Rainy Frog formed back in September with two primary goals. First, the company will be assisting others in bringing their western eShop titles to Japan. Rainy Frog also intends to release Japanese games overseas.
The publisher is starting its efforts with the Japanese launch of Spin the Bottle: Bumpie’s Party, which will be renamed “Waiwai! Minna De Challenge”. Whereas the Wii U eShop title was primarily aimed at adults in the west, founder Anthony Byus tells Nintendo Life that the Japanese release will be made “more appealing to the family-orientated Japanese Wii U market”.
Today, Kirby Triple Deluxe launched in Japan. It’s available both physically and digitally just like Nintendo’s other 3DS titles.
The downloadable version requires 4,713 blocks of free space on an SD card. Compared to other retail titles, that’s relatively small!
Nintendo will be announcing its latest financial results at the end of the month, and it’s certain to create some buzz. That’s a few weeks off, though.
In the meantime, analyst David Gibson has shared some insight about Nintendo’s upcoming results. You can find a roundup of his tweets below.
Nintendo – up another 4.3% today…JP broker saying company to announce change in strategy to smartphones on Jan 30th results – we disagree.
— David Gibson (@gibbogame) January 10, 2014
Nintendo – 3Q results meeting called "Strategy Session and Results Meeting" but doesnt stop some think change is coming. Always called that!
— David Gibson (@gibbogame) January 10, 2014
Nintendo – #1 priority for FY3/14 was improve 3DS sales internationally…+21% YoY in 2H we estimate= done.
— David Gibson (@gibbogame) January 10, 2014
Nintendo – WiiU we now forecast 4.3m for FY3/14 down from 6.8m prior, but Dec in JP was 26x Sept levels driven by Super Mario 3D World
— David Gibson (@gibbogame) January 10, 2014
Nintendo has revealed some strong stats for the 3DS in 2013, highlighted by the platform’s sales that have surpassed 11.5 million units in the US.
The company also revealed today that over 16 million packaged and digital 3DS games were sold last year. That’s a rise of more than 45 percent compared to the 3DS’ game sales in 2012.
In other news, Nintendo has confirmed several release dates for upcoming titles. Yoshi’s New Island will release on March 14, followed by Disney Magical World (the Japanese title now heading west) on April 11. Also remember Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy, which launches on February 28.
You can find Nintendo’s full announcement below.
