Don't buy this Nintendo-Apple hype, history shows

A statue of Nintendo's video-game character Mario
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Using Kensho, CNBC PRO ran a search to find out what happens after a one-day spike in the price of Nintendo, whose U.S. shares surged Wednesday after Apple said a Mario game was coming to iOS.

In the last decade, the Japanese shares of Nintendo jumped by 10 percent or more in a single day on six occasions.