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Nintendo Investor briefing- 3DS and Wii U notes
Nintendo 3DS notes
- Monster Hunter X helped drove sales in year-end season growth
- Monster Hunter X sold three million units,
- Saw a high nuber of sales in teenage males
- Monster Strike sold 750,000 units, played widely among youg consumers
- Reiterates the importance of appealing to a wider audience
- Rhythm Tengoku showed a steady rise of sales, especially in females.
- The percentage of kids 12 and under playing Rythm Tengoku also rose
- Animal Crossing: Happy Home Deisgner sold 1.4 million in the Japanese market, and Disney Magic Castle My Happy Life 2 is also selling well for female consumers
- In terms of sales, they did not reach 2014 sales in the western markets
- Talks about evergreen titles and "Nintendo Selects" in Europe, mentions how they were able to give momentum to past titles, especially in games such as nintendogs and cats
- Sell through numbers are 20 million units in Japan, 54 million units worldwide
- Mentions the Pokemon Red/Green/Blue/Yellow bundles coming
Wii U notes
- Splatoon, Super Mario Maker the two key titles of last year. They kept momentum through the year-end season.
- Total sales figures surpassed that of 2014
- Splatoon has shipped 4.06 million units worldwide, while Super Mario Maker has shipped 3.34
- Splatoon has exceeded sales of Mario Kart 8
- For Super Mario Maker, it has shown steady sales worldwide and over 6.2 million user created levels
- Sales for hardware has increased over the previous year, as well as software thanks to Super Mario Maker and Splatoon
- Thanks to bundles, Wii U hardware sales were comparable to that of last year