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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 11 Comments

Update: Pretty much done. More posts are spread out throughout the site.

Nintendo’s Corporate Management Policy Briefing for its latest financial results are underway. The Wall Street Journal’s Takashi Mochizuki is in attendance, and is tweeting out information as it happens. We’ll round up all of the various tidbits below.

– Nintendo says global sell-through of Pokemon Sun and Moon more than 13 million
– 17% of Sun & Moon players purchased Pokemon handheld titles for first time
– Yo-kai Watch gaining momentum in Europe before/during/after holiday season
– 3DS won’t compete against Switch
– 3DS business will continue alongside Switch
– NES Classic Edition global sell-through 1.5 million; increasing production
– Release of Animal Crossing on mobile shifted because of Super Mario Run coming out in March
– More than 100 titles from more than 70 firms in the works for Switch

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 34 Comments

Earlier today, we had heard that Wii U production had ended in Japan. It turns out that this isn’t just limited to that country though. In a statement, Nintendo of America says: “Wii U production has ended globally.”

So the Wii U has come into an end everywhere. I guess it makes sense for Nintendo to fully move on to Switch around the world.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 12 Comments

Are you wondering who the main developer is behind Fire Emblem Heroes? Well, it’s none other than Intelligent Systems. IGN reports on the news and also shares the the team is receiving assistance from Nintendo and DeNA.

Intelligent Systems might be a mobile game, but the franchise is still sticking with Fire Emblem’s primary developer. Fans can rest easy knowing that it’s in good hands.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments

Nintendo’s Quality of Life product might be the most mysterious product inside the company right now. Even though plans were announced years ago for a device that monitors a person’s sleep, we’ve yet to see anything of it.

Yet despite the lack of silence, Nintendo is still tinkering away on its Quality of Life initiviate. President Tatsumi Kimishima said today that the big N is still working hard to release something satisfactory in this area. He sadly didn’t say anything further though.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Videos | 2 Comments

Earlier today, Inti Creates hosted a new live stream for its Japanese audience. Blaster Master Zero, revealed for 3DS back in November, had its very first footage shown. Get a look at the recorded gameplay (which includes the opening movie).

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 23 Comments

Fire Emblem Heroes will operate somewhat similarly to Super Mario Run in that an internet connection is required online. The Verge also obtained a statement from Nintendo confirming that it “connects to servers intermittently”.

“However, the game connects to servers intermittently, and the amount of data used is within the normal range you could expect for smart device games,” Nintendo says.

Fire Emblem Heroes officially launches on February 2.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 34 Comments

We knew that Wii U production would be ending soon in Japan. Today, it looks like that time has come. Nintendo updated its website today confirming that systems are no longer being produced within its home territory. With Switch launching in a month, that shouldn’t be too surprising.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 15 Comments

Super Mario Run has been downloaded 78 million times, Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima revealed today. The news was shared during the company’s financial results briefing. Kimishima also said that more than 5 percent of those who downloaded Super Mario Run paid for full version, or roughly four million.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 9 Comments

Nintendo’s results for the latest financial period are in. Today, the company issued its report for the nine months ended December 31, 2016. We’ll be rounding up all pertinent information below.

– Lifetime Wii U hardware sales: 13.56 million
– Lifetime Wii U softwaresales: 96.52 million
– Lifetime 3DS hardware sales: 65.30 million
– Lifetime 3DS software sales: 320.96 million
– “During the nine months ended December 31, 2016, the worldwide release of Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon generated buzz and led to blockbuster sales of 14.69 million units”
– Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS surpassed the million-seller mark
– Pokémon GO led to increased sales of software in the Pokémon series released in the past and drove 3DS family hardware sales growth, particularly outside of Japan
– The worldwide sales volume for Nintendo 3DS hardware this period was 6.45 million units (10% increase on a year-on-year basis)
– Nintendo 3DS software sales were 46.78 million units (20% increase on a year-on-year basis)
– Planned to ship 0.8 million Wii U units this fiscal year, based on forecasts of comprehensive demand for Nintendo hardware
– Hardware sales volume of 0.76 million units (75% decrease on a year-on-year basis) for Wii U
– Software sales volume of 12.48 million for Wii U (45% decrease on a year-on-year basis)
– Super Mario Run “elicited a fantastic response, surpassing 40 million downloads in four days after the release”
– NES Classic Edition “launched in Japan and overseas in November to widespread popularity”
– “Although the release of some new titles offering amiibo functionality restored some momentum, amiibo sales remained
limited to 6.5 million units for figure-type and 6.6 million units for card-type”
– Digital sales “down to a large extent on the same period last year” due to a lack of new downloadable content
– Operating income of 26.3 billion yen
– Net sales of 311.1 billion yen (of which overseas sales were 221.3 billion yen or 71.2% of the total sales)
– 16.7 billion yen of share of profit of entities accounted for using the equity method related to The Pokémon Company and other investments
– Ordinary income of 49.1 billion yen
– “due to the sale of part of our equity in the company that manages the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team, we recorded gain on sales of investment securities totaling 63.5 billion yen as extraordinary income, meaning that
profit attributable to owners of parent was 102.9 billion yen”

We will launch Nintendo Switch, a new home gaming system that diversifies the ways you can play video games, on March 3, 2017 in Japan and overseas. Our launch lineup includes first-party software such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and 1-2-Switch as well as strong third-party titles. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will release for Wii U on the same day.

For Nintendo 3DS, we aim to maintain the buzz surrounding the hit titles Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon and Super Mario
Maker for Nintendo 3DS, as well as releasing new titles such as Mario Sports Superstars.

For smart devices, we plan to release the game application Fire Emblem Heroes on February 2. We will also follow last
December’s release of Super Mario Run for iOS with an Android version in March. To accommodate the releases and operation of these applications, we have revised the release schedule for Animal Crossing, which we had originally planned to release during this period. This title will be released during the next fiscal year.

We have revised the financial forecast originally published on October 26, 2016. For details, see the Notice of Full-Year Financial Forecast and Dividend Forecast Modifications issued today (January 31, 2017).

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 3 Comments

Nintendo has pushed back the launch of its Animal Crossing game for mobile. Previously scheduled for the current fiscal year, it will now launch during the next fiscal year instead. This was done in order to “accommodate the releases” of Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes. We’ll now be seeing Animal Crossing on mobile by April at the earliest.

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