Nintendo’s latest financial results won’t be published until next week, but Japanese outlet Nikkei has shared some rough information about what we can expect.
Nikkei reports that Nintendo is estimated to post an operating profit of 25 billion yen for the fiscal year ending March 2015. The previous forecast was a profit of 20 billion yen. During the same period last year, Nintendo posted a 46.4 billion yen operating loss.
Update 2 (4/29): Adding to the May 29 speculation is a new post on Reddit. Moderators on the amiibo board have been in contact with “A confidential source (at the corporate level)” who said the following:
– Nintendo has provided Best Buy with a UPC (045496892067)
– Best Buy has created a SKU (7352038)
– At this time, there are no plans in place for in-store or online preorders. This may change, but that’s what it’s currently looking like.
– According to their “New Release Calendar” tool, Silver Mario is street dated for May 29
Nintendo still has’t confirmed anything, but these rumors are looking more and more likely.
Update: The silver Mario amiibo SKU is showing up at Target as well with the same date.
Fred Meyer, a retailer in the United States, is currently listing the silver Mario amiibo for release on May 29. That date hasn’t been confirmed by Nintendo, but this would suggest that it wouldn’t be retailer exclusive unlike gold Mario, which was only sold at Walmart.
The silver Mario amiibo leaked alongside the gold edition back in early February. Nintendo made the gold version official about a week later, though we’ve still been waiting on an announcement for the silver figure.
Rusty from SteamWorld Dig is appearing in the indie Wii U game Runbow as one of several guest characters. In an interview with Nintendo Okie, Image & Form CEO Brjann Sigurgeirsson explained how Rusty made it into the title.
He said:
Dave Proctor, one of the splendid guys at 13am, simply shot me an email and asked. In the indie community it doesn’t have to be harder than that. That doesn’t mean that we automatically agree to everything. But he sent a gameplay video, and I thought Runbow looked really cool. We then met for beer and Mexican food in San Francisco during GDC and had a wonderful time. I hope Runbow does really well, and that 13am continues to be successful.
Continuing on the topic of collaborations, Sigurgeirsson also said that he’d be open to having Rusty appear in a Renegade Kid title.
As Sigurgeirsson stated:
There’s this very cool guy called Jools Whatsham, who runs Renegade Kid. He’s always been nice and helpful. I wouldn’t mind Rusty appearing in one of their games. We’ll see if that’ll ever happen.
One fan has gone to the trouble of remaking the map from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past in HTML5. The entire map can be accessed through your browser at this link. It’s definitely impressive – you can even see NPCs and enemies going about their business!
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