Kimishima on mobile app payments, wanting 100 million My Nintendo members
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Mobile, News | 5 Comments
This information comes from Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima…
As we have previously discussed, we are aiming to further advance our “gaming population expansion” strategy and aim to “grow the population who have access to Nintendo IP (intellectual properties).” To achieve this goal, our increasing the number of My Nintendo members will be one of the most important missions.
Accordingly, after the release of Miitomo in March, we will steadily release game apps for smart devices.
Because we want as many people as possible to enjoy Miitomo, we have designed it so that creating a Nintendo Account and becoming a My Nintendo member is not required. But when we release smart device apps with our popular IP in the future, we will design them in a way that will encourage consumers to become My Nintendo members.
For each app, we will review and select the most appropriate payment system by taking into consideration the nature of each IP. But we are thinking of mainly deploying free-to-start type apps as we hope as many people as possible among hundreds of millions of people all around the world who own smart devices will experience our apps.
We are intending to significantly increase My Nintendo membership by all these measures.
We would like to set “100 million My Nintendo members globally” as our initial milestone. Since this number should be considered as a check point, we will make efforts in order to achieve this number at the earliest possible timing.
We believe that the bigger the size of My Nintendo, the greater the enjoyment and value we will be able to provide to our customers.
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Kimishima on My Nintendo – features detailed, launch plans
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This information comes from Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima…
And now, I would like to dicuss Nintendo’s new membership service and our new business on smart devices.
We will globally start the new membership service called “My Nintendo” this March.
My Nintendo is Nintendo’s comprehensive service that all consumers with a Nintendo Account can access.
My Nintendo will offer services which make Nintendo’s game experiences even more fun and more convenient, and that provide enhanced value for members.
We are planning to provide similar services for the new entertainment experiences that Nintendo will offer beyond gaming in the future.
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Kimishima on amiibo sales, most popular figures, future plans
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This information comes from Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima…
Next is amiibo. More than a year has passed since we released amiibo in November 2014 as a brand new product category together with Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Today, more than 80 types of amiibo have been released in Japan with over 25 amiibo-compatible games.
Approximately 31 million units of figure-type amiibo have shipped to date worldwide as of the end of third quarter of this fiscal year.
Kimishima provides more details on My Nintendo
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 37 Comments
During Nintendo’s financial results briefing today, Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima delivered an update about My Nintendo.
The My Nintendo point program will begin in March in 39 countries. There will be Platinum Points like the prior Club Nintendo and Gold Points for coupons. My Nintendo is starting with a points program, coupon, emails, and web downloads. It’ll expand to friends list, cloud data, and in-store.
Kimishima also reiterated that the first goal is to quickly have 100 million people registered with My Nintendo.
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amiibo – most popular figures during CY2015 in North America, Europe, Japan
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 24 Comments
Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima shared a breakdown of the most popular amiibo during CY2015. We have the top 10 for North America, Europe, and Japan.
Below are the results:
North America
1. Link
2. Bowser
3. Toon Link
4. Mewtwo
5. Sonic
6. Pikachu
7. Classic Mario
8. Pac-Man
9. Mega Man
10. Ganondorf
Europe
1. Classic Mario
2. Link
3. Squid
4. Green Yarn Yoshi
5. Mario
6. Smash Mario
7. Pikachu
8. Boy
9. Toad
10. Inkling Girl
Japan
1. Inkling Girl
2. Squid
3. Inkling Boy
4. Mario
5. Classic Mario
6. Modern Mario
7. Isabelle
8. Kirby
9. Green Yarn
10. Digby
amiibo shipments are now at 31 million globally. 9 million of these were sent out in the last quarter, which is actually the largest amount thus far.
Development lag causing delay of Nintendo’s sleep monitoring device
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 8 Comments
Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima shared a small update on the company’s quality of life initiative during a press conference earlier today. The device intended to measure sleep quality was originally planned for March, but was moved to April or beyond due to development lagging behind.
Kimishima shared a tiny tidbit about the 3DS as well. He mentioned that the system had trouble raising sales during the year-end holiday season, though digital download games and amiibo figures sold favorably.
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Nyannyan Neko Mario Time episode 56
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 0 comments
The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.
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GameStop amiibo: Ryu, Famicom R.O.B., Kapp’n, Rover, Animal Crossing cards series 3 pre-orders open
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GameStop has opened pre-orders for four amiibo. Ryu, Famicom R.O.B., Kapp’n, and Rover are all now up for reservations. Each one can be pre-ordered here.
Pokemon messages from Tsunekazu Ishihara, Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda
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A pair of videos have been published on the Pokemon YouTube account featuring key members of the franchise. The Pokemon Company president Tsunekazu Ishihara and Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda discussed the series’ history. View them both below.
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Super Mario Maker nominated for “Favorite Video Game” at 2016 Kids’ Choice Awards
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 9 Comments
Voting is now open for the 2016 Kids’ Choice Awards, and Super Mario Maker is among the nominees for “Favorite Video Game”. Disney Infinity 3.0, Minecraft: Story Mode, SpongeBob HeroPants, Just Dance 2016, and Skylanders SuperChargers are also among the possibilities for the award.
The 2016 Kids’ Choice Awards will air on March 13. We’ll know then which game was chosen by the fans!
