Switched On
Nintendo posts strong quarter despite lowering Switch sales estimates to 17m for the year
Mobile spurs on approximately $300m in sales
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Nintendo
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About
The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii, DS, DSi, and 3DS systems. Since 1983, when it launched the NES, Nintendo has sold more than 2.9 billion video games and more than 496 million hardware units globally.
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Retired President/COO
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CEO
Tatsumi Kimishima
President
Shigeru Miyamoto
Game Designer
Shuntaro Furukawa
President
Luciano Pereña
Nintendo Europe CEO
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Accolades
Articles featuring Nintendo
Blame The Blue Shell?
Mario Kart Tour for mobile delayed until summer 2019
Was expected to launch by end of March
Switch
Nintendo president: "We certainly want to release mobile games across a wide variety of genres"
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa believes the Switch is strong enough as-is to meet the company's ambitions
Sell
Nintendo Switch is this generation’s fastest-selling console in the US
The Nintendo Switch has sold over 8.7 million units in the country over the last 21 months
Smashed It
Super Smash Bros Ultimate sold over 1.2 million copies in Japan during its first three days on sale
First-week figures for crossover brawler are Nintendo’s best ever in Japan, excluding Pokemon
Labo
Nintendo Labo named one of Time Magazine’s inventions of the year
Top 50 inventions list praises Nintendo's cardboard controls for "helping gamers create their own fun"
Lost And Found
Nintendo’s Dragalia Lost hatches over $50m in just over two months
The RPG is still only available in the US, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau
Hard Turn
Nintendo shoots down Elon Musk's request to license Mario Kart to Tesla’s range of electric cars
The Tesla CEO seems open to the possibility of adding PC games marketplace Steam though
Lets Go
Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee sold 1.5m units in the US in just ten days
RPGs launched back on November 16th
Caught
Nintendo catches $250m from the US between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday
Total US hardware sales for the period jumped up 45 per cent over the same period in 2017
Crashed
Nintendo investigates conduct of its Russia GM following Mario Kart live stream outburst
Russian Nintendo fans subsequently circulated a petition asking for his dismissal
Gone
Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee shifts three million copies on Nintendo Switch in first week
The haul is the highest first-week sales figure for a Switch title
A Magneton Of Bad Reviews
Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee struck by review-bombing for deviating from main-series formula
Amazon Japan appears to have purged its review section in response
Charted
Weekly global mobile game charts: Pokemon Go enjoys grossing spike in the West following Pokemon Let's Go launch
The charts from November 5th to 11th
Watch 'em All
Warner Bros drops first live-action Detective Pikachu trailer ahead of May 10th 2019 release date
Film stars co-leads Ryan Reynolds as the voice of pikachu and Justice Smith as Tim Goodman
Found
Dragalia Lost is making four times the revenue per download of Fire Emblem Heroes in Japan
Nintendo’s action RPG has brought in $28 million over its first month
Space Odyssey
Toys-to-space: The making of Ubisoft's Starlink: Battle for Atlas
"It was something that none of us had ever done before"
Found
Nintendo’s Dragalia Lost finds $16m in revenue after two weeks
$13.5m of which, comes from the US and Japan
Switch Up
New and improved Nintendo Switch in the works for 2019
The goal is to make the device brighter, thinner and more energy efficient
Revenue Found
Nintendo’s Dragalia Lost generates $3.5 million in five days
Picks up over 800,000 downloads
Off Course
Nintendo successfully sues Tokyo’s unofficial Mario Kart tours for $89,000
Real-life Mario Kart operator MariCar ordered to stop using Nintendo's property immediately
Found
Nintendo’s Dragalia Lost hits top download spots in four countries and is a top 30 grosser in the US
Those countries being Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau
Console Switch
