Super Mario Party has sold 1.5 million units around the world, Nintendo has announced. That important piece of data comes from the company’s financial results briefing, which is currently in progress.

Nintendo indicated during the briefing that it is happy with Super Mario Party’s performance thus far. It has momentum ahead of the holiday season, and is leading to a boost in Joy-Con sales.

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Bubsy: Paws on Fire announced, coming to Switch next year, developed by Choice Provisions

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Today, Accolade announced Bubsy: Paws on Fire, and it’s coming to Switch. The project is in development over at Choice Provisions – the same team behind the runner series.

We have the following overview and debut trailer for the game:

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Nintendo FY3/2019 Q2 financial results briefing live blog

Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Mobile, News, Switch | 0 comments

Nintendo is currently hosting a financial results briefing to cover the FY3/2019 Q2 period. Some information is currently being relayed by analyst David Gibson. We’ll round up all of the tidbits as they come in below.

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SEGA Genesis Classics launches December 7 on Switch

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Today, SEGA announced that SEGA Genesis Classics is coming to Switch on December 7. The package includes more than 50 titles, including Sonic, Streets of Rage 2, and the Phantasy Star series.

Here’s a features trailer for SEGA Genesis Classics:

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct announced for November 1

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Nintendo will hold a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct on November 1, the company has announced. Director Masahiro Sakurai will once again be sharing the latest information about the game during a 40-minute presentation.

The presentation will air at the following times:

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Nintendo president says more DLC happening for “big games”, no further holiday games to be announced, more

Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 0 comments

A few more tidbits have emerged from Nintendo’s financial results briefing held in Japan today. President Shuntaro Furukawa shared the following:

– Sees more DLCs for existing “big” games
– No plans for eSports biz, yet
– All holiday titles now announced (no add’l surprises)
– Won’t use Nintendo IP in Dragalia Lost
– >50% Online users bought annual plan
– Fortnite still doing well

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Switch has now outsold the GameCube

Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, News, Switch | 0 comments

As revealed through Nintendo’s latest financial results, Switch has reached a new milestone. Having moved 22.86 million units, the system has outsold the GameCube’s lifetime sales. GameCube sits at 21.74 million shipped.

Switch launched back in March 2017. That means the feat was accomplished in less than two years.

Next up for Switch will be the N64, which sold 32.93 million units lifetime.

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Dragon Quest Builders 2 coming to North America and Europe in 2019

Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Dragon Quest Builders 2 is seeing localization, Nintendo has revealed. That news comes from the company’s financial results, and more importantly, the release schedule.

Square Enix’s game is listed for a 2019 release in both North America and Europe. It’s also labeled as a “Nintendo product”, meaning Nintendo should be publishing the game on Switch in the west.

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Nintendo financial results: six months ended September 30, 2018 – Switch at 22.86 million shipped

Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 0 comments

Nintendo has announced its financial results for the six month period ended September 30, 2018. We’ll be rounding up all of the important pieces of information from the report below.