{"id":136525,"date":"2026-03-20T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-198926"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:45:00","slug":"investor-who-urged-nintendo-to-monetise-marios-jumps-acquires-shares-in-kadokawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/20\/investor-who-urged-nintendo-to-monetise-marios-jumps-acquires-shares-in-kadokawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Investor Who Urged Nintendo To Monetise Mario’s Jumps Acquires Shares In Kadokawa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oasis Management Company, a Hong Kong-based investment firm, has reportedly acquired a significant stake in Japanese media giant Kadokawa.<\/p>\n

As reported by Automaton<\/a>, the firm now owns an 8.86% stake in Kadokawa after purchasing over 13 million shares. Kadokawa famously owns the likes of FromSoftware (Elden Ring<\/a>), Spike Chunsoft (Danganronpa<\/a>) and Acquire (Mario & Luigi: Brothership<\/a>) in the games industry, but also has a massive hold on multiple entertainment sectors.<\/p>\n

So why is this significant? Well, according to Automaton, Oasis notes that the purpose of such a significant investment is so it can engage in “important proposal activities”, which generally means it wishes to influence how companies operate in an effort to boost shareholder returns.<\/p>\n

With Oasis specifically, it infamously approached Nintendo<\/a> back in 2014 and urged the company to invest heavily in free-to-play games for the likes of Android and iOS. The entire letter is still visible online to this day (thanks, Dr. Serkan Toto<\/a>), in which you can read utterly baffling lines like “Just think of paying 99 cents just to get Mario to jump a little higher”, or “unfortunately, I have to go through the trouble of buying a Nintendo device (one that is sold at a loss) to access Mario”.<\/p>\n

So with this in mind, who knows what plans Oasis has in store for Kadokawa? We’re not filled with confidence, that’s for sure.<\/p>\n

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