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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’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.

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