Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 25 Comments

Nintendo has gone live with its third quarter financial results.

Here’s the full rundown of information you should know:

Nintendo Q3 Results:

Net Sales: 271.521¥ billion yen
Operating Income: 31.40¥ billion yen
Net Income: 45.215¥ billion yen

Nintendo Full-Year Guidance:

Net Sales: 550¥ billion yen (?)
Operating Income: 20¥ billion yen (?)
Net Income: 30¥ billion yen (?)

Additional Information Q3 (Software/Hardware Shipments, Digital Sales, Cash & Equivalents):

Pokemon ORAS: 9.35 million
Super Smash Bros 3DS LTD: 6.19 million
Super Smash Bros Wii U LTD: 3.39 million
Mario Kart 8 LTD: 4.77 million
Wii U HW: 1.91 million
3DS HW: 4.99 million
Digital Sales: ¥10.4 billion yen
Cash & Equivalents: ¥920.531 billion yen (?)

We also have these official statements from Nintendo:

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The Bowser amiibo is available for order once more at GameStop. If you’d like to get your hands on the figure, place an order here. We’ll try to keep this post updated if Bowser goes out of stock again.

Thanks to Ryan R for the tip.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Rumors | 8 Comments

We’ve been hearing a lot about how difficult it’s been to track down a physical copy of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. Amazon, for instance, is no longer selling copies directly, and third-parties are asking for ridiculous prices ($74 and higher).

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D’s rarity may come down to the fact that retail copies are no longer being produced. If retailer Play-Asia is to be believed, the game’s physical version has been discontinued. If true, the only way to pick up Ocarina of Time 3D at a fair price is through the digital version on the eShop.

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Metacritic posted its fifth annual game publisher rankings today, and it contains some great news for Nintendo.

Nintendo took the top spot in 2014 as the publisher with the best average Metascore (76.5 percent). In 2013, the company was ranked fourth.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U was Nintendo’s best overall release with a 91 percent score. Bravely Default was the best new original title with an 85 percent score. Finally, in terms of the worst, that honor goes to Chibi-Robo: Photo Finder with a 49 percent score.

You can check out Metacritic’s full report here.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 14 Comments

I’ve been meaning to get around to this for some time now, and I’ve finally had the opportunity to do so. What’s included in the gallery above are several New Year’s greeting cards from Nintendo developers (via Nintendo Dream’s February issue). The images feature Mario, Zelda, Splatoon, and much more. We also threw in some cards that aren’t Nintendo-based like Youkai Watch and Sonic. All of the artwork is quite nice!

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Back in 1992, Nintendo Power published an episodic comic series based on The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past’s plot. Viz Media announced today that the series will be reprinted as a singular graphic novel. Look for it on May 5.

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Super Smash Bros. fans have come up with a new mini-game called “Falcon Potato”. It’s done with three players in Special Smash with a higher launch rate and timers-only. Two play as Mario (or Dr. Mario), and another plays as Captain Falcon.

After the match begins, you slow down time with an item, and start a Falcon Punch. The Mario players then use their “Cape” move to redirect the punch until someone gets hit.

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IGN is reporting that PAX South managed to break attendance records this past weekend. The site states that PAX South beat out the first PAX East and the first PAX AUS, which had fewer attendees and exhibitors in their inaugural years.

Nintendo was out in full force at the first ever PAX South. The company brought along the New 3DS XL, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D, and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for public demos.

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