PALO ALTO, U.S. -- Niantic's Tatsuo Nomura was still only nine years old when Nintendo released Pokemon in 1996. "Pokemon was a common language for our generation. My friends and I used to sing a Pokemon song at breaktime," said the 30-year-old engineer.
Nomura is now a senior product manager for the blockbuster smartphone game Pokemon Go, which has racked up more than 500 million downloads since its release in July.
