Satoru Iwata will take a 50% pay cut
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories | 11 Comments
Back in July 2011, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced that he would be taking a 50 percent pay cut following poor 3DS sales. With the Wii U now facing a similar situation, Iwata is making a similar move.
Iwata will once again take a 50 percent pay cut, it’s been confirmed as part of Nintendo’s most recent financial results. Japanese publication Nikkei reports that his salary will be reduced from the period of February until June.
Nintendo’s two other representative directors, Genyo Takeda and Shigeru Miyamoto, will be taking a 30 percent cut as well. All other board directors, including Tatsumi Kimishima, Kaoru Takemura, Shigeyuki Takahashi, Satoshi Yamato, Susumu Tanaka, Shinya Takahashi, and Hirokazu Shinshi, will take a 20 percent reduction.
According to Iwata, Nintendo will evaluate future salaries based on the business environment at that time.
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Nintendo reports Q3 2014 financial results
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 21 Comments
After slashing its forecasts for Wii U and overall business earlier this month, Nintendo has today reported its full fiscal results for Q3 2014.
Through the end of December, total Wii U hardware sales stand at 5.86 million worldwide, compared to the PlayStation 4’s 4.2 million units and Xbox One’s 3.9 million units. Software sales come in at 29.37 units. In order to meet its yearly Wii U hardware forecast, Nintendo must sell 400,000 units in the following quarter.
Other lifetime hardware sales include the Wii at 100.9 million units, 3DS at 42.74 million, and DS at 153.93 million. On the software side of things, Wii has shifted 829.34 million games, while the 3DS and DS have sold 152.29 million and 942.32 million games respectively.
Between April and December 2013, Nintendo moved a total of 2.41 million Wii U consoles. The 3DS performed fairly well having sold 7.43 million units during the same period – 7.43 million units of the XL mode, and another 2.11 million units of the 2DS release.
Other notable tidbits:
– Pokemon X/Y sales: 11.61 million units (as of December 31, for the full year)
– Tomodachi Collection: New Life sales: 1.82 million units
– Animal Crossing: New Leaf sales: 3.52 million units
– Mario & Luigi: Dream Team sales: 2 million units
– Zelda: A Link Between Worlds sales: 2.18 million units
– Zelda: Wind Waker HD, Wii Party U, and Super Mario 3D World sold over one million units each
– Net sales: 499.1 billion yen
– Overseas sales were 340.0 billion yen or 68.1 percent of the total sales
– Gross profit of 149.2 billion yen
– Due to depreciation of the yen against the U.S. dollar and euro, expenses that were initially quoted in foreign currencies grew when converted into yen, with total selling, general and administrative expenses exceeding gross profit, resulting in an operating loss of 1.5 billion yen
– Exchange gains totaling 48.1 billion yen due to depreciation of the yen at the end of this period
compared with the one at the end of the last fiscal year
– Ordinary income was 55.5 billion yen
– Net income was 10.1 billion yen
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U screenshot (1/29/14)
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U | 4 Comments
Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:
You can find this statue of the Goddess of Light in one of the stages. She’s watching over the arena.
NES Remix patch adds new controller options, fixes bugs
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 3 Comments
NES Remix has been updated to version 1.1.0 in Japan (and presumably other territories).
After applying the patch, players will be able to use the Wii U Pro Controller, Wii Remote, and Classic Controller Pro. The update also addresses a few issues/bugs present in the game.
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Nintendo: “we can confirm that there are no plans to offer mini-games on smartphone devices”
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 8 Comments
Nintendo has ruled out speculation that it will be bringing “mini-games” (also categorized as demos) to smartphone devices.
Nikkei published a report yesterday indicating that Nintendo would be increasing its presence on mobile hardware. Mini-games and an increase in advertising were mentioned as two prominent ways in which the company would be pushing its products on smartphones and tablets in the future.
A new statement from Nintendo, however, indicates otherwise. It flat-out says, “we can confirm that there are no plans to offer mini-games on smartphone devices.”
You can find the statement in full after the break.
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3DS sales surpass 15 million units in Japan
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 2 Comments
Since launch, the 3DS family has sold over 15 million units in Japan, Famitsu reports today. The site’s article is based on data collected by parent company Enterbrain.
Specific sales of Nintendo’s portable come in 15,037,116 units as of January 26. The feat was accomplished in 153 weeks.
Top selling games on the 3DS are as follows:
1. Pokemon X/Y – 4,228,244
2. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 4,072,068
3. Monster Hunter 4 – 3,383,004
4. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – 2,250,416
5. Mario Kart 7 – 2,188,873
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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U screenshot (1/28/14)
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U | 6 Comments
Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:
The Beetle item from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is a comical item that grabs characters and carries them into the air.
Yumi’s Odd Odyssey launch slips to February
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 2 Comments
Natsume announced a January release window for Yumi’s Odd Odyssey last month. While that target won’t be met, we should be seeing Agatsuma’s platformer in the US very soon.
Natsume tells us that Yumi’s Odd Odyssey is unlikely to hit the eShop this Thursday. For now, the publisher guesses the game will be out “in about 2-3 weeks.” That’d put Yumi’s Odd Odyssey at around a mid-February launch.
Nintendo Download (1/30/14, Europe)
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Retail
Wii Fit U – €34.99 / £29.99
3DS Download
Brilliant Hamster – €9.99 / £9.99
Special Offer: Super Indie Connection Sale
With the Super Indie Connection Sale you can save 60% on selected independent games — but only until 13/02/2014 and only on Nintendo eShop for your Wii U!
The developers of the five participating games love each other’s games so much, they’re offering you their own game at 60% off the regular Nintendo eShop price if you have already downloaded any of the other four games on your Wii U!
If you haven’t downloaded any of the participating games yet, you can also buy one from Nintendo eShop on your Wii U during the Super Indie Connection Sale to be able to get the discount on the other games.
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams – €5.99 / £5.19 (regularly €14.99 / £12.99)
Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition – €3.99 / £3.59 (regularly €9.99 / £8.99)
Runner2 – €4.79 / £3.99 (regularly €11.99 / £9.99)
Spin the Bottle: Bumpie’s Party – €2.79/£2.39 (regularly €6.99 / £5.99)
Toki Tori 2+ – €5.99/£5.19 (regularly €14.99 / £12.99)
Special Offers
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Wii U) – €35.99 / £29.99 (until February 6; regularly €59.99 / £49.99
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (3DS) – €26.99 / £23.99 (until February 6; regularly €44.99 / £39.99)
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[Interview] Muteki reveals Dragon Fantasy: Book I 3DS additions/changes, talks future support for the platform, more
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Interviews | 2 Comments
Muteki Corporation recently revealed to Nintendo Everything that it will soon be bringing Dragon Fantasy: Book I (as well as Book II) to the 3DS eShop. We spoke with creative director Adam Rippon to learn about what’s new in the 3DS release, whether or not we can expect more 3DS support from the studio in the future, and a whole lot more. Continue on below for our full discussion.
