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Nintendo has provided information from its latest financial results. There’s a whole lot of sales mumbo jumbo and random statistics, so we’ll just post a summary of the information below.

– Net loss of 43,204 million yen on sales of 647,652 million yen
– Last year: net gain of 77,621 million yen on sales of 1,014,345 million yen
– Nintendo cited price reductions for the 3DS and Wii, stronger yen
– Operation loss was 37.3 billion yet
– Exchange loss of 27.7 billion yen brought Nintendo’s ordinary loss to 60.8 billion and net loss to the 43.2 billion noted above
– Sales of 820 billion yen and net profit of 20 billion yen expected for the current fiscal year ending March 2013
– Major releases for Nintendo this current fiscal year: New Super Mario Bros. 2, Animal Crossing
– New Brain Age hitting Japan this summer
– Wii U release still the same: on track for end of the calender year launch
– Hardware/software forecasts for the current year (previous year in parenthesis); Wii U included in Wii figures
DS: Hardware 2.5 million (5.1 million), Software 37 million (60.82 million)
3DS: Hardware 18.5 million (13.53 million ), Software 73 million (36 million)
Wii: Hardware 10.5 million (9.84 million) , Software 70 million (102.37 million)

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So where’s Kirby’s Block Ball? Or how about Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3?!

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

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Nintendo 3DS System Update – The latest Nintendo 3DS system update is now available. For a full list of what is included, visit http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/system-update. (For Nintendo 3DS)

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Block Factory – Create and share puzzles with this predefined falling-block puzzle game. Your goal is to avoid filling the playing field to the top. When a block hits the top, the game is over. (For Nintendo 3DS)

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Update: Bumping to the front page will full page scans.

Six new characters have been revealed for Project X Zone. God Eater’s Alisa and Soma, Dead Rising’s Frank West, Darkstalkers’ Lei-Lei, and Resonance of Fate’s Zephyr and Leanne will be included in the roster.

Scans from Famitsu have started to leak, showing off the look of these characters in the game. We’ll add in any additional images that are taken from the magazine to the gallery above.

Other confirmed character inclusions for Project X Zone can be found here.

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Masahiro Sakurai will be making some changes for the next Smash Bros. games, and the link between the 3DS and Wii U titles will be key. He appears to realize that they cannot simply add in more content – such as new characters and items – and expect to ship the product without introducing new elements.

Sakurai told IGN:

“As you noted, there is a certain dead end we come to if we just expand the volume of the game. I intend to change direction a little as we go. The key to that’s going to be its dual support for 3DS/Wii U.”

Sakurai expanded on his comments a bit more, and stressed that the Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS connection will be used “as the game’s central axis”.

He said:

“I’m really just getting started on this so it’s going to take time, but I’ll come up with something that uses that link as the game’s central axis, so I hope you’re looking forward to it.”

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Flat Black Films put out their first Nintendo title last year. The studio released Inchworm Animation on DSiWare, and it was quite good.

Strangely, Flat Black Films has been rejected as a 3DS developer even though they are approved to make DSiWare titles.

Company founder Bob Sabiston shared this information in a new interview. He was explaining why Inchworm Animation was made for the DSi rather than the 3DS before going on to say that Nintendo rejected the studio as a 3DS developer. This is preventing them from exploring a new version of Inchworm Animation on the eShop.

According to Sabiston:

“Well, like I said, this all started six years ago — there wasn’t even a DSi then! By the time the 3DS came out, I was too far along w/ the DSi version to stop.

“I would love to put it on the 3DS. I actually developed a much larger version of the game, with a timeline, hierarchical layers and keyframe controls — things that would make animating w/ the 3D layers simpler.

“Sadly, though, Nintendo actually rejected us as a 3DS developer. I don’t know if our organization isn’t big enough, or if I just caused them too many headaches, or what. They told me they couldn’t even tell me the reason we were rejected. Unless they change their mind, this will probably be the only version.”

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Just two games were reviewed by Nintendo Power this month. The magazine provided the first verdicts for both Mario Tennis Open and RollerCoaster Tycoon 3D.

Both scores are a bit on the disappointing-side. Mario Tennis Open earned a 7.0 while RollerCoaster Tycoon 3D received a 5.5. We’ll try to track down some details about both of the reviews and get them to you soon.

Thanks to SuperPhillip for the tip.

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