Smart Expansion
Mobile a key driver for Nintendo's growth in Asia and Middle East
Access to IP leads to strong Switch sales, says company president
Company Profile
Nintendo
Website
www.nintendo.com
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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Satoru Iwata
CEO
Shigeru Miyamoto
Game Designer
Tatsumi Kimishima
President
Shuntaro Furukawa
President
Reggie Fils-Aimé
Retired President/COO
Luciano Pereña
Nintendo Europe CEO
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Accolades
Articles featuring Nintendo
Less Mario, More Rpg
How Nintendo plans to create an annual $1 billion mobile games business
Starting over with a clean slate
Lost And Found
Nintendo taps up Cygames for new RPG game Dragalia Lost
New RPG will be released this summer
Switching It Up
Nintendo’s mobile games brought in $359.5 million in the last year
Overall revenue increased 116 per cent to $9.66 billion
Stepping Down
Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima to retire
Leaves after nearly three years in the role
Fold On A Minute
Nintendo Labo lands in the US, Australia and Japan
New arts and crafts style accessory will find its way to Europe on April 27th
Gdc Awards
Gorogoa grabs a brace of awards at GDC
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild bags a hattrick, Vlambeer co-founder wins Ambassador Award
Keep Your Receipts
Norwegian Consumer Council claims Nintendo's "no refunds" policy on Switch eShop is not compliant with EU law
Nintendo says that it is fully compliant
Fire Emblem Heroes Revenue
Fire Emblem Heroes generated almost $300 million in revenue in its first year
Sensor Tower estimates it's still generating $10 million each month
Nintendo's Potential
Nintendo could grow revenues by $2.5 billion from IAPs and subscriptions, says Newzoo
Market research firm looks into the ways Nintendo can improve its revenues
Switch And Beyond
Nintendo talks "critical" second year for its Switch and looking beyond a six-year lifecycle
Also discusses China, Super Mario movie, and Switch Online
Mario Kart Dena
Mario Kart Tour's 'free-to-start' model might not mean what you think
Nintendo has been more liberal with the phrase following Super Mario Run's under-performance
Burning Strong
Nintendo's most successful mobile game remains its most free-to-play focused title
Fire Emblem Heroes sustains
So Long Free
Paid Nintendo Switch Online service goes live September 2018
Switch to subscription will cost users $19.99 a year
Mario Movie
Nintendo reveals animated Super Mario movie in the works from film studio behind Minions
Also partners with Universal Pictures for worldwide theatrical release
Lets-a-go
Nintendo reveals fifth mobile game Mario Kart Tour
Releasing next fiscal year, and that's all we know for now
Nintendo Financials Q3 Fy17
Nintendo's Switch closes in on 15 million units sold worldwide
Revenues hit $7.88 billion on the back of Switch and Super Mario Odyssey sales
Miitomo Closure
Nintendo to shut down social app Miitomo two years after first launching
First ever attempt at mobile closes on May 5th
Nintendo Sues Colopl
Nintendo sues Colopl for $350,000 over five alleged patent infringements
Main problem seems to be the game's virtual joystick
Switch Sales
Nintendo's Switch is the fastest-selling console of all time in the US
Clears 4.8 million units sold in 10 months
Big Ambitions
Nintendo aims high and forecasts 20 million Switch sales in 2018 fiscal year
Sales could reach as high as 37 million
Odyssey To Japan
Super Mario Odyssey jumps to one million units sold in Japan
Switch closing in on three million hardware units sold
Nintendo Partnerships
Nintendo reportedly looking for new mobile developers to work with outside of DeNA partnership
GungHo could be in the running
Nintendo Switch Sales
Nintendo's Switch clears 10 million units sold nine months after launching
2.37 million units sold in the last three months
The Charticle
How does the launch of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp compare to past Nintendo games?
Charting the game's trajectory
Pikachu On The Case
Detective Pikachu movie reportedly signs up Kathryn Newton as female lead
Wait... they're still making the Detective Pikachu movie?
Heck Yeah
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp launches a day early
Hasn't changed much since soft launch
Super Movie Bros
Report: Nintendo partnering with Illumination Entertainment for Super Mario animated movie
John Leguizamo to reprise his role as Luigi?
Nintendo In China
Nintendo still considering launching mobile games in China if it can find a partner
But it needs a partner if it's going to move into the region
Leaps And Bounds
Super Mario Odyssey sells two million units in its first three days of release
Fastest-selling Super Mario game ever in the US and Europe
Platypus Bifurcation
Nintendo’s Switch trick: Selling like 3DS but selling games like Wii U
Optimised dual use
Switching Up
More people playing Nintendo Switch as a handheld than on TV
Switch on the go
Performance Rundown
Super Mario Run clocks up 200 million downloads but Fire Emblem Heroes has better profitability
Mario gets the reach as Fire Emblem get the money
Nintendo Financials Q2 Fy17
Nintendo's mobile revenues grow 426% to $157.8 million thanks to Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes
Switch clears 7.63 million units sold
Iap Inspector
How does Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Happy Pocket Camper
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp doesn't experiment and is better for it
Making a smaller version of the core game experience has proven to work in Pocket Camp's favour
About Time
Nintendo finally unveils free-to-play Animal Crossing Pocket Camp for mobile
Set for late November launch on the App Store and Google Play
Switch Success
Nintendo Switch clears two million units sold in the US
Third consecutive month as the top-selling piece of hardware in the country
Best Of 2017
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2017
The movers, shakers and moneymakers
Nintendo Stocks
Nintendo shares hit nine-year high following Arena of Valor Switch reveal
Could just be that the console is still selling well
Switch Boost
Nintendo Switch surpasses 1.5 million units sold in Japan thanks to boost from Splatoon 2
500,000 units sold in the region since its last financials
Nintendo Financials Q1 Fy18
Nintendo sales hit $1.38 billion as its Switch console surpasses 4.7 million units shipped
Mobile games generate $80.5 million for Q1
Decoding Design
How Fire Emblem Heroes made $100 million from 10 million installs
Wargaming's Anil Das-Gupta on how Nintendo has been able to quickly leverage the IP successfully on mobile, and what more it could do
Switch Online
Nintendo launches Switch Online companion app for voice chat and organising online matches
Free to use until the full online services kick in
Running On
Super Mario Run surpasses 150 million downloads seven months after launch
Fire Emblem Heroes has less than a tenth of the downloads but generates more revenue
Gateway Games
Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aimé: Mobile introduces the consumer to our IP before they move on to the "full experience"
Reggie explains Nintendo's mobile philosophy, forgets that it hasn't released any games in China yet
Switch It Up
Nintendo teases new Pokemon RPG, Metroid Prime 4, Yoshi and Kirby for Switch
Game Freak developing core Pokemon RPG for console
Daaahhh!
Ubisoft teams up with Nintendo for Mario Rabbids crossover on Switch
Shigeru Miyamoto makes surprise appearance during reveal
Classic Move
Nintendo Switch online subscription will cost $20 and give players access to catalogue of free retro games
Paid online services delayed to 2018
Switched On
Report: Nintendo targets production of 18 million Switch consoles by March 2018
Stepping up production to keep up with demand