For the year ending February 28, net profit rose to $124 million. That provided a 50% increase year-over-year and is the second highest net profit ever for the company. In 2018, net profit came in at roughly $81 million.

This year’s results account for both Pokemon GO and Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee. Next year should include Pokemon Sword/Shield and licensing contributions from Pokemon Detective Pikachu.

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Square Enix “making preparations” for Dragon Quest XII

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A few hours ago, Square Enix announced the location services-based game Dragon Quest Walk for mobile. While we won’t really be covering it here as it’s not overly Nintendo-related, something interesting was said during the game’s announcement event.

According to series executive producer Yuu Miyake, he along with creator Yuji Horii “are currently making preparations on series developments that will connect to XII” – Dragon Quest XII, in other words. Miyake said:

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Nintendo maintenance schedule as of June 2, 2019

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We just went through a busy week of maintenance, but at least so far, things are looking significantly quieter this week. Thus far, only one session is planned for Nintendo Network IDs.

The full schedule is as follows:

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A bit of new EarthBound 64 footage surfaces from SpaceWorld 1996

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Nintendo eventually released a third entry in the Mother series, but not as it was initially intended. While Mother 3 came out for the Game Boy Advance in Japan, the original plan was to make a new game for the N64 called EarthBound 64. Development did not go smoothly, especially with the team having to create the title in 3D, and the project was scrapped.

All of these years later, we have a new – albeit brief – look at EarthBound 64 in action. YouTube channel kukun kun uploaded a video from SpaceWorld 1996 that provides a few seconds of footage. Although it may not be much, it gives fans another idea of what could have been.

Here’s a brief look at the clip (should be embedded at the right spot, but starts at 10:32):

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Director reflects on 25 years of Kirby and the future

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It was just a few weeks ago that Kirby celebrated its 25th anniversary. Shinya Kumazaki, who has worked on the series since 2003 and as acted as director since 2008, wrote up a special post on HAL Laboratory’s website in honor of the occasion.

Kumazaki mentioned that “it is now possible to maintain a consistent release and support schedule for our games,” which has allowed Kirby to grow. He also spoke about a philosophy of aiming to please fans by working so hard that the team essentially overdoes it. As for the future, Kumazaki said: “While there are fans there wanting to play a new game in the series, I believe we’ll continue to grow alongside our character and take on those fun and more serious new challenges head on.”

Here’s our full translation of Kumazaki’s message:

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Super Mario Maker 2 Invitational 2019 participants announced

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Nintendo has announced the participants for the Super Mario Maker 2 Invitational 2019. The tournament, which will feature courses created by members of Nintendo Treehouse, will be played by Abdallah (AbdallahSmash), YellowKillerBee, Jirard The Completionist, and theDragonFeeney.

Here’s the news from Nintendo:

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Nintendo NY will let fans go hands on with select titles from E3 2019

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Nintendo NY laid out its full plans for E3 2019. The store will be covering the show in a couple of different ways between June 11 and June 14.

Live streams will be taking place throughout the week, starting with the Nintendo Direct and continuing with Nintendo Treehouse. Additionally, it’s been confirmed that fans will be able to go hands-on with select Nintendo titles.

Here’s the full schedule:

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Metal Mario revealed as part of Mario Kart Hot Wheels collection

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Hot Wheels developer Mattel has revealed that Metal Mario will be joining the roster of the Mario Kart Hot Wheels collection later this Summer.

Combined with paraglider and all, Metal Mario will be available to purchase from Mattel’s website for $20 starting June 17th. The toy will also be coming to San Diego Comic Con a month later on July 17th.

A couple more images of Metal Mario can be viewed below.

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Pokemon Press Conference 2019 recap announcement

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The Pokemon Company has passed along an official announcement recapping all of the news from the Pokemon Press Conference 2019. It covers news about Pokemon Home, Pokemon Sleep, Pokemon Masters, the new Detective Pikachu title for Switch, and more.

Here’s the full press release:

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New app Pokemon Sleep announced

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The Pokemon Company has revealed Pokemon Sleep, a new app that tracks a user’s time sleeping. Your sleep patterns will impact gameplay. The goal is to turn sleep into entertainment.

Nintendo is creating a new Pokemon GO+ Plus. Along with working with Pokemon Sleep, it is also compatible with Pokemon GO. It comes embedded with an accelerometer, and at night, it can track your time sleeping. Data is sent to your smartphone.