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Nintendo’s first quarter earnings report is now live for viewing. Overall, losses have lowered compared to the prior year.

Details from the report can be found below. The full write-up has been posted on Nintendo’s site here.

– Net sales dropped from 93,298 million yen to 84,813 million yen
– Operating losses dropped from 37,712 million to 10,331 million
– Net losses dropped from 25,516 million yen to 17,231 million yen
– 3DS sold 1.86 million units worldwide during the period
– Japanese sales were “robus”
– Total 3DS software sales: 7.39 million units
– 0.54 million DS units sold
– Pokemon Black/White 2 sold 2.45 million units
– Total DS software sales: 8.48 million units
– 0.71 Wii units sold
– Total software sales: 8.47 million units
– 3DS still a negative margin hardware
– Nintendo loses money on each 3DS sold
– Profitability of the system is improving
– Hardware/software forecasts for the current fiscal year are the same from the figures announced in April

Thanks to 4Him for the tip.

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Two new rewards have arrived on Club Nintendo Japan, one of which should look familiar to US members. That’s right: the North American Platinum reward from 2010 has hit the Japanese site. Users can place an order for 900 points.

The second reward is a Kirby’s 20th anniversary goodie. A 40×40 Kirby medal is available for 200 points.

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

3DS – 44,399
PS3 – 15,214
PSP – 13,058
Vita – 11,932
Wii – 9,002
PS2 – 1,093
Xbox 360 – 865
DSi – 706
DSi LL – 637

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DS – 47,063
PS3 – 14,813
Vita – 13,427
PSP – 11,004
Wii – 6,747
PS2 – 1,197
Xbox 360 – 930
DSi – 581
DSi LL – 559

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A Nintendo Direct dedicated entirely to Dragon Quest X will be shown on Monday. Satoru Iwata will be on hand to present information and gameplay for Square Enix’s anticipated RPG.

The presentation will be shown at 20:00 local time. You’ll be able to watch the broadcast here.

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Arc System Works is pumping out these Arc Style games like crazy!

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Fire Emblem will be hitting the Japanese eShop as a Famicom download on August 1 for 500 yen. Screenshots of the game can be found above.

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