A new report from Reuters indicates that Nintendo will announce its first ever operating loss tomorrow. This comes “after estimating a 45 billion yen deficit for the business year just ended.”

David Gibson, an analyst for Macquarie in Tokyo, offered some commentary as to why Nintendo has encountered struggles with the market:

“They have been beaten by smartphones and tablets, in particular, for consumers spending and, more importantly, time.”

Nanako Imazu, an analyst for CLSA in Tokyo, estimates that Nintendo will only be able to break even with the Wii U by selling it for roughly $350.

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There’s been a lot of new Mario Tennis Open media over the past few days. Some of the new trailers have shown off a few new characters in the game. Here’s a list of confirmed characters thus far:

Mario
Luigi
Peach
Yoshi
Daisy
Boo
Dry Bowser
Bowser
Bowser Jr.
Donkey Kong
Diddy Kong
Waluigi
Wario
Baby Peach
Luma
Mii

Let me know if I’m missing any!

Chart-Track has provided a listing of UK’s top ten single SKUs of all time. Mario Kart Wii tops the list with 3.65 million units sold. Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training and Wii Play are also included in the top 3 ranking.

Listings for unit sales and revenue can be found below.

As a bonus, here’s a chart showing controller sales in the UK over the past few years.

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25th April 2012 – Nintendo 3DS owners will be able to stay connected even when they are on the go through Nintendo Zone, launching today across Europe. By using one of the approximately 25,000 Hotspot access points across Europe you will be able to access free and exciting content via your Nintendo 3DS system.

Nintendo Zone is a free location based, interactive service that allows you to access exciting content including upcoming trailers of games in 2D and 3D, product information, 2D and 3D screenshots, Nintendo 3DS game demos and free video clips.

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01./00. [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening # (Nintendo) {2012.04.19} (¥4.800) – 242.600 / NEW
02./00. [3DS] Code of Princess (Agatsuma Entertainment) {2012.04.19} (¥6.090) – 19.554 / NEW
03./03. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land # (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (¥4.800) – 14.491 / 1.519.303 (-20%)
04./01. [PSP] 2nd Super Robot Wars Z: Saisei-hen (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.04.05} (¥7.330) – 13.560 / 313.402 (-61%)
05./06. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G # (Capcom) {2011.12.10} (¥5.800) – 13.069 / 1.403.296 (-13%)
06./02. [3DS] Kingdom Hearts 3D -Dream Drop Distance- # (Square Enix) {2012.03.29} (¥6.090) – 12.881 / 289.668 (-39%)
07./05. [3DS] Kid Icarus: Uprising (Nintendo) {2012.03.22} (¥5.800) – 10.915 / 231.558 (-28%)
08./08. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 10.892 / 1.660.759 (-11%)
09./00. [3DS] Cho-ricchi! Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi Omisecchi (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.04.19} (¥5.040) – 8.453 / NEW
10./00. [NDS] Detective Conan: Prelude from the Past (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.04.19} (¥5.040) – 8.312 / NEW
11./07. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 (Konami) {2012.03.29} (¥7.980) – 7.954 / 139.758 (-45%)
12./04. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 (Konami) {2012.03.29} (¥5.980) – 7.833 / 111.919 (-54%)
13./09. [NDS] Pokemon Conquest (Pokemon Co.) {2012.03.17} (¥5.800) – 6.976 / 302.950 (-33%)
14./10. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo) {2012.03.01} (¥4.800) – 6.104 / 137.326 (-26%)
15./14. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus # (Nintendo) {2010.11.11} (¥5.800) – 4.567 / 919.259 (+8%)
16./00. [PSP] Seinaru Kana: Orichalcum no Na no Motoni # (CyberFront) {2012.04.19} (¥6.090) – 4.406 / NEW
17./00. [PS3] The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2012.04.19} (¥7.980) – 4.199 / NEW
18./00. [PSP] Detective Conan: Prelude from the Past (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.04.19} (¥5.040) – 4.037 / NEW
19./17. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} (¥5.800) – 3.967 / 3.550.906 (+13%)
20./00. [PSP] Miyako: Awayuki no Utage # (Idea Factory) {2012.04.19} (¥6.090) – 3.824 / NEW

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3DS – 84,760
PS3 – 16,390
PSP – 11,779
Vita – 8,206
Wii – 7,025
Xbox 360 – 1,282
PS2 – 1,172
DSi LL – 760
DSi – 516

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DS – 63,796
PS3 – 17,765
PSP – 13,166
Vita – 8,250
Wii – 6,837
Xbox 360 – 1,373
PS2 – 1,212
DSi LL – 800
DSi – 633

THEATRHYTHM FINAL FANTASY-Themed Stylus Available for European Pre-Order Customers

LONDON (April 25th, 2012) – Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX® interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announced that THEATRHYTHM™ FINAL FANTASY® will be released on 6th July 2012 for the Nintendo 3DS? hand-held system. Alongside this, European and PAL customers who pre-order the game will receive one game-themed stylus while supplies last. Players can customise the stylus with 17 stickers that feature the FINAL FANTASY franchise’s most popular characters including: Cloud, Moogle, Lightning, Chocobo, Tidus, Cecil, Terra and Squall.

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