NintendObserver’s select content on the second quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2015.
NintendObserver’s select content on the second quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2015.
One game: Mario Kart 8. And another, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, coming soon this holiday season.
Iwata: "In the U.S. and Europe, highly acclaimed games are likely to be longtime sellers."
New Nintendo 3DS sold faster than any remodel of the DS and 3DS family of systems at launch.
Iwata: "Having three million sellers in four months is so rare that the other platforms have never experienced it."
How more than a decade of nostalgia turned into actual million-selling potential.
Iwata: "Some were skeptical of the sales of Smash for handhelds, but now I can say they were worrying about nothing."
3DS hardware and software died down due to lack of strong titles, though Wii U rose through Mario Kart 8.
Since mid-August and the last Japanese Nintendo 3DS Direct.
The forecast remains unchanged as Nintendo strives to re-create a profit structure.
Wii U at 7.29 M hardware, 41.67 M software; 3DS at 45.42 M hardware, 186.22 software.