Nintendo enhances expected loss; 15 million 3DS units sold since launch

by Alexander Sliwinski on Jan 26th 2012 8:30AM

Nintendo has once again revised its expected loss for the fiscal year ending in March, widening its forecasted financial misfortune from ¥20 billion ($258M) to ¥65 billion ($839M). The increased loss comes a quarter after Nintendo switched its forecast from a ¥20 billion profit to loss.

For the first nine months of the fiscal year ending December 31, Nintendo had sales of ¥556 billion ($7.2B), a 31 percent decrease from the same period last year. Overall, it posted a loss of ¥48.4 billion ($620M).

"Nintendo 3DS hardware during the nine months ended December 31, 2011, were 11.43 million units, and the total worldwide sales since its launch exceeded 15 million units," the company stated. Both Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 have gone on to become million-selling titles.

The company also mentioned that The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for Wii recorded "strong sales, especially in the United States." Worldwide Wii sales over the nine-month period hit 8.96 million units, with software selling 89 million units.

Nintendo's financial woes, coupled with mobile gaming's increased portion of the handheld market, are not sitting well with investors. The House of Mario continues to see its stock sitting at a five-year low.

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Enjoy this video of Wii's 'Kiki Trick,' since you probably won't get to play the game

by JC Fletcher on Dec 27th 2011 8:15PM

If you weren't raptly watching last night's Nintendo Direct presentation, you missed the incredible video for Kiki Trick, an audio-based Wii game from Metroid's Yoshio Sakamoto and the WarioWare team.

In the above clip, you'll see Nintendo president Satoru Iwata try to decipher a robot's nightmare voice, assign sounds to the act of eating ramen in the correct order, and match audio tracks to video clips. It looks weird and fascinating, and of course it has no chance of ever leaving Japan.

The Nintendo Direct site has more videos from last night, including clips for Dynasty Warriors Vs., Bravely Default, Girls RPG Cinderellife, and -- you absolutely must see this -- Satoru Iwata playing New Love Plus. In fact, we're just going to go ahead and put that one after the break.

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Nintendo Wii Just Dance 2 sells 5 million units worldwide since October – Just ... - Prevailing Buzz

Posted on | January 12, 2011 | No Comments

Just Dance 2 recently reached the 5 million units sold mark just over three months after its release in October 2010. The first version of the game was released in 2009. The 5 million units sold makes Just Dance 2 Nintendo’s best-selling game.

Ubisoft release the original Just Dance in November 2009 and the sequel on October 12, 2010. Just dance 2 allows up to eight players to mimic dance moves from a variety of different musical genres including rock, R&B, pop, and disco. It features more than 40 different musical tracks and allows you to update music titles through the Wii shop Channel.

The original just dance took four months just to reach the 2 million unit milestone. Within one year, Just Dance reached 4 million in sales. Altogether, Ubisoft dance games have reached over 10 million copies sold and more copies are being sold each day.

Author: Scott Werther

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