Nintendo 2017 fiscal year earnings results – Switch sales at 17.79 million worldwide
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Today, Nintendo announced its full 2017 fiscal year earnings results. We’ll be rounding up all of the important pieces of information below.
Tatsumi Kimishima retiring as president of Nintendo, Shuntaro Furukawa taking over
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After Satoru Iwata passed away in 2015, Tatsumi Kimishima was brought in as Nintendo’s global president. Kimishima’s primary role at the company will be ending soon, however. In its financial results today, Nintendo announced that Kimishima will be retiring as president.
Shuntaro Furukawa, 46, will be taking over for Kimishima. He joined Nintendo in 1994 and has worked in global marketing and at The Pokemon Company. Since 2016, Furukawa has been Nintendo’s Managing Executive Officer, Supervisor of Corporate Analysis & Administration Division and Director.
Kimishima will officially step down on June 28. According to Nikkei, he’ll remain with Nintendo as an adviser.
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Nyannyan Neko Mario Time episode 113
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The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.
Sonic DJ Live – full concert from SEGA Fes 2018
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At SEGA Fes 2018 in Japan last week, a special Sonic DJ Live event was hosted with Tomoya Ohtani. Plenty of music from the Sonic series was played, and Jon Underdown even stopped by to perform. You can watch the full recording below.
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Photos of the ARTFX J Pokemon Series Green with Eevee figure, pre-orders open
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Retailers have started taking pre-orders for the ARTFX J Pokemon Series Green with Eevee figure. It’s 1/8 scale, and comes pre-painted. As of now a release is estimated for September.
You can reserve the figure on Play-Asia here. AmiAmi also has it here.
Continue on below for some additional photos of the figure.
Hallmark to sell new Zelda, Mario Kart, and Donkey Kong arcade ornaments
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You may recall that, last year, Hallmark created a few Super Mario-themed ornaments. The company isn’t stopping there, as a new trio of ornaments will be releasing over the next few months.
Mario Kart and Donkey Kong arcade ornaments are dropping on July 14. Then on October 6, a special Zelda design will be available.
Nintendo Minute – “Our Nintendo Labo Creation”
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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta show off the newly-launched Nintendo Labo. Check out the full episode below.
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SNES Classic Edition restocked on GameStop
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The SNES Classic Edition has received its latest restock on GameStop. To place an order, head on over here. Past restocks have shown that it’ll be up for awhile, but will eventually sell out.
Game Freak trademarks term “Ultra Shiny” in Japan
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So it seems that Game Freak and Nintendo have filed for a new trademark known as “Ultra Shiny”, it is unclear what this will end up being in the end but it is interesting none the less. It could involve the Pokemon games, cards, or movies we just don’t know at this point.
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Zelda: Breath of the Wild getting collector pins
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Later this week, PowerA will be releasing collector pins for Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The pins, licensed by Nintendo, are comprised of ten different symbols, weapons, and Divine Beasts.
Pins will be sold in blind boxes with one randomly selected pins. Amazon shows that they’ll be available starting on April 20.