Nintendo's latest Financial Report News

Nintendo have just released their financial report for the general public to read. If you don't know the point of this, it's to simply say what happened last year and show what there going to do this year. So here is a short analysis on what is going on in Nintendo. 

New 3DS and 3DS

The two most popular games on the 3DS last year was Super Smash Bros for 3DS shipping over 6.19 million units worldwide and Pokemon Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby shipping over 9.35 million units worldwide (not bad for how late they were launched.) Satoru Iwata also said a interesting comment about Super Smash Bros for 3DS sales in Europe. 

"The "Super Smash Bros." series is not as popular or well-known in Europe as in Japan and the U.S. This is why the initial sales of "Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS" were not strong in Europe. As the time goes by after the release, however, the sales have picked up thanks to word-of-mouth." -Satoru Iwata​

The New 3DS has attracted a lot of customers because of the new  face-tracking 3D and the higher processing power, compared to the old 3DS. While it attracts gamers that like Monster Hunter and SSB4 for it's C-Stick, extra buttons and it's amiibo support. The 3DS was a success with the exclusive Majora's Mask and Monster Hunter 4 editions doing well most of the time selling out with Pre-Orders.

The Games seem to be doing well, with both Majora's Mask and Monster Hunter getting high scores, even beating Playstation and XBOX Games.

So don't lose hope on Nintendo and Capcom because even though they take a while to make games, they make great games. 

Nintendo have also stated that they are going to promote local play on their console,"to further increase expansion in the overseas markets".

Wii U

Wii U sales has been OK, nothing to shout about. Mario Kart 8 has shipped over 4.77 million units worldwide and Super Smash Bros for Wii U has shipped over 3.39 million units worldwide. The Wii U has sold more overseas than in Japan, this is due to the popularity of the New Nintendo 3DS. So the Wii U is still a diamond in the rough but it's getting there.


And  with more new releases this year, it should be another good year for the Wii U,

Amiibo

There new amiibos have been selling a lot since their launch in October shifting over 5.9 units worldwide and they have been successful, mostly selling in US and Canada.

Iwata also mentioned: "Some figures are sold out and are being sold at online auctions at premium prices – something which none of us had predicted." For those worried about amiibos continuing to be restocked there was a statement regarding this as well: "It is difficult for us to promise to continuously ship all of the amiibo figures. We will, however, consider additional production in cases such as when an amiibo figure sells out shortly after launch, an amiibo is indispensable to play a certain game, and when we receive a lot of requests for an amiibo figure from consumers and retailers."

Hopefully there will be more amiibos in stores later on this year.


And that's the report summarized.
Credit to Smashborads and Nintendo

If you want to see the whole report, Click here

But for now this is SoopahGamer signing off

Till Next time.