Nintendo Switch Online companion app hits five million downloads
The total is 25 per cent of the console’s install base
Lost And Found
Nintendo’s Dragalia Lost launches after racking up over one million pre-registrations
Players will get 2,500 for hitting the milestone should they log into Dragaila Lost
Saved
Nintendo Switch Online cloud saves will remain 180 days after subscription ends
Fan fears that saves may vanish immediately on a subscription ending are unfounded
Switching It Up
The good, the bad and the ugly of Nintendo’s Online Service
From cloud saves to NES games, we run the rule on some new features
Switch Up
Players will need to sign up to Nintendo Switch Online for cloud saves
Service will go live September 18th and will cost $3.99 a month, $7.99 for three months or $19.99 for 12
Direct
Delayed Nintendo Direct set to go ahead September 13th at 11pm UK time
Last weeks direct was delayed due to natural disasters
Switch
Nintendo cites cheaters for the decision to restrict cloud saves on Switch
Switch Online cloud saves won’t be enabled on a number of titles
Camp
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp reaches $50 million in worldwide revenue
But the mobile life-sim is still the slowest-growing of Nintendo’s three mobile titles
Knight
Hollow Knight topped Nintendo Switch eShop charts in Europe last month
25 per cent cut and fourth free content release help propel Hollow Knight to No.1
Indie Mavens
Why is the Nintendo Switch so popular among indie mobile devs?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Earthquake
Nintendo Direct delayed following earthquake in Japan
The games showcase will be rescheduled soon
Switch
Nintendo Switch closes on five million sales in Japan
Handheld hybrid has sold almost five million units in its home market
Straight Fire
Nintendo’s Fire Emblem Heroes brings in over $417m in revenue
The tactical RPG has made up 78 per cent of Nintendo’s mobile revenue since launch in February 2017
Pressing On
Shigeru Miyamoto says Nintendo will push on with fixed price model for mobile games
The Nintendo developer also believes companies should “deliver games at reasonable prices"
Direct
Dragalia Lost set for launch on September 27th in US, Japan, Hong Kong and Macau
The company's first original mobile IP is launching in Japan, The US and various territories next month
Labo
Nintendo launches Interactive Labo Workshops across America
DIY sessions for kids will run in ten cities across the country
Mistakes
Miyamoto: Regrettable choices were made during the development of Super Mario Run
Difficulty curve and fixed-price model could’ve been improved, claims the legendary designer
Best Of 2018
The Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2018
Revealed: the movers, shakers and moneymakers!
Get Online
Nintendo Switch Online will arrive in the second half of September
Long-delayed online subscription services pegged for the end of next month
Well Traveled
Square Enix’s Octopath Traveler hits one million copies sold worldwide
The turn-based RPG hit the Nintendo Switch eShop three weeks ago
Fired Up
Fire Emblem Heroes fires up $400m in worldwide revenue
The RPG launched just under 18 months ago and has proven to be Nintendo’s most popular outing on mobile
Report
Nintendo Switch nears 20 million sales
Earnings report for the Japanese publisher shows a strong start to the year, with $1.5b in overall revenue so far
Charting Investor Confidence
Glu Mobile’s the best and Nintendo’s the worst performing game stock during 2018 so far
Ebbs and flows
No Biggie
Nintendo’s lawsuit against Japanese publisher Colopl won’t stall White Cat Project Switch release
Console giant says these are "completely separate matters"
Big Switch
Nintendo Switch sales set to eclipse PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the US for the year
The Switch is also expected to generate the most software revenues at retail
That’s A Lot
Nintendo targets 20 to 30 indie releases per week on Switch
Senior executive officer Susumu Tanaka and former president Tatsumi Kimishima were on hand to take questions at the latest shareholders meeting
I Want To Be The Very Best
Pokemon Quest catches $3million in revenues during first week on mobile
The cubed up adventure also snagged 3.5 million downloads
Skip, Jump
Super Mario Run leaps past $60 million worldwide revenue
American players account for nearly half of the revenue brought in since launching in 2016