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Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

It’s no secret that there have been component shortages for all sorts of technology, including Switch. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has now said that the situation is starting to impact the company’s gross profit due to increased costs.

During Nintendo’s financial results briefing last week, Furukara explained that the “rise is gradual” and there will only be a small impact this fiscal year. However, “if costs continue at current levels through next fiscal year as well, then we would expect hardware profitability to decrease correspondingly compared to this fiscal year.” Also brought up is how the Switch OLED has a lower profit margin compared to the standard Switch and Switch Lite.

Furukawa stated:

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Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa spoke about sales of evergreen Switch titles during the company’s financial results briefing last week.

According to Furukawa, the system saw a percentage of 50-60 percent for older first-party software over the past few months. He mentioned that new Switch buyers tend to pick up “an evergreen title as their second or third game.” However, going forward, Nintendo expects that there’ll be “more purchases of multiple systems within the same household, as well as consumers replacing a previous Nintendo Switch system with Nintendo Switch – OLED Model.”

Furukawa’s full words:

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Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

During the Q&A portion of its financial results briefing last week, Nintendo was asked about the metaverse and NFTs. While we had a very brief summary at the time, the full and official comments are now available.

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa addressed the news directly. In his response, he mentioned how the metaverse “has great potential”, but also admitted that there’s currently “no easy way to define specifically what kinds of surprises and enjoyment the metaverse can deliver to our consumers.” Fans will likely be happy to hear that it sounds like Nintendo has no immediate plans to pursue this space.

Furukawa’s full comments regarding Nintendo, NFTs, and the metaverse can be found below.

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Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

PlatinumGames vice president Hideki Kamiya has commented on Bayonetta 3 as part of an interview with IGN.

Kamiya told the site that the Switch exclusive will have “its own color” compared to prior entries in the series. He also teased that there’ll be “new types of gameplay”.

Kamiya stated:

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Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Let's Talk, Switch | 0 comments

A new February 2022 Nintendo Direct aired this week, and it was quite the juicy one. Nintendo itself had its fair share of announcements per usual, and third-parties jumped in with some news as well.

Looking strictly at what Nintendo brought to the show, the company revealed Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Mario Strikers: Battle League, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Houses, and Nintendo Switch Sports. We also found out that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will be getting some pretty big DLC in the form of 48 remastered tracks that will drop in six waves through 2023. EarthBound and EarthBound Beginnings joined Switch Online, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp got a new release date, Kirby and the Forgotten Land unveiled Mouthful Mode, and Splatoon 3 showed off its Salmon Run mode.

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Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 0 comments

New gameplay has come in for Kirby and the Forgotten Land showing off Mouthful Mode and copy abilities. We’ve got 6 minutes of footage.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land was featured in this week’s Nintendo Direct with the reveal of Mouthful Mode. After the event, Nintendo opened the official the official Japanese website. That’s where the new footage comes from.

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Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

It’s been over 15 years since Mother 3’s original debut, but the RPG has never received an official English localization. However, one important developer that worked on the project hopes to see that happen someday.

Producer Shinichi Kameoka recently told Nintendo Everything that much like the fans, he’d “also love to see Mother 3 released in the US and Europe.” He added: “As a lover of games, I will continue to wait for Mother 3’s release worldwide release (in English).

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Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments

Jackbox Games is continuing its tradition of quirky game collections with The Jackbox Party Pack 9. The developer just made the title official a short while ago.

Concrete details are not known at this time. However, the first game will be announced next week. It will be revealed during a stream called “Inside the Box” on February 24.

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Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Another round of data is in from this month’s NPD report. This time around, we have a look at the best-sellers on Switch specifically in the U.S. for the month of January 2022. Continue on below for the full results.

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NPD Group has released a listing of the top twenty best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of January 2022. The results can be found below.

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