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Nitendo has been on almost as many daily active
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a tear this year and not users as social media
without a reason.Back favorites Snapchat and
in March, the legendary Twitter. Although the game
game-maker finally eventually began to lose
made its first foray into steam, it still edged out
smartphone gaming with rivaling titles Clash Royale,
the release of its freemium Traffic Rider and slither.io t'
social networking app to become Google Play's
Miitomo that proved to top game of 20L6.ln fact, Niantic Labs. its winning mobile game
be an immediate success, turned out to be such a But this was only a streak, Nintendo also
amassing over ten million colossal sensation it caused temporary setback. ln made its presence felt on
downloads worldwide. Nintendo stock to surge September, the game- the hardware front. The
It wasn't until the up nearly 13 percent to a maker dropped another company re-launched its
launch of Pok6mon Go six-year high, but quickly bomb when it announced classic NES console in an
that things really started to plummeted when the it is bringing the Super adorable tiny form to warm
pick up for Nintendo. Only company issued a memo Mario franchise to iOS up nostalgic fans for the
a week after its release, rem i nd ing sha reholders and Android with its introduction of its new
the smash-hit augmented it owns only 32 percent upcoming title Super Nintendo Switch console
reality game engaged of Pok6mon Go creator Mario Run.ln addition to early next year.

While these titans of the tech efforts within the next few years, billion acquisition of SolarCity.
industry undeniably stole the with goals to produce 50 percent Things are also shaking up in
spotlight this year, they certainly of its offerings in-house. the mobile market. While Apple
weren't the only companies Tesla is also confidently lords over the rest, Chinese
to leave a mark in 2016.Netflix marching forward on its electric- suppliers Huawei and Xiaomi
continued to assert its dominance powered quest with a slew of are rapidly closing in on runner-
creating more original content meaningful improvements to its up Samsung, following the
than ever and fixing to further vehicles as well as bold entry into devastating launch of its flagship
ramp up its original programming solar technology with the 52.5 Galaxy Note 7.

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