Buried roughly halfway through its latest financial results report, Nintendo has confirmed that it will continue to develop films following the release of the live-action Legend of Zelda movie in 2027. On the 33rd page of the report, there is a quote which reads, “Currently, we are actively taking part…
During Nintendo’s investor Q&A today, shareholders asked if there would ever be a Switch 2 game that outsells Mario Kart (likely referring to Mario Kart World). At present, World has moved 9.5 million units and is at something like a 95% attach rate with Nintendo Switch 2 console sales. The…
Nintendo has dropped a brand-new app on both iOS and Android. Aptly titled Nintendo Store, the app is available as a free download and finally gives us a one-stop shop to purchase Switch and Switch 2 games. While you won’t purchase games natively in the app, it takes you directly to…
If there is one thing about the Switch that can be empirically proven, it’s that it’s been financially successful – it just keeps breaking sales records, particularly within Japan. The latest milestone passed is overcoming the Playstation 2’s first year sales numbers, now totaling over 3.2 million units according to…
The Nintendo Switch is filled with fantastic indie games, that much is obvious at this point, but its sometimes easy to forget just how well these smaller titles are performing on the system. The latest success story? Blossom Tales, the little gem that’s not too shy about showing its Zelda…
Poor Wii U. While it had a lot of amazing games (The Wonderful 101 needs a sequel), it just never caught on. The same cannot be said for the Switch, however; just last week we reported on 10 million units being sold globally. Now Famitsu has revealed (via Siliconera) that…
Fans and critics alike have speculated the Nintendo Switch to be a hot toy this holiday season, and Adobe Digital Insights has the data to back up all the positive claims. With the console being available in the market for nine months and the high success of its sales, Nintendo…
Nintendo’s latest financial reports are in, with a few interesting tidbits shared throughout the documentation. The biggest news of all, though, is just what a success the Switch has been. As of September 30th, after six months of availability, 7.63 million Switch systems were sold globally. For comparison, the Wii…
Given the console’s overwhelming popularity, it’s undeniable that any follow-up to Nintendo’s Wii would have a hard time matching it. That said, Nintendo’s President Tatsumi Kimishima re-iterated in the just-published Earnings Call Q&A session that the company hopes the Nintendo Switch reaches those lofty heights eventually. The question was raised…
Media Crate sales figures in Japan for the second week following the Switch’s release have been unveiled by 4Gamer, and while several bestseller Switch games still remain high on the best-selling list, some have been bumped down a few pegs from where they were placed last week. As it currently…
During Nintendo’s investor Q&A today, shareholders asked if there would ever be a Switch 2 game that outsells Mario Kart (likely referring to Mario Kart World). At present, World has moved 9.5 million units and is at something like a 95% attach rate with Nintendo Switch 2 console sales. The…
In a recent interview with YouTube channel Spawn Wave, Circana analyst Mat Piscatella was asked a range of questions about how the video games market has been trending towards digital for the past few generations. While the Nintendo Switch 2 launched with an emphasis on physical media, Piscatella believes that…
The Pokémon Company has announced that Pokémon Legends: Z-A, the latest installment in the Pokémon series, has moved 5.8 million units in its first week on sale. Available on both Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, around roughly half of the first week sales come from Nintendo’s next-generation platform (Nintendo did…
A new report from Bloomberg suggests that Nintendo is gearing suppliers up to produce 25 million Switch 2 units by the end of March 2026, or the end of the fiscal calendar. Nintendo is seemingly readying itself for a massive holiday season after lowering sales projections for the Switch 2…
Towards the end of each year, Time Magazine creates a list of what it considers to be the “Best Inventions” for the last 12 months. Unsurprisingly, the Nintendo Switch 2 has shown up on this year’s list, with Time writing, “The original Nintendo Switch rewrote the rules for portable gaming….
