The Pokemon Company generated $3.3 billion in retail revenue in 2016
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In 2015, The Pokemon Company generated $2.1 billion in retail revenue. That total saw a big rise in 2016, jumping to $3.3 billion. It was a $1.2 billion increase, causing Pokemon to move up ten spots comparatively to 2015 numbers.
Pokemon GO’s launch last year was naturally a catalyst, as were Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon. The series also had its first Super Bowl commercial ever which was no doubt seen by millions of people.
License! Global writes in a new report:
“Pokemon enjoyed an incredibly strong year at retail in 2016, which marked the brand’s 20th anniversary. The milestone, which recognized the first introduction of Pokemon video games 20 years ago, catapulted the perennially popular brand into the global spotlight and kicked off with the first-ever Pokemon Super Bowl commercial. The company also introduced the mobile game “Pokemon Go,” which became a global phenomenon and was downloaded 650 million times. Pokemon followed this success with “Pokemon Sun” and “Poeémon Moon” for the Nintendo 3DS, which became the third best-selling Nintendo 3DS titles of all time, adding to the 280 million Pokemon video games already sold.”
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March 2017: Switch sells 906,000 units in March, Zelda: Breath of the Wild over 1.3 million
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The Switch sold 906,000 units in the United States during March, Nintendo has revealed. Today’s information comes straight from the NPD Group.
According to Nintendo, Switch is “one of the fastest-selling video game systems of all time.” It also comes “in a nontraditional month for a console launch.”
An hour of Mr. Shifty footage
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Our video coverage of Mr. Shifty has mostly come to an end, but we’re sharing one last, lengthy gameplay video. Watch an hour of footage below.
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March 2017 NPD: Switch was the best-selling hardware in the U.S.
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Update: As expected, Nintendo has responded to this month’s NPD report – specifically Switch and Zelda sales. See their comments here.
Original: Preliminary data is beginning to be reported for March 2017. In the United States, we’re hearing that Switch was the top-selling platform, beating out the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The system sold over 500,000 units in North America during its first week alone.
Nintendo previously confirmed that Switch experienced the best first 2-day sales in the Americas for any system in its history. Records were outpacing the Wii, and continued to be broken.
Nintendo may have more to say about Switch’s sales within the next week.
tinyBuild goes in-depth about bringing Mr. Shifty to Switch, should be patched to improve frame rate
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 3 Comments
Mr. Shifty made it to Switch today. The game itself has been fairly well received, but some players have been reporting issues with the frame rate, which can be irregular at times.
After some confusion surrounding the situation, tinyBuild CEO Alex Nichiporchik has promised to personally oversee “the patch submission process”. When an update is made available, players should hopefully find an improvement with the frame rate.
Nichiporchik went in-depth about bringing Mr. Shifty to Switch in a Reddit post:
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Final Smash Bros. and Pikmin amiibo, Neon Yellow Joy-Con pre-orders open at Walmart
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NES Classic Edition discontinued in North America, last shipments in April
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Nintendo is ending shipments of the NES Classic Edition, the company has confirmed.
In a statement to IGN, Nintendo writes that the final shipments will be sent out to territories across North America throughout the month. Then that’s it – no more shipments this year.
The full statement from Nintendo reads:
“Throughout April, NOA territories will receive the last shipments of Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition systems for this year. We encourage anyone interested in obtaining this system to check with retail outlets regarding availability. We understand that it has been difficult for many consumers to find a system, and for that we apologize. We have paid close attention to consumer feedback, and we greatly appreciate the incredible level of consumer interest and support for this product.”
Thanks to Jes T for the tip.
I Am Setsuna – Temporal Battle Arena footage
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I Am Setsuna received the Temporal Battle Arena today as free DLC. Check out some footage of the update below.
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Graceful Explosion Machine devs on initial sales, future plans, HD Rumble implementation, more
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Over on Reddit, developers from Vertex Pop have been conducting an AMA about its recently-released Switch game Graceful Explosion Machine. Initial sales, potential plans for more content in the future, how the team implemented HD Rumble, and more were all discussed.
Notable responses from the AMA about these topics and more are below. You can catch up on the full AMA here.
Mr. Shifty launch trailer
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Mr. Shifty can now be download on Switch as an eShop download. For a look at the game’s launch trailer, view the following video:
