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Nintendo’s first quarter earnings report is now live for viewing. Overall, losses have lowered compared to the prior year.

Details from the report can be found below. The full write-up has been posted on Nintendo’s site here.

– Net sales dropped from 93,298 million yen to 84,813 million yen
– Operating losses dropped from 37,712 million to 10,331 million
– Net losses dropped from 25,516 million yen to 17,231 million yen
– 3DS sold 1.86 million units worldwide during the period
– Japanese sales were “robus”
– Total 3DS software sales: 7.39 million units
– 0.54 million DS units sold
– Pokemon Black/White 2 sold 2.45 million units
– Total DS software sales: 8.48 million units
– 0.71 Wii units sold
– Total software sales: 8.47 million units
– 3DS still a negative margin hardware
– Nintendo loses money on each 3DS sold
– Profitability of the system is improving
– Hardware/software forecasts for the current fiscal year are the same from the figures announced in April

Thanks to 4Him for the tip.

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Two new rewards have arrived on Club Nintendo Japan, one of which should look familiar to US members. That’s right: the North American Platinum reward from 2010 has hit the Japanese site. Users can place an order for 900 points.

The second reward is a Kirby’s 20th anniversary goodie. A 40×40 Kirby medal is available for 200 points.

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Capcom has a new community specialist. Yuri Araujo appears to have taken over for Seth Killian, who left his post for Sony Santa Monica a month ago.

Araujo’s presence at Capcom could be an important move for western Monster Hunter fans. Araujo says that he’s “a serious Monster Hunter fan from Brazil”.

Better yet, Araujo left a tease on Capcom-Unity that news relating to the series is coming “veeeeery soon”.

He wrote:

“I actually joined as a user specifically to inquire (read: complain) about the situation regarding Monster Hunter 2 (dos) Western release back in 2005/06 – so I know exactly how it feels to be lacking a new MH game for a while… patience is a virtue, right? Eventually it pays off somehow… we’ll have something veeeeery soon.”

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Famitsu interviewed a number of Japanese creators about the games they have interest in making down the road. Some of the participants include Tecmo Koei’s Kenichi Ogasawara and Team Ninja’s Yosuke Hayashi.

There’s a lot of talk about making sequels and expanding on already-existing franchises. For a roundup of Ogasawara and Hayashi’s commentary, read on below. The full summary with news not specifically related to Nintendo can be found here.

Tecmo Koei’s Kenichi Ogasawara

– Ogasawara wants to make another Musou pillar to go along with Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors
– Interest in making an open world Musou

Team Ninja’s Yosuke Hayashi

– Variety of movements being made with the Ninja Gaiden series

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Nope, Mike Tyson never beat “Punch-Out!!”.

Tyson starred in the original NES game as the final boss. In future versions, he was replaced with Mr. Dream.

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A big trade went down in baseball today. 10-time All-Star Ichiro Suzuki was traded to the New York Yankees after spending his entire MLB career with the Seattle Mariners.

In a press conference following the trade, Suzuki expressed appreciation for three past and present Nintendo executives. He thanked former CEO Hiroshi Yamauchi, current CEO Satoru Iwata, and ex-Nintendo of America CEO Tatsumi Kimishima.

Suzuki and Nintendo have fairly strong ties to each other. Some of you may be aware that Nintendo is the majority owner in the Seattle Mariners. In 2005, Yamauchi apparently gifted Suzuki with 5,000 shares of Nintendo stock.

For those wondering, Suzuki is batting eighth for the Yankees tonight.

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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has offered his opinion on a few important topics. He recently discussed on Nintendo’s lack of interest surrounding the next-gen console race, its plans to return to profitability, and the need to make Wii U’s pricing right. Iwata even took a few moments to comment on those who tend to have doubts about Nintendo’s products.

Read on below to check out his remarks.

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This is a big year for Kingdom Hearts. The series is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and one could argue that Kingdom Hearts 3D is the first “true” follow-up to KHII.

Given the amount of convoluted plots and storylines that have been made over the past decade, it could be intimidating for new players to step inside the Kingdom Hearts universe. Square Enix’s Tai Yasue commented on this and more in a new interview.

Head past the break to read up on what Yasue had to say.

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SEGA has reevaluated its decision to not attend Gamescom 2012.

After announcing that the company would be skipping the show in May, SEGA has now decided to make an appearance after all. Two titles will be showcased at the expo, one of which is likely Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.

The only question is whether or not SEGA plans on making any of its titles available to the public. Invitations sent out to the press have been for behind-closed doors events.

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