Details from Nintendo’s FY11/12 results
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Nintendo has provided information from its latest financial results. There’s a whole lot of sales mumbo jumbo and random statistics, so we’ll just post a summary of the information below.
– Net loss of 43,204 million yen on sales of 647,652 million yen
– Last year: net gain of 77,621 million yen on sales of 1,014,345 million yen
– Nintendo cited price reductions for the 3DS and Wii, stronger yen
– Operation loss was 37.3 billion yet
– Exchange loss of 27.7 billion yen brought Nintendo’s ordinary loss to 60.8 billion and net loss to the 43.2 billion noted above
– Sales of 820 billion yen and net profit of 20 billion yen expected for the current fiscal year ending March 2013
– Major releases for Nintendo this current fiscal year: New Super Mario Bros. 2, Animal Crossing
– New Brain Age hitting Japan this summer
– Wii U release still the same: on track for end of the calender year launch
– Hardware/software forecasts for the current year (previous year in parenthesis); Wii U included in Wii figures
DS: Hardware 2.5 million (5.1 million), Software 37 million (60.82 million)
3DS: Hardware 18.5 million (13.53 million ), Software 73 million (36 million)
Wii: Hardware 10.5 million (9.84 million) , Software 70 million (102.37 million)
Nintendo Download (4/27, North America)
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So where’s Kirby’s Block Ball? Or how about Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3?!
This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:
Nintendo 3DS™
Nintendo 3DS System Update – The latest Nintendo 3DS system update is now available. For a full list of what is included, visit http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/system-update. (For Nintendo 3DS)Nintendo eShop
Block Factory – Create and share puzzles with this predefined falling-block puzzle game. Your goal is to avoid filling the playing field to the top. When a block hits the top, the game is over. (For Nintendo 3DS)
Nintendo rejected Inchworm Animation maker as a 3DS developer
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Flat Black Films put out their first Nintendo title last year. The studio released Inchworm Animation on DSiWare, and it was quite good.
Strangely, Flat Black Films has been rejected as a 3DS developer even though they are approved to make DSiWare titles.
Company founder Bob Sabiston shared this information in a new interview. He was explaining why Inchworm Animation was made for the DSi rather than the 3DS before going on to say that Nintendo rejected the studio as a 3DS developer. This is preventing them from exploring a new version of Inchworm Animation on the eShop.
According to Sabiston:
“Well, like I said, this all started six years ago — there wasn’t even a DSi then! By the time the 3DS came out, I was too far along w/ the DSi version to stop.
“I would love to put it on the 3DS. I actually developed a much larger version of the game, with a timeline, hierarchical layers and keyframe controls — things that would make animating w/ the 3D layers simpler.
“Sadly, though, Nintendo actually rejected us as a 3DS developer. I don’t know if our organization isn’t big enough, or if I just caused them too many headaches, or what. They told me they couldn’t even tell me the reason we were rejected. Unless they change their mind, this will probably be the only version.”
Mario Kart Wii tops UK’s top ten single SKUs of all time list
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Chart-Track has provided a listing of UK’s top ten single SKUs of all time. Mario Kart Wii tops the list with 3.65 million units sold. Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training and Wii Play are also included in the top 3 ranking.
Listings for unit sales and revenue can be found below.
As a bonus, here’s a chart showing controller sales in the UK over the past few years.
Media Create software sales (4/16 – 4/22)
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01./00. [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening #
02./00. [3DS] Code of Princess
03./03. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land #
04./01. [PSP] 2nd Super Robot Wars Z: Saisei-hen
05./06. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G #
06./02. [3DS] Kingdom Hearts 3D -Dream Drop Distance- #
07./05. [3DS] Kid Icarus: Uprising
08./08. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
09./00. [3DS] Cho-ricchi! Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi Omisecchi
10./00. [NDS] Detective Conan: Prelude from the Past
11./07. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012
12./04. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012
13./09. [NDS] Pokemon Conquest
14./10. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
15./14. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus #
16./00. [PSP] Seinaru Kana: Orichalcum no Na no Motoni #
17./00. [PS3] The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
18./00. [PSP] Detective Conan: Prelude from the Past
19./17. [WII] Mario Kart Wii
20./00. [PSP] Miyako: Awayuki no Utage #
Media Create hardware sales (4/16 – 4/22)
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3DS – 84,760
PS3 – 16,390
PSP – 11,779
Vita – 8,206
Wii – 7,025
Xbox 360 – 1,282
PS2 – 1,172
DSi LL – 760
DSi – 516
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS – 63,796
PS3 – 17,765
PSP – 13,166
Vita – 8,250
Wii – 6,837
Xbox 360 – 1,373
PS2 – 1,212
DSi LL – 800
DSi – 633
DSiWare release in North America this week
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Chuck E. Cheese’s Arcade Room will be available in North America starting tomorrow. It’ll be arriving on the eShop for $4.99 and the DSi store for 500 points.
You can view a trailer for Chuck E. Cheese’s Arcade Room above.
Famitsu software sales (4/16 – 4/22)
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The latest Japanese software sales estimates from Famitsu are as follows:
01. [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening
02. [3DS] Code of Princess
03. [3DS] Monster Hunter Tri G
04. [PSP] Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen Z Saiseihen
05. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land
06. [3DS] Kid Icarus: Uprising
07. [3DS] Kingdom Hearts 3D
08. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
09. [3DS] Cho~ricchi! Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi Omisecchi
10. [NDS] Detective Conan: Prelude from the Past
Nintendo Power May 2012 scans – Pokemon Conquest, The Last Story, more
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Nintendo Power has released a public preview of this month’s magazine. Titles featured include Pokemon Conquest, The Last Story, and Theatrhythm Final Fantasy. The issue arrives on newsstands on May 1 and has already started to reach subscribers.
Possible Pokemon Black/White 2 release date from GameStop
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GameStop has offered a possible release date for Pokemon Black/White 2. The two games are slated for October 2 based on the retailer’s schedule.
Nintendo has not announced a specific release date at this time. However, the company previously confirmed a Fall 2012 launch.
