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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments

If you love sales and numbers, you’re going to greatly enjoy the points below. All of the details come from Nintendo’s Q1 2011 financial results.

– Nintendo expected net sales of 360,000 million yen for the half year spanning April 1 – September 30
– Expected operating income of 20,000 million yen
– Also expected net income of 18,000 million yen
– Now been respectively cut to 240,000 yen, 50,000 million yen, and 35,000 million yen
– Lowered sales forecast from 1,100,000 million yen to 900,000 million yen, operating income forecast from 175,000 million yen to 35,000 million yen, and net income forecast from 110,000 million yen to 20,000 million yen (full year ending March 31, 2012)
– Revisions due to stronger-than-expected yen appreciation, sales performance, 3DS price cut, sales outlook for the holidays
– Nintendo has to revise its exchange rate assumption from 83 yen to 80 yen per US dollar
– Lowered DS sales expectation to 9 million, 16 million for 3DS, 12 million for Wii
– DS and Wii figures are down from 11 million and 13 million, 3DS is the same
– Now expecting to sell 70 million units of software
– DS software projection cut from 67 million to 62 million
– Wii projection cut from 120 million to 110 million
– Current three month period ending June 2011: Sales fell to 93,928 million yen from the 188,646 million the same three month period in 2010
– Operating loss of 37,712 yen (23,342 million operating gain last year)
– Net loss remains at 25,516
– Reasons for losses: exchange rate, advertising costs for 3DS, costs for research/development for Wii U
– 3DS: .71 million units of hardware sold, 4.53 worldwide
– Total hardware sales for 3DS: 4.32 million
– Software sales for 3DS: 13.96 million
– Nintendo said Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D was favorably received, but “3DS had few other hit titles”

Thanks to Thomas N for the tip!

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3DS Downloadable Titles

Gin Boshi Shougi 3D (Silver Star Chess 3D) – 800 yen
Picross-e – 500 yen

Virtual Console

Dr. Mario – 400 yen
Pitman – 400 yen

Video Content

– Streaming 3D video of a recently released monster rhythm game called Ushimitsu Monstruo
– Super Pokémon Scramble delay announcement
– Commercial for Rhythm Heaven Wii
– Four minute Nazo Waku Yakata video
– Itsu no Ma ni Terebi and Nintendo Video additions

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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Nintendo has today announced a global change in the trade pricing policy of Nintendo 3DS. In Europe, this will be applicable from August 12th.

There have been times in the past when we, Nintendo, have marked down the trade prices for our video game machines a certain amount of time after launch to further accelerate adoption of the hardware, but never in Nintendo’s history have we dropped a system’s trade price so significantly less than 6 months after launch.

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Obviously North America isn’t the only region receiving a 3DS price drop next month. Japan, Europe, and Australia will also be seeing reductions.

Here’s a listing of the new price for each territory…

North America (already reported) – $169.99 – Price drop on August 12
Japan – 15,000 yen – Price drop on August 11
Europe – ~£130/169 EUR – Price drop on August 12
Australia – 250 AUD – Price drop on August 12

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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

If someone were to tell you a year ago that the 3DS would be getting a steep price cut less than six months into its lifecycle, you probably would have that that the person was crazy. But today, that’s exactly what happened. The system will be seeing a price reduction around the world next month in what is one of the quickest and steeping price changes for a Nintendo product.

And apparently Nintendo is concerned about how loyal, early 3DS owners will feel about the move. The company issued the following statement today:

“Never in Nintendo’s history have we dropped a system’s trade price so significantly. We are aware this may cause you, the loyal fans who supported Nintendo 3DS from the beginning, to lose trust in us, and this is not our intention in any way. …although we may not be able to completely prevent you from regretting purchasing Nintendo 3DS early, we would like to express our gratitude to our special customers like you….”

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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Twenty free games for early 3DS owners is far from the worst deal in the world. The thing is, it sounds like this “Ambassador’s program” is incredibly rushed.

First off, as was hinted at in the official press release, the NES games that will be offered on September 1 will be “early” versions of the final product. They won’t have digital manuals and there won’t be any cross system multiplayer support. Users will be able to download a free update at an unspecified date to enhance the NES titles.

The GBA offer also suffers from a few issues. None of the games allow for sleep mode usage or SpotPass/StreetPass communication. Oh, and you won’t be able to transfer these games to another system.

Nintendo will begin offering the NES titles on September 1 and the GBA games later in 2011.

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This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

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Let’s Golf 3D – Choose from eight customizable characters and play in exotic locations, including the Mayan jungle and a winter wonderland. The 3D visuals will let you view your ball’s trajectory like never before. (For Nintendo 3DS™)

Virtual Console™
Brawl Brothers – Rick and Doug know all the moves, from martial arts to pro wrestling throws, and they don’t hesitate to use them. You really don’t want to mess with them! (For Wii™)

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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

So, that press release Nintendo just issued was a doozy. Nintendo has made a huge announcement by making one of the fastest and deepest price cuts I’ve ever seen. Starting August 12, the 3DS will cost $169.99 It wasn’t much of a surprise given how the 3DS has performed and this will definitely help improve the situation for them.

But now let’s move on to the finer points in that release.

Nintendo has renamed Super Mario/Super Mario 3D to Super Mario 3D Land. It’s coming out in December. Mario Kart/Mario Kart 3D is now called Mario Kart 7 and is launching in December. Kid Icarus: Uprising is still on track for the holidays.

Now, here’s the really cool part for the early 3DS adopters like myself. If you’ve connected to the eShop at least once before 11:59 p.m. EDT on Aug. 11, you’ll be eligible for 10 free NES Virtual Console. And they’ll be available to you before anyone else. Games include Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong Jr., Balloon Fight, Ice Climber and The Legend of Zelda.

Another nice thing Nintendo is doing is offering 10 exclusive Game Boy Advance games that won’t be available to the public in the foreseeable future. Games include Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Metroid Fusion, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ and Mario vs. Donkey Kong.

This was one of the biggest announcements from Nintendo in awhile and a lot was packed into the press release. Monster 3DS price drop, a couple of “dates”, and some free games/exclusive GBA catalog for early 3DS owners.

Perhaps you guys have some thoughts about this. Feel free to sound off in the comments section!