Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 9 Comments

Nintendo’s results for the latest financial period are in. Today, the company issued its report for the nine months ended December 31, 2016. We’ll be rounding up all pertinent information below.

– Lifetime Wii U hardware sales: 13.56 million
– Lifetime Wii U softwaresales: 96.52 million
– Lifetime 3DS hardware sales: 65.30 million
– Lifetime 3DS software sales: 320.96 million
– “During the nine months ended December 31, 2016, the worldwide release of Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon generated buzz and led to blockbuster sales of 14.69 million units”
– Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS surpassed the million-seller mark
– Pokémon GO led to increased sales of software in the Pokémon series released in the past and drove 3DS family hardware sales growth, particularly outside of Japan
– The worldwide sales volume for Nintendo 3DS hardware this period was 6.45 million units (10% increase on a year-on-year basis)
– Nintendo 3DS software sales were 46.78 million units (20% increase on a year-on-year basis)
– Planned to ship 0.8 million Wii U units this fiscal year, based on forecasts of comprehensive demand for Nintendo hardware
– Hardware sales volume of 0.76 million units (75% decrease on a year-on-year basis) for Wii U
– Software sales volume of 12.48 million for Wii U (45% decrease on a year-on-year basis)
– Super Mario Run “elicited a fantastic response, surpassing 40 million downloads in four days after the release”
– NES Classic Edition “launched in Japan and overseas in November to widespread popularity”
– “Although the release of some new titles offering amiibo functionality restored some momentum, amiibo sales remained
limited to 6.5 million units for figure-type and 6.6 million units for card-type”
– Digital sales “down to a large extent on the same period last year” due to a lack of new downloadable content
– Operating income of 26.3 billion yen
– Net sales of 311.1 billion yen (of which overseas sales were 221.3 billion yen or 71.2% of the total sales)
– 16.7 billion yen of share of profit of entities accounted for using the equity method related to The Pokémon Company and other investments
– Ordinary income of 49.1 billion yen
– “due to the sale of part of our equity in the company that manages the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team, we recorded gain on sales of investment securities totaling 63.5 billion yen as extraordinary income, meaning that
profit attributable to owners of parent was 102.9 billion yen”

We will launch Nintendo Switch, a new home gaming system that diversifies the ways you can play video games, on March 3, 2017 in Japan and overseas. Our launch lineup includes first-party software such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and 1-2-Switch as well as strong third-party titles. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will release for Wii U on the same day.

For Nintendo 3DS, we aim to maintain the buzz surrounding the hit titles Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon and Super Mario
Maker for Nintendo 3DS, as well as releasing new titles such as Mario Sports Superstars.

For smart devices, we plan to release the game application Fire Emblem Heroes on February 2. We will also follow last
December’s release of Super Mario Run for iOS with an Android version in March. To accommodate the releases and operation of these applications, we have revised the release schedule for Animal Crossing, which we had originally planned to release during this period. This title will be released during the next fiscal year.

We have revised the financial forecast originally published on October 26, 2016. For details, see the Notice of Full-Year Financial Forecast and Dividend Forecast Modifications issued today (January 31, 2017).

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 3 Comments

Nintendo has pushed back the launch of its Animal Crossing game for mobile. Previously scheduled for the current fiscal year, it will now launch during the next fiscal year instead. This was done in order to “accommodate the releases” of Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes. We’ll now be seeing Animal Crossing on mobile by April at the earliest.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 3 Comments

Nintendo published a new listing of million-seller titles in conjunction with its latest financial results. Pokemon Sun/Moon and Super Mario Maker for 3DS are specifically new entries. For the full results, get a look at the following image:

Wii U

Mario Kart 8 – 8.26 million
New Super Mario Bros. U – 5.62 million
Super Mario 3D World – 5.47 million
Nintendo Land – 5.16 million
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – 5.16 million
Splatoon – 4.76 million
Super Mario Maker – 3.89 million
New Super Luigi U – 2.89 million
Zelda: Wind Waker HD – 2.11 million
Mario Party 10 – 2.04 million

