Pre-order updates – February 13, 2022
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Nintendo says component shortages involving Switch starting to impact its gross profit
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It’s no secret that there have been component shortages for all sorts of technology, including Switch. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has now said that the situation is starting to impact the company’s gross profit due to increased costs.
During Nintendo’s financial results briefing last week, Furukara explained that the “rise is gradual” and there will only be a small impact this fiscal year. However, “if costs continue at current levels through next fiscal year as well, then we would expect hardware profitability to decrease correspondingly compared to this fiscal year.” Also brought up is how the Switch OLED has a lower profit margin compared to the standard Switch and Switch Lite.
Furukawa stated:
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Nintendo says digital sales saw huge growth in Q3, Animal Crossing and Smash Bros. key contributors
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Nintendo was asked about what percentage of users purchased the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise DLC during its financial results briefing last week. While president Shuntaro Furukawa didn’t go into specifics, he did share some notable information.
According to Furukawa, “digital sales grew enormously in Q3, and one factor in that was the Animal Crossing: New Horizons add-on content.” He also mentioned that Smash Bros. Ultimate played a big part as Sora was released during the final DLC character for the game. Furukawa noted that the recent DLC contributed to user engagement on Switch.
Furukawa’s full words:
Nintendo on sales of evergreen Switch titles
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Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa spoke about sales of evergreen Switch titles during the company’s financial results briefing last week.
According to Furukawa, the system saw a percentage of 50-60 percent for older first-party software over the past few months. He mentioned that new Switch buyers tend to pick up “an evergreen title as their second or third game.” However, going forward, Nintendo expects that there’ll be “more purchases of multiple systems within the same household, as well as consumers replacing a previous Nintendo Switch system with Nintendo Switch – OLED Model.”
Furukawa’s full words:
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PlatinumGames talks Bayonetta 3, no restrictions from Nintendo
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PlatinumGames vice president Hideki Kamiya has commented on Bayonetta 3 as part of an interview with IGN.
Kamiya told the site that the Switch exclusive will have “its own color” compared to prior entries in the series. He also teased that there’ll be “new types of gameplay”.
Kamiya stated:
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[Let’s Talk] February 2022 Nintendo Direct reactions
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A new February 2022 Nintendo Direct aired this week, and it was quite the juicy one. Nintendo itself had its fair share of announcements per usual, and third-parties jumped in with some news as well.
Looking strictly at what Nintendo brought to the show, the company revealed Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Mario Strikers: Battle League, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Houses, and Nintendo Switch Sports. We also found out that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will be getting some pretty big DLC in the form of 48 remastered tracks that will drop in six waves through 2023. EarthBound and EarthBound Beginnings joined Switch Online, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp got a new release date, Kirby and the Forgotten Land unveiled Mouthful Mode, and Splatoon 3 showed off its Salmon Run mode.
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Kirby and the Forgotten Land gets 6 minutes of new gameplay
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New gameplay has come in for Kirby and the Forgotten Land showing off Mouthful Mode and copy abilities. We’ve got 6 minutes of footage.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land was featured in this week’s Nintendo Direct with the reveal of Mouthful Mode. After the event, Nintendo opened the official the official Japanese website. That’s where the new footage comes from.
GameStop reveals Triangle Strategy pre-order bonus
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GameStop will be offering a pre-order bonus for Triangle Strategy, the retailer has revealed. Those that reserve the tactical RPG will be provided with an character card set (eight in total). We have a look at some of the designs above.
We’ve included some information about Triangle Strategy below.
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Phantom Breaker: Omnia trailer introduces Ende
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Rocket Panda Games and Mages have returned with a new character trailer for Phantom Breaker: Omnia, which is all about Ende. Daman Mills is handling the English voice acting while Yū Kobayashi is responsible for things in Japanese.
Over on the official website, a brief bio is included for Ende. Read about the character below.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land amiibo support detailed
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New information about Kirby and the Forgotten Land has explained how amiibo support works in the game.
We first heard about the amiibo plans last month. At the time though, actual information wasn’t provided. The official Japanese My Nintendo Store listing made note that amiibo features would be included, but that was all.
