get close to its August 2025 share price of \u00a514,795 ($93.41),&#8221; VGC&#8217;s report reminds everyone. That was its highest-ever following a stellar launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a> and before things slowed down a bit. Another potential hurdle on the horizon is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/memory-price-rises-have-not-impacted-the-switch-2-yet-says-nintendo-president\">the ongoing memory shortage<\/a> that could make the console more expensive to produce.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As good (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-reminds-us-of-an-important-lesson-other-developers-can-and-should-take-risks-with-the-pokemon-ip\">and refreshing<\/a>) as Pokopia is, Nintendo is still expected to beef up its line-up of first-party offerings for the rest of 2026 beyond <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-reveals-new-fire-emblem-game-coming-to-switch-2\">Fire Emblem: Fortune&#8217;s Weave<\/a>. A new 3D Mario is still nowhere to be found, and we&#8217;re waiting for a big Zelda-related announcement worthy of the series&#8217; 40th anniversary. Sorry, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/yoshi-and-the-mysterious-book-switch-2-gameplay-trailer-bubble-blowing\">Yoshi<\/a>, you&#8217;re cool, but also you&#8217;re no system seller.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia is such a &#8220;viral hit&#8221; that it&#8217;s making Nintendo&#8217;s share price surge (after months of going down) Supercharged. Image credit: Eurogamer\/Nintendo\/Special Meme Fresh News by Fran Ruiz Contributor Published on March 11, 2026 2 comments Follow Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia That Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia game is pretty good, ey? 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