During a conference call stemming from Nintendo’s financial results, president Shuntaro Furukawa reiterated that Switch is in the middle of its life cycle. He also said that the company views this “as building a foundation for growth that goes beyond the life cycles of our previous hardware platforms.”
Regarding the future, Furukawa said that Nintendo “will continue efforts to extend the Nintendo Switch life cycle, while promoting initiatives that make use of Nintendo Accounts and pursuing our goal of motivating consumers to play our platforms for years to come.” Additionally, the massive hit that was Animal Crossing: New Horizons and causing many new hardware purchases “will continue efforts to extend the Nintendo Switch life cycle, while promoting initiatives that make use of Nintendo Accounts and pursuing our goal of motivating consumers to play our platforms for years to come.”
Furukawa’s full words:
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been a massive success. It has already sold over 26 million copies worldwide despite releasing this year, and has helped move a ton of Switch hardware.
While speaking about the game during a financial results conference call, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa shared an interesting tidbit. Interestingly, Furukawa said that “Pikmin 3 Deluxe has frequently been chosen as the next title after Animal Crossing: New Horizons by many consumers, especially in Japan.” It makes sense that Nintendo wants Switch owners who started out with Animal Crossing “to become aware of and play as many different titles as possible, regardless of whether those titles are new or evergreen.”
Furukawa had this to say when asked about how many of the previously released titles that hit the million mark in the six-month financial period were ones that people can enjoy playing together, and whether they were consciously recommended to Animal Crossing players:
During the conference call for Nintendo’s latest financial results, president Shuntaro Furukawa was asked about the sales outlook for the next quarter and what can be expected for year-end sales.
Furukawa mentioned that Switch hardware demand has been strong into October, and “sales are continuing at a good pace.” Despite not having a major first-party title like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate or Pokemon Sword/Shield, Nintendo is still hoping for “another big holiday season”, which is “thanks to the many consumers, including those new consumers who developed an interest in Nintendo Switch because of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, picking up our new titles, titles released in conjunction with the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary and our evergreen titles.”
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Serious Sam Collection is coming to Switch, an eShop listing reveals. It will launch digitally on November 17.
You’ll be getting three games with the Serious Sam Collection: Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, and Serious Sam 3: BFE. The Legend of the Beast and Jewel of the Nile expansions are packed in as well.
Here’s an overview of Serious Sam Collection, along with a few screenshots:
During the Games Made in France event last week, Cyanide revealed new information about Blood Bowl 3, an adaptation of Games Workshop’s cult board game. The developer shared details about Special Play Cards, Campaign Mode, customization, and post-launch support.
Here’s the full rundown, including new screenshots:
We would like to inform you about a language error with the ‘Mario Drawing’ song in the Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. system’s digital clock.
When Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. launches this week, it’ll release with a bit of a language error. Nintendo explained the situation on its official website today.
The ‘Mario Drawing’ song featured in the digital clock displays the wrong set of lyrics depending on the language you choose. French, Spanish, German, and Italian are impacted. However, English, Dutch, and Japanese will always display correctly. It’s possible to access the correct lyrics, but the aforementioned languages are mixed up.
Here’s the full notice from Nintendo:
Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead is launching on Switch next week, Headup and AMC announced today. The game will be available on November 19.
Here’s an overview of Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead, along with a trailer:
Mystery / detective game Vera Blanc: Full Moon is launching on Switch this week. Take a look at some gameplay footage below.
Vera Blanc: Full Moon is slated to launch on the Switch eShop on November 13.
