{"id":177513,"date":"2014-10-30T05:30:19","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T09:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/?p=177513"},"modified":"2014-10-30T05:30:19","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T09:30:19","slug":"iwata-discusses-early-new-3ds-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/iwata-discusses-early-new-3ds-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Iwata discusses early New 3DS sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-e7ba990e6a33d13af0f90d45250f0bec-1\">\n\n    \t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/new-3ds-slides\/15l.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/new-3ds-slides\/15l.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/new-3ds-slides\/thumbs\/thumbs_15l.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"71342\"\n               data-title=\"15l\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"15l-2\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/iwata-discusses-early-new-3ds-sales\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"15l\"\n                    alt=\"15l\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/new-3ds-slides\/thumbs\/thumbs_15l.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/new-3ds-slides\/16l.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/new-3ds-slides\/16l.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/new-3ds-slides\/thumbs\/thumbs_16l.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"71343\"\n               data-title=\"16l\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"16l-2\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/iwata-discusses-early-new-3ds-sales\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"16l\"\n                    alt=\"16l\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/new-3ds-slides\/thumbs\/thumbs_16l.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/new-3ds-slides\/17l.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/new-3ds-slides\/17l.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/new-3ds-slides\/thumbs\/thumbs_17l.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"71344\"\n               data-title=\"17l\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"17l-2\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/iwata-discusses-early-new-3ds-sales\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"17l\"\n                    alt=\"17l\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/new-3ds-slides\/thumbs\/thumbs_17l.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<p>This information comes from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nHere I would like to tell you about the current situation of New Nintendo 3DS and New Nintendo 3DS XL (known as New Nintendo 3DS LL in Japan), launched on October 11 in Japan in advance of markets overseas.<\/p>\n<p>The sell-through results of the two models combined was 234 thousand units, which is the largest first-week sales of remodeled devices we have ever released. 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