Nintendo outlook for the next fiscal year
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
As part of today’s financial results, Nintendo included a section of text that acts as an outlook for the next fiscal year.
Nintendo mentions that it will look to maintain the performance of already-released games for Wii U and 3DS and bring out new titles for their systems. That means DLC for games like Smash Bros., brand new first-party experiences, and “a number of key titles” from third-parties. The new Rhythm Heaven is mentioned, so people are speculating that it’s coming west. I’m personally not ready to go that far yet!
Nintendo has a few other plans in store for this fiscal year. The company will introduce cards, the Yoshi amiibo, and NFC Reader/Writer accessory for regular 3DS systems. Nintendo is also counting on a new source of revenue in the mobile space.
Head past the break to read up on Nintendo’s outlook below.
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Nintendo announces latest financial results – year ending March 31, 2015
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 3 Comments
Nintendo’s latest financial results are in. The company has now reported data for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015.
Here’s a breakdown of Nintendo’s performance:
Nintendo Q4 Results:
Net Sales: ¥106.860 billion yen
Operating Income: – ¥6.834 billion yen
Net Income: -¥17.672 billion yen
Nintendo Full-Year Guidance:
Net Sales: ¥550 billion yen
Operating Income: ¥20 billion yen
Net Income: ¥30 billion yen
Nintendo Full-Year Results:
Net Sales: ¥549.780 billion yen (?)
Operating Income: ¥24.770 billion yen (?)
Net Income: ¥41.843 billion yen (?)
Hardware & Software Guidance FY15:
3DS HW: 9 million
Wii U HW: 3.6 million
3DS SW: 61 million
Wii U SW: 25 million
Hardware & Software Results FY15:
3DS HW: 8.73 million (?)
Wii U HW: 3.38 million
3DS SW: 62.74 million (?)
Wii U SW: 24.440 million (?)
Additional Information Q4 (Software/Hardware Shipments, Digital Sales, Cash & Equivalents):
Pokemon ORAS LTD: 9.94 million
Super Smash Bros 3DS LTD: 6.75 million
Super Smash Bros Wii U LTD: 3.65 million
Mario Kart 8 LTD: 5.11 million
Wii U HW: .35 million
3DS HW: 1.65 million
Digital Sales: ¥10.2 billion yen
Cash & Equivalents: ¥915.293 billion yen
Nintendo FY16 Full-Year Guidance:
Net Sales: ¥570 billion yen
Operating Income: ¥50 billion yen
Net Income: ¥35 billion yen
One of the big takeaways here is that Nintendo has finally returned to a full-year profit. The company also beat estimates from the financial community. For the overall year, Wii U sales are up, though 3DS sales fell a bit. A large part of Nintendo’s success resulted from the popularity of amiibo.
More photos of the Splatoon amiibo
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 4 Comments
LevelUp has posted several new shots of the Splatoon amiibo. View the photos in the gallery below.
Update: Target inaccurate, Amazon pre-order info – Rumor: Target stores to have pretty decent amount of Jigglypuff amiibo
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Rumors | 2 Comments
Update (5/6): It’s unfortunately looking like numbers going around for Target’s amiibo stock are inaccurate. There’s a much more in-depth explanation on Reddit, but anything you heard yesterday was incorrect. We may see half of what was originally reported (ex: a store getting 16 units instead of 32), but even that isn’t confirmed.
In brighter news, it sounds like Amazon wants to get things right with upcoming pre-orders. Figures will be limited to one per customer, and reservations will be going live “during normal business hours (pacific time)”.
Did you miss out on Target’s incredibly brief online pre-order periods for the Jigglypuff amiibo? Well, we may have some good news for you!
It’s not officially confirmed, but one Reddit user has started informing users on the site about in-store inventory for Jigglypuff. This person’s own store is on track to have 24 units (along with 4 for Robin, 4 for Lucina, 12 silver Marios, 12 for Pac-Man, 8 for Charizard, 8 for Wario, and 4 of each Splatoon figure). Most locations seem to be getting anywhere from 12 to 32 units.
