Nintendo (NTDOY)

[Nikodemos]

NEWS JUST OUT: MORE I.P. Leverage & EXPANSION here

Nintendo to produce Super Mario animation film with Illumination
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nintendo-film-super-mario/nintendo-to-produce-super-mario-animation-film-with-illumination-idUSKBN1FL3OO


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[Nikodemos]

Nintendo I.P. leveraging underway adding ~$175mm this Quarter with more to come!! This 100+y.o. company has ONLY JUST BEGUN to work on this objective of leveraging these long-standing assets: A la Disney, which does ~$30B in passive licensing-income EACH year; & which NTDOY has said it intends to "model itself" after.....

Nintendo confirmed that its smart device and intellectual property related earnings increased from 10.6 billion yen (about $98 million) in the nine months ended December 31, 2016 to 29.1 billion yen (about $267 million) in the same period in 2017....

https://www.macrumors.com/2018/01/31/nintendo-smartphone-profits/



& on $NTDOY DIVIDENDS:

Good dividends are no longer the preserve of dull utilities.
https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2018-01-31/hooray-nintendo-joins-elite-club-of-the-really-boring






Pokemon Switch Release update:
http://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/01/31/pokemon-switch-release-date/




Darkest Dungeon Is Best Played on the Nintendo Switch
https://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/reviews/darkest-dungeon-review-nintendo-switch-1806856


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[Nikodemos]

$NTDOY UP into 10-year HIGHS! we go....


$NTDOY

[Nikodemos]

Nintendo dividends? Why YES indeed, look:
http://performance.morningstar.com/stock/performance-return.action?p=dividend_split_page&t=NTDOY

I Love my stock picks & calls!!




Up nearly 10% already & NO DOUBT moving higher in 2018...

$NTDOY

[Cjm1261]

Yes it does. Don’t remember the exact payout but it was around 1%

[highstakes]

Does this stock have a dividend

[Nikodemos]

Nintendo PROFITS UP 261% see here:

Nintendo ups its Switch sales expectations to 15 million units after profits rise 261%

Nintendo earnings for the three months to December 2017 beat market expectations.

The Japanese gaming giant raised its sales forecast for the Nintendo Switch from 14 million to 15 million to the end of March 2018.

Nintendo's operating profit was up 261 percent year-on-year in the quarter.

Revenue of 482.97 billion yen ($4.44 billion) versus analyst forecasts of 407.86 billion yen, according to Reuters estimates. This is a more than 177 percent year-on-year rise. It's also the highest quarterly revenue figure since the quarter ending December 2009.

Operating profit of 116.5 billion yen versus expectations of 69.3 billion yen. This is an increase of over 261 percent and the highest quarterly operating profit since the quarter ending December 2009.

.....

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/31/nintendo-earnings-q3-2017.html


NO DEBT
CASH RICH w/ ~$6Billion in reserves

HUGE I.P. about to be monetized
100+ year old co

NEW Revenue streams forthcoming
Movies
Theme Parks

NEW innovative products
LABO
etc...



$NTDOY

[Norton1973]

NTDOY, Nintendo: http://fortune.com/2018/01/20/nintendo-stock-labo-switch/

[mick]

Nintendo Co., Ltd. ( (NTDOY)
54.7 ? 2.015 (3.82%)
Volume: 652,394 @ 4:45:53 PM EST ET
Bid Ask Day's Range
54.66 54.7 54.33 - 54.75
NTDOY Detailed Quote

[Norton1973]

Nintendo Co., Ltd, tyo in japan up over 4%. NTDOY, should see a big day! :)
$54 to $55 ?!

http://www.businessinsider.com/nintendo-labo-switch-how-it-works-2018-1/#first-and-foremost-a-warning-nintendo-labo-is-an-add-on-for-the-nintendo-switch-console-you-emmustem-own-a-switch-to-use-labo-1

[Norton1973]

NTDOY, Nice! Moving on up. :)

[Nikodemos]

INCREDIBLES,... UP WE GO!!! Check it out:

Nintendo has long been the quirkiest major video game publisher, a company eager to buck industry trends in pursuit of fun. Last year, as competitors at Sony and Microsoft continued to turn consoles into living room PCs, Nintendo released a comparatively underpowered tablet that blurred the line between portable and home gaming, and turned it into a huge success.

Now, the company plans to follow up the red-hot debut of the Switch with a new initiative that taps into what Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima calls “new ways of playing” — and it involves a lot of cardboard.

Today, the company revealed a new initiative dubbed Nintendo Labo, which involves DIY cardboard accessories that can transform the Switch’s Joy-Con controllers into everything from a fishing rod to a piano to a full-on robot suit. These accessories are then used to control a variety of mini-games, essentially turning the Switch tablet into a tiny arcade. The goal of Labo is to get kids involved in playing games on the Switch in a more hands-on, tactile way.

It’s the kind of experience that seems like it could only come from Nintendo: clever, charming, and completely unexpected. “Labo is unlike anything we’ve done before,” says Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé. It could just be the thing to keep the Switch’s momentum going in its second year — but more importantly, it’s a whole lot of fun.


The Labo platform is defined by three key characteristics, according to Nintendo: make, play, and discover. The product itself comes in the form of a kit that includes a Nintendo Switch cartridge and a series of cardboard sheets, along with a handful of other building accessories like string and plastic connectors. After you pop the cartridge into the Switch, a series of on-screen instructions on the tablet take you through the steps for building each of the different accessories, which Nintendo is calling Toy-Con (a play on the Switch’s Joy-Con controllers). It’s a setup that is particularly well-suited to parents playing with their children; one person can handle the instructions, while the other builds.

“LABO IS UNLIKE ANYTHING WE’VE DONE BEFORE.”
The process of making these accessories varies quite a bit in terms of how complicated they are to put together, but each involves folding various bits of cardboard into shapes and fitting them together. I was able to test out a few of the simpler creations at a Nintendo event in New York City, and found the process incredibly streamlined — and surprisingly enjoyable. The first thing I built was a simplified RC car that looked a bit like a cardboard insect. The instructions displayed on the Switch screen took me through every detail of the process, and everything slotted together as it should.

Nintendo Labo
Then came the “play” aspect of Labo. Each of the Toy-Con accessories has an associated interactive experience that involves the Joy-Con controllers. For the car, you place the controllers into slots on both sides of the cardboard construction. The Switch tablet becomes the controller; using the touchscreen, you’re able to make the left and right Joy-Con vibrate, effectively steering the cardboard car around. The controls aren’t the most accurate, and it was tough to get the car exactly where I wanted to go, but it was a lot of fun just moving this seemingly simple piece of cardboard around a table.

Constructing the fishing rod is a slightly more involved endeavor. It took me about 15 minutes to build from start to finish, and it featured some surprisingly intricate parts, including an extendable rod, which connects to a cardboard Switch stand via a piece of string, and as a reel that you can actually turn. You slot one Joy-Con into the base of the rod, and another into the reel. The associated mini-game, naturally, involves going fishing. You can lower your line deeper and deeper into the water by turning the reel forward, and you’ll feel a vibration when you get a bite. Once you’ve got a fish on the line, you can start reeling it in. You’ll also need to move the line back and forth to ensure it