Nintendo talks strong Ring Fit Adventure sales, apologizes for shortages
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Nintendo on huge 2019 Switch sales, 2 million units sold in North America during December, more
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Nintendo on Super Nintendo World, 2022 Mario movie
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Nintendo on expanding access to Nintendo IP, Nintendo Tokyo store
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Nintendo says it won’t release a new Switch model in 2020
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Nintendo will not be releasing any new hardware this year. That’s according to Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa, who shared the news during a financial results briefing just moments ago.
Switch Lite released last September. But rumors have persisted that another Switch model could be on the way, which would potentially provide some sort of boost in power. Furukawa’s comments suggest that we won’t be seeing that until 2021 at the earliest – if at all.
Furukawa said during the briefing:
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Nintendo financial results briefing live blog – January 30, 2020
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Nintendo’s financial results briefing is just now getting underway. Analyst David Gibson is in attendance per usual, and is sharing information from the event. We’ll update this post with all of the tidbits as they come in below.
Luigi’s Mansion 3 devs explain why there won’t be any single-player DLC, why they went with multiplayer instead
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Luigi’s Mansion 3 is getting DLC, but probably not in the way most would have expected. Two multiplayer parts are planned – the first by the end of April and the second by the end of July. This is somewhat surprising, as Luigi’s Mansion 3 is mainly looked upon fondly for its single-player experience.
In an interview with Kotaku, a few developrers weighed in on why Luigi’s Mansion 3 won’t be seeing any single-player DLC. Creative director Bryce Holliday explained:
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Animal Crossing themed Switch revealed, new carrying cases and screen protectors
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Nintendo will release a special edition Animal Crossing themed Switch system, the company has announced. It will launch on March 13 for $299.99.
On the same day, the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Aloha Edition Carrying Case & Screen Protector and Switch Lite Animal Crossing: New Horizons Aloha Edition Carrying Case & Screen Protector will be available.
Here’s the full announcement from Nintendo:
EA shows interest in Switch and is “very pleased” with how it has sold, but says top-selling games are from Nintendo “by a long shot”
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EA has continued to show interest in Switch, though still remains non-committal to the platform. Speaking during a financial results call today, COO Blake Jorgensen said the company is “very pleased” with Switch’s performance up to this point. However, Jorgensen pointed out that third-parties need to stack up against Nintendo’s own games, which have been the top-sellers “by a long shot”.
His full words are below:
Forgotton Anne reconfirmed for physical release
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Last May, the cinematic adventure-platformer Forgotton Anne was announced for physical release. Details were lacking at the time, and we hadn’t heard any news since then.
Limited Run Games reconfirmed today that the physical edition of Forgotton Anne is still in the cards. Additionally, we now know that pre-orders go live on February 14.
We have a look at Forgotton Anne’s boxart above.
