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Nintendo's Supplementary Information about Earnings Release is out

Drkirby

Corporate Apologist
Kirby Super Star Ultra has sold over a Million in NA (Not out in Palland, so Overseas is just NA) :D


And I can only hope Nintnedo got Sakurai to help with Kirby Wii. Doubt it, but it would be nice.
 

Danthrax

Batteries the CRISIS!
Oh BTW it says that Rhythm Heaven is scheduled for release in the first half of the calendar year in the U.S.

Feel free to start rejoicing, GAF!


(Punch Out!! is still scheduled for first half of 2009 in the U.S., and Sin & Punishment 2 is listed at 2009. Yeah for further confirmation that these games are coming over.)
 

jman2050

Member
Hey, if I'm reading this right, NSMB has passes SMB3 already.

And it looks like my prediction of Pokemon being the best selling non-bundled game this generation still has an outside shot of being right. Of course, Wii Play will foil that, but it's still amazing the kind of brand power Pokemon has.
 

Danthrax

Batteries the CRISIS!
viciouskillersquirrel said:
So, uh, what was Gamecube's LTD again?

21.5 million or so, I think


beef3483 said:
No Prime 3 sales info for this year? Bummer. I would like to know if it has passed the 2 million barrier yet.

It's not on the list, so presumably it hasn't passed the ONE million barrier yet. Worldwide.
 

Milabrega

Member
Japanese releases for 2009:

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NA and Europe releases for 2009:

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Few things to note:

-No Endless Ocean 2 for U.S.
-Punch Out Expecting in the first half of '09
-Kirby Wii has been on these sheets for 3 years. Last year however it had an '08 date for US as well though.
 

MisterHero

Super Member
Yeesh, Wii's only been out for a little over 2 years and they've beaten (or WILL beat) their highest-selling titles from the NES's entire lifetime.

I for one will bow to our new leisure sports and puppy overlords
 

Danthrax

Batteries the CRISIS!
oh shit

look on page 9. it lists The Conduit for a June 2009 release.

No!! I don't want to wait that long!! May was bad enough.



[edit] That page does confirm that Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles comes out on Wii the same day as the DS version: March 24. Guitar Hero Metallica has some nebulous "second quarter 2009" release now, though.
 

Drkirby

Corporate Apologist
Milabrega said:
-Kirby Wii has been on these sheets for 3 years. Last year however it had an '08 date for US as well though.
Unless I am blind, kirby wii has never had a NA date. You sure you are not mistaking Kirby Super Star Ultra for the US info?
 
Milabrega said:
-No Endless Ocean 2 for U.S.
-Punch Out Expecting in the first half of '09
-Kirby Wii has been on these sheets for 3 years. Last year however it had an '08 date for US as well though.


I'm sure quite a few of the games listed as Japan only right now will make it over here by the end of the year. (I really want Dynamic Slash and Cosmic Walker)
As for Kirby, the fact that they keep listing it means that they are still working on it, so that's at least some good news.
 

Oblivion

Fetishing muscular manly men in skintight hosery
DS:

Brain Training - 16.8 mil
NSMB - 17.63 mil
Mario Kart - 13.79 mil
Animal Crossing: WW - 10.57 mil
Nintendogs - 21.67 mil
Brain Age 2 - 13.27 mil
Kirby Super Star Ultra - 2.19 mil
Super Mario 64 DS -7.16 mil

Wii:

Wii Sports 40.5 mil
Mario Kart Wii 13.6 mil
Wii Fit 14.0 mil
Wii Play 20.9 mil
Smash Bros. Brawl 8.10 mil
Animal Crossing: CF - 3.22 mil
Wii Music- 2.50 mil
Link's Crossbow Training 3.44 mil
Super Mario Galaxy - 7.6 mil

Glad to see SMG doing great. Wish we had updated numbers for Zelda: TP.
 

Danthrax

Batteries the CRISIS!
Oblivion said:
Wii Sports 40.5 mil
Mario Kart Wii 13.6 mil
Wii Fit 14.0 mil
Wii Play 20.9 mil
Smash Bros. Brawl 8.10 mil
Animal Crossing: CF - 322 mil
Wii Music- 2.50 mil
Link's Crossbow Training 3.44 mil
Super Mario Galaxy - 7.6 mil

omg, best selling game of all time =P
 
Oblivion said:
Wii Sports 40.5 mil
Mario Kart Wii 13.6 mil
Wii Fit 14.0 mil
Wii Play 20.9 mil
Smash Bros. Brawl 8.10 mil
Animal Crossing: CF - 322 mil
Wii Music- 2.50 mil
Link's Crossbow Training 3.44 mil
Super Mario Galaxy - 7.6 mil
I had no idea it was that hight.
 

