General Nintendo thread

Dr. Mario World, another mobile game launching in summer

Edited by Nouct on Jan 31st 2019 at 3:16:34 AM

Nintendo Tokyo store will open in the Parco building in Shibuya.

I guess Nintendo was very sensitive to me making fun of them. Maybe this one will make good money and not get humiliated by Fire Emblem all over again.

Here's the full summary of today's investor meeting. Not all of it is Switch related, but I'm copy/pasting the whole thing anyways. Also, thanks Nintendo Life for making this easy.

- revised Switch from 20m to 17m as software did not capture enough growth

- software growing at rapid pace, lays foundation for further business expansion

- NA and EU software sales in 3Q were beyond expectations

- Core 1st party titles have passed 10m each, these have driven unprecedented growth

- SSBU in Japan with 3.32m sales is outpacing all previous Smash titles before

- Super Mario Party designed for families but also appealing to those in their 20s

- Labo was expected to sell in a different manner, and is currently used in 100 elementary schools

- 3rd Party sales for 9 month period are up more than double Yo Y

- Asia increasingly more important, as 3DS got 1.4% of sales, but Switch is already at 7%

- Nintendo redefined plans in 2014, as they wanted to increase ways customers could interact with Nintendo's I Ps

- Nintendo needs unique products/services, wants to use IP in an aggressive way/expand, and leverage Nintendo Accounts

- more than 8 million people have signed up for Switch Online accounts

- Nintendo's president says they don't just want to expand game population, but increase value for users

- 3 core pillars for Nintendo are dedicated devices, mobile and IP business

- Nintendo World at Universal Park Japan will be ready in 2020, the Olympic year. Illumination Super Mario movie aiming for 2022

- Nintendo Tokyo store will open in Shibuya at the Parco building

- Next year Nintendo aims to capture further growth in hardware and software, which they'll do with a strong game lineup

- development teams are more integrated now, and are working better together, which means less time needed

- they can't talk about other software they're working on at this time

- the goal is to not have a delay on titles that the market is concerned with

- 3DS numbers were revised, as the market is shrinking faster than expected

- 3DS appeals to customers as its light, compact, affordable, and is suitable game entry device

- the aim for Swich is to have 1 per person/several per household.

- Super Nintendo World is priority for 2020 launch, then US, London and Hollywood

- of 700 developers in Kyoto, Nintendo has a high number of women devs

- Switch Online retention is critical, with content being enhanced throughout the year

- Splatoon 2 and Smash Bros. Ultimate were major drivers for Switch Online

- Nintendo says Switch won't see the boom/bust that Wii did because Wii was for anyone to play, which lead to an explosion of popularity out of the gate. This was largely due to very few titles that really caught on in a huge way. Switch has several titles to drive it, and Switch is different from Wii. Nintendo thinks it can continue to capture growth.

- Nintendo is continuing to prepare multiple fun titles that they can't talk about yet

- Nintendo has a lot of ideas, and it's important that these ideas are unique to Nintendo

- Nintendo is not denying approval for internal development ideas

Nintendo stated that one of their games releasing this fiscal year is going to please fans. They also said another game that uses online is coming out, but it isn't clear if these two statements refer to a singular or separate games.

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gib Pokemon MMO

Oh I hope not. I’m really excited for Pokemon on Switch and the fastest way to make me not buy it is to make it an MMO.

Edited by BadWolf21 on Feb 1st 2019 at 6:09:37 AM

I predict the one that will please fans is the new mainline Pokémon game.

I'm hoping the one that works well online is F-Zero.

I don't think the statement is referring to Pokémon since that was already announced awhile back.

It's Pikman 4

Golden Sun MMO or bust

Dont you it's Mobas that are all the range these days

Super Smash Battle Royale.

(Crossing fingers that we start seeing first looks sometime between mid-2020 or early 2021.)

(Crossing fingers even harder that it at the very least LOOKS like Mario.)

Hope you like Princess Peach and Mario both having the physical proportions and face of Waluigi, cause there's no chance Illumination are gonna try to evolve their artstyle in any way.

Oh, and poop jokes. Hope you really like those.

Edited by Shake-Master on Feb 1st 2019 at 11:34:46 AM

I thought it was more annoying Kid-Appeal Character crowds. The Toads almost certainly will hog the spotlight.

Edited by RainingMetal on Feb 1st 2019 at 3:12:50 PM

Toadions.

mario wuz here

Every Toad should just be voiced by Egoraptor.

Jon Tron should voice Bowser

Why stop there? Get him to voice every character. Then when the credits roll we get a big long list like James Mc Avoy had in Glass.

“Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Bowser, Toad, Piranha Plant, Goomba #1, Goomba #2... — Arin Hanson.”

Edited by RedM on Feb 1st 2019 at 4:17:11 AM

When was that?

He's referring to Kevin Spacy in Secret Life of Pets