Nintendo touched on its upcoming slate of releases during its financial results call today.
New Pokemon Snap just came out on April 30. On the horizon are Miitopia, Game Builder Garage, and Mario Golf: Super Rush. There’s also the upcoming launch of the blue Switch Lite.
Nintendo said the following today:
While Nintendo couldn’t be doing much better when it comes to Switch hardware and software, that success extends to digital sales. The Big N’s digital sales are up 68.5 percent over the past year.
The Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield Expansion Pass as well as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate played a big role in sales for add-on content. Nintendo mentioned that there was growth for indie titles, download-only software, and Nintendo Switch Online.
According to Nintendo:
Nintendo has pointed to Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury as one of its top performing Switch games of late. In its first six week, the sell-through amount was four million units.
Nintendo also shared the graph above as part of its latest financial results to stress overall strong software sales for Switch.
The company said:
In its latest financial report, Nintendo spoke about the sell-through of Switch hardware – meaning what was actually purchased by consumers.
Here’s the full rundown:
Nintendo delved into the performance of Switch hardware and software sales as part of its latest financial results.
Over the past year, sales of the console were up 37.1 percent. Between all Switch hardware, the system sold nearly 30 million units.
As for software, Animal Crossing: New Horizons was Nintendo’s top performance over the past fiscal year at 20.85 million. Super Mario 3D All-Stars and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury also performed strongly at 9.01 million and 5.59 million copies respectively.
Here’s the full rundown from Nintendo:
Umbrella has been revealed as the latest new character for Skullgirls 2nd Encore. She’ll be offered as part of the game’s new Season 1 Pass.
Here’s a proper introduction to Umbrella:
ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove has been updated to version 1.7.2 on Switch. This is the big “Still in the Groove” update, featuring larger maps and more.
Below are the full patch notes:
Crunching Koalas and Klace today announced that they’re bringing the visual novel Winds of Change – described as the “ultimate furry tale” to Switch. It will release on June 3.
Here’s an overview of the game, along with a trailer:
In a recent news post sent out to Switch owners, Nintendo provided a listing of the top 15 European eShop downloads for April 2021.
It’s an old favorite at the top of the charts – that being Minecraft. Monster Hunter Rise continues its strong run at #2. New Pokemon Snap, which came out at the very end of the month, manages to come in third.
The full list is as follows:
NIS America and Grasshopper Manufacture are back with another trailer for The Silver Case 2425. This time around, we have a video focusing specifically on The Silver Case.
Here’s the trailer:
