Nintendo touts 3DS growth in America, says Smash Bros. Ultimate bundle is 'effectively sold out,' talks Smash updates, hitting Switch sales goals, and more

Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime is doing the press circuit to spread the word on Nintendo's holiday offerings. As you might expect, the big man believes Nintendo has some very heavy-hitters in the wings. While pitching titles like Smash and Pokemon, Reggie shared the following tidbits in a Kotaku interview.

- 3DS has had growth year-on-year for the first three quarters of the year in the Americas
- Reggie certainly hopes the 3DS has many more years ahead of it
- Nintendo believes they've planned well for bundle stock with Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee
- the hardware bundle for Smash Bros Ultimate is “effectively sold out”
- Reggie reiterates that Smash Bros. Ultimate is a brand-new Smash game
- Reggie says Sakurai will continue to tweak the different characters until launch and even past launch
- Reggie says October, November, and December are critical to Nintendo hitting 20 million Switch units sold this fiscal year
- Reggie says the Americas are "well-positioned to do their fair share to meet that goal”
- for the first 12 months of availability, Switch in the United States was the best-selling system of all time
- the goal is to continue that trend
- Nintendo wants to be in a position coming out of the holidays where we can be proud of our results compared to the Wii
- Reggie would have loved for Smash Bros. Ultimate to come out earlier in the year, as December is a challenging month
- Reggie says third-party support on Switch has been quite strong