Sciz

Member
Whatever Kirby Wii ends up being, I will be extremely surprised if it at all resembles the E3 2005 trailer.
 

Pachael

Member
Million sellers for Nintendo are a dime a dozen, and it's fair to say that's too low.

It's more like: 5-million sellers for Nintendo are a dime a dozen.
 

markatisu

Member
Oblivion said:
DS:

Brain Training - 16.8 mil
NSMB - 17.63 mil
Mario Kart - 13.79 mil
Animal Crossing: WW - 10.57 mil
Nintendogs - 21.67 mil
Brain Age 2 - 13.27 mil

Wii:

Wii Sports 40.5 mil
Mario Kart Wii 13.6 mil
Wii Fit 14.0 mil
Wii Play 20.9 mil

Evergreen titles in action
 

Dalthien

Member
Danthrax said:
It's not on the list, so presumably it hasn't passed the ONE million barrier yet. Worldwide.
This list only includes games that have sold more than a million units in the past 9 months (Apr-Dec 2008). Any sales from before this fiscal year (Apr/08) are not included in this report. Metroid Prime 3 topped a million worldwide a long time ago.


Here are the LTD totals for the games which sold at least a million units during the past nine months. (Sales during past nine months in brackets)


DS:

Nintendogs - 21.67 M (3.00 M)
New Super Mario Bros. - 17.63 M (3.47M)
Brain Age: Train your Brain in Minutes a Day - 16.82 M (3.84 M)
Pokemon Diamond / Pearl - 16.48 M (1.71 M)
Mario Kart DS - 13.79 M (3.34 M)
Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day - 13.27 M (2.44 M)
Animal Crossing: Wild World - 10.57 M (1.04 M)
Super Mario 64 DS - 7.16 M (1.04 M)
Mario Party DS - 5.49 M (1.87 M)
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time / Darkness - 4.40 M (2.82 M)
Pokemon Platinum - 2.40 M (2.40 M)
Kirby Superstar Ultra - 2.19 M (2.19 M)
Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia - 1.80 M (1.26 M)
Rhythm Heaven - 1.71 M (1.71 M)
Personal Trainer: Cooking - 1.68 M (1.68 M)


Wii:

Wii Sports - 40.50 M (18.95 M)
Wii Play w/ Remote - 20.91 M (9.40 M)
Wii Fit - 14.01 M (12.16 M)
Mario Kart Wii - 13.67 M (13.67 M)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 8.10 M (3.24 M)
Super Mario Galaxy - 7.66 M (1.56 M)
Mario Party 8 - 6.28 M (1.42 M)
Link's Crossbow Training w/ Zapper - 3.44 M (1.74 M)
Animal Crossing: City Folk - 3.22 M (3.22 M)
Wii Music - 2.50 M (2.50 M)
Mario Super Sluggers - 1.21 M (1.21 M)


General comments ---

- Absolutely incredible that Brain Age, NSMB, Mario Kart DS and Nintendogs have all topped 3 million sold just since this past April. Talk about insane everlasting sales.

- Animal Crossing DS tops the 10 million mark.

- Super Mario 64 DS now over 7 million sold and still topping a million this year. Talk about free money. Not only did the game sell great over a decade ago on the N64, but a port of the decade-old game has now sold another 7 million copies, not even counting the virtual console. Crazy!
 

Regulus Tera

Romanes Eunt Domus
Danthrax said:
Oh BTW it says that Rhythm Heaven is scheduled for release in the first half of the calendar year in the U.S.

Feel free to start rejoicing, GAF!


(Punch Out!! is still scheduled for first half of 2009 in the U.S., and Sin & Punishment 2 is listed at 2009. Yeah for further confirmation that these games are coming over.)

*rejoices*
 

VideoMan

30% Failure Rate
Danthrax said:
Oh BTW it says that Rhythm Heaven is scheduled for release in the first half of the calendar year in the U.S.

Feel free to start rejoicing, GAF!
Yea I noticed a few weeks ago Amazon changed the release date to April 5th.

Last official word from Nintendo was the DSi would be coming out in late 2009 but it says here spring-summer. I guess maybe IGN's source was right and we'll be getting it sooner than we thought.
 