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch, Wii U | 5 Comments

As part of its latest financial results, Nintendo has released an updated release schedule. The latest lineup, which now includes Switch, can be found below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Jake in 3DS eShop, New Nintendo 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

Lifespeed is coming to the 3DS, and Nintendaan has provided some direct-feed footage of the space racing game. Check it out below:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Jake in News | 2 Comments

The weekly Pokemon Shuffle update is now live, and it features some bonus gifts to celebrate the game’s 2 year anniversary, in addition to the stages. Players are being given two Jewels, two Raise Max Levels, and a Skill Swapper for the anniversary.

For stages, there is a new Mega Competition. Players can compete for Gyradosite by battling Mega Gyrados until February 7. Only the best players will earn the Mega Stone, with full prizes as follows:

Gyradosite, 5 Raise Max Level, 5 Mega Speedup: Top 200 EU/300 NA

Gyradosite, 4 Raise Max Level, 4 Mega Speedup: Top 500 EU/700 NA

Gyradosite, 3 Raise Max Level, 3 Mega Speedup: Top 1,000 EU/1,500 NA

Gyradosite, 2 Raise Max Level, 2 Mega Speedup: Top 2,000 EU/3,000 NA

Gyradosite, 1 Raise Max Level, 1 Mega Speedup: Top 4,000 EU/6,000 NA

Gyradosite, 1 Mega Speedup, 1 Skill Booster M: Top 6,000 EU/9,000 NA

Gyradosite, 1 Disruption Delay, 1 Exp. Booster L: Top 9,000 EU/13,000 NA

Gyradosite, 1 Disruption Delay: Top 12,000 EU/18,000 NA

1 Attack Power, 1 Disruption Delay: Top 16,000 EU/24,000 NA

1 Attack Power: All other players

Meanwhile, Virizion is available on a special stage, which also runs until February 7. Bellossom will see a repeat run until the 14th, and there is a repeat run Daily stage, switching between special version of Pokemon on a daily basis. There will be winking versions of Torchic, Treecko, Mudkip , and Castform, and ending with a Sleeping Pikachu.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Jake in News | 2 Comments

The third global mission for Pokemon Sun and Moon is now live, and it tasks players with trading over one million Pokemon via the GTS. The mission will last until February 14. To participate, you must speak to the receptionist in Festival Plaza; she is located on the right side of the central castle. If the mission is successful, then players will recieve 2,000 FC. If the mission is a failure, players will only receive 200 FC. Players who have their accounts tied to Global Link will earn double the FC. Additionally, if a player makes 5 trades during the mission period, they will be given a Rare Candy, and all players will receive a Friend Ball if 2,000,000 Pokemon are traded.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, New Nintendo 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

Nintendo Impact Gaming has given us a lengthy look at Lifespeed with 23 minutes of off-screen gameplay. Take a look at the footage below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Zack in Images, Switch | 58 Comments

Some new images of the Nintendo Switch have been posted to a Facebook Switch page, which give a great look at some of the finer details of the Switch. If you’re interested in seeing every screw and crevice on the system, then check the images out in the gallery below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Fernando in News, Wii U eShop | 5 Comments

Indie developer Rainy Night Creations announced a few months ago that their new game, Vaccine, would be coming to Wii U as well as other platforms.

Today, Rainy Night Creations have posted on their Twitter account that they already have a date for Vaccine on Xbox One, PS4 and Steam. Unfortunately, the Wii U version failed lotcheck and they have to keep testing it.

The good news about this is that they won’t cancel Vaccine on Wii U regardless the situation, so it will probably be launching a month later than the others.

It was previously announced that Vaccine was slated for Q1 2017. Hopefully it will maintain that release window in Wii U.

And no, even though WiiU is the trickiest to develop for, it has the most expensive devkit and it's the less profitable, not gonna cancel it

— Walfri – Vaccine Rebirth (@Hello_from_RNC) January 30, 2017

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