Numbers will vary by store, but Jigglypuff is definitely looking like it will be one of the more well-stocked amiibo at Target. That’s surely a good thing given how this figure will only be sold at Target in the United States.
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Reserve Splatoon at Toys “R” Us, get an amiibo for $5
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 8 Comments
Toys “R” Us has a special pre-order offer running for Splatoon. If you reserve the game ($1), you’ll be able to purchase an amiibo for $5. The offer is valid on all amiibo figures.
The Pokemon Company generated $2 billion retail sales in 2014
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments
The Pokemon Company has announced its 2014 brand licensing results through License! Global. In terms of retail sales, they were able to generate $2 billion of licensed products worldwide. Along with the Pokemon video games, other elements such as the anime and trading card game are included in that amount.
An excerpt from License! Global’s report reads:
Pokémon features a wide array of offerings from video games, the Pokémon trading card game, animation and wide variety of licensed lifestyle products, making it one of the most diverse and beloved entertainment franchises in the world. Highly anticipated Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire launched in November and, with only six weeks of sales, became the best-selling set of video games in 2014, adding to the more than 270 million Pokémon video games sold to-date.
With more than 21.5 billion Pokémon TCG cards shipped globally and nearly 800 episodes currently in its animation library, Pokémon is a long-standing market leader and enjoyed an incredibly strong year at retail in 2014.
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Imageepoch CEO’s Twitter account deleted as questions remain about his disappearance
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 9 Comments
Something extremely strange is going on with Imageepoch CEO Ryoei Mikage. It was presumed that the company was shutting down, and last month, Mikage seemingly went missing. He’s been unreachable for quite some time now.
Mikage’s last message on his Twitter account was posted in October. Today, Japanese blog Hachima that his profile has since been deleted.
No one is certain of Mikage’s status or Imageepoch as a whole. But regardless, the studio’s 3DS game Stella Glow is still shipping in Japan next month and in North America later this year.
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Best-selling New 3DS cover plates in Japan for 2014, top-selling amiibo in December
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, New Nintendo 3DS, News | 3 Comments
The Media Create White Book 2015 has a bunch of gaming-related sales figures, and two sets of data have now been translated.
First, here’s a look at the best-selling New 3DS cover plates in Japan during 2014:
01. Yo-kai Watch: Jibanyan (Plate No. 054) – 18.274
02. Monster Hunter: Poogie (Plate No. 038) – 6.857
03. Yoshi (Plate No. 004) – 6.447
04. Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alfa Sapphire (Plate No. 040) – 5.645
05. Mario (Plate No. 001) – 5.410
06. Monster Hunter: Yian Kut-ku (Plate No. 037) – 5.088
07. Dot & Monochrome (Plate No. 007) – 4.946
08. Emboss Treatment & Mario Monogram Gray (Plate No. 005) – 4.938
09. Grain & Mario Monogram (Plate No. 024) – 4.801
10. Animal Crossing: Isabelle (Plate no. 013) – 4.198
And below are the top-selling amiibo during the month of December 2014:
01. Amiibo Link – 39.399
02. Amiibo Mario – 39.274
03. Amiibo Kirby – 35.744
04. Amiibo Pikachu – 19.375
05. Amiibo Marth – 19.246
06. Amiibo Villager – 16.199
07. Amiibo Pit – 16.096
08. Amiibo Yoshi – 15.180
09. Amiibo Captain Falcon – 13.823
10. Amiibo Samus – 13.541
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Hulu nabs Myst drama series
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 8 Comments
Myst, a classic graphic adventure video game from 1993, is getting a new TV show. Deadline reports that Legendary Television has landed the rights to the drama series, and Hulu will apparently host it on its streaming service. The Amazing Spider-Man producer Matt Tolmach and writer Evan Daugherty are leading the way on this project.
Deadline states that the new drama series “will explore the origins of the island of Myst from the game where a man wakes up on a mystery island with absolutely no idea who he is, where is, or how he got there.” Details beyond this are unknown.
Nintendo Bragg Report: Splatoon
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos, Wii U | 5 Comments
Nintendo’s latest “Bragg Report” is all about Splatoon. You can watch it in full below.