Chumly

Member
How the fuck does Europe have

Pikmin 2
Another Code R
Endless Ocean 2

Already confirmed while bullshit NOA has to "think" about it.
 

HK-47

Oh, bitch bitch bitch.
Danthrax said:
21.5 million or so, I think

It's not on the list, so presumably it hasn't passed the ONE million barrier yet. Worldwide.

OMG Phantom Hourglass hasnt passed the one million barrier! Neither has Big Brain Academy or Twilight Princess or Warioware Smooth Moves!
 

wenis

Registered for GAF on September 11, 2001.
OMG all these cold winter days and finally....I'm able to read nintendo's supplementary info. what I really wanted for christmas has finally come.
 

Anony

Member
i dont get why they're release metroid prime 1 and 2 in the japan
it did utter shit there for the franchise
plus, there's no release date for the territories that it's sold good in
 

drohne

hyperbolically metafictive
oh shit, the new supplementary information about earnings release is out!? i totally forgot to preorder i wonder if they'll have any left
 
WTF!!! How do the Wii ports of the MP games have Japanese release dates, and NOTHING noted for the US. The US has to be their strongest fucking market for those games. Fucking aye NOA, you fuckers better release those games here close to the fucking Japanese dates.
 
Oblivion said:
Wii:

Wii Sports 40.5 mil
Mario Kart Wii 13.6 mil
Wii Fit 14.0 mil
Wii Play 20.9 mil
Smash Bros. Brawl 8.10 mil
Animal Crossing: CF - 3.22 mil
Wii Music- 2.50 mil
Link's Crossbow Training 3.44 mil
Super Mario Galaxy - 7.6 mil

Bomba
2.5m sales and people think it bombed.
the game cost probably a few million to make and its had over $60-70m in sales at the very least??
 

Azelover

Titanic was called the Ship of Dreams, and it was. It really was.
lowlylowlycook said:
Some of the graphs in there really bring home how irrelevant Japan is for non-handheld gaming.

"With the recent advances in portable gaming technology, did we even need a console that connected to a immobile TV at all?" quote from Miyamoto during his 2007 GDC keynote.

The handheld technology has reached a point where the graphics are good enough for a lot of people, and portability is always more convenient especially in Japan. Miyamoto was alluding to how the Wii was supposed to create a new value that can only be properly achieved in living room spaces. They were predicting and realized it ahead of time, that handhelds were to overthrow home systems, Iwata has spoken of this many times.

To a certain extent they solved part of the problem of the handhelds catching up to console technology by making these changes, and you can see that reflected in the market. The solution isn't perfect but out of all home consoles in Japan today the Wii is tracking ahead. But it's a secondary solution much like the Gameboy years past, the handheld market is probably gonna be in the lead from now on for a long time.
 
lowlylowlycook said:
Some of the graphs in there really bring home how irrelevant Japan is for non-handheld gaming.
2009 Wii games listed for Wii:

Jpn - 19 games
USA - 5 games
Euro - 8 games

Mind letting Nintendo know :p.
 

Yes Boss!

Member
Oh my,

Even if you take away the $40 controller and just count Wii Play as a $10 game that is over $200 million in sales or the equivalent of 3.5 million $60 game sales.

:lol at Activision calling Guitar Hero III the first billion dollar title. WiiFit is already way more and probably only halfway through its run.

And fuck yeah for Wii Music. I predicted 2.5 million by mid 2009 and it will double that by Christmas 2009.
 

VOOK

We don't know why he keeps buying PAL, either.
Tis Funny how it's all the Americans, finally getting screwed over by Nintendo. All those years we got told to shut up and deal with it and now you guys are getting the raw end of the stick. Well more raw, ours is still pretty fucked up.
 

dyls

Member
Code:
                               Apr.-Dec.'04 |Apr.-Dec.'05   |Apr.-Dec.'06     |Apr.-Dec.'07     |Apr.-Dec.'08       | 

Other expenses                       2,976  |       357     |        714      |      995        |          177,137 
(of which foreign exchange losses)    ( - ) |     ( - )     |      ( - )      |      (  - )     |         (174,233)

Jesus.
 

Divvy

Canadians burned my passport
NoA had better get their shit together this year. I'm starting to get really pissed.
 

w3stfa11

Member
Wii Music at 2.5 million after just ~2 months. Not bad at all.

June release for The Conduit. :/ Guess we'll have to wait a bit longer than the Spring 09 date they told us.

I had no idea EA was working on a Tennis game for Wii. Neat. edit: Oh, it's for Wii and next-gen consoles.
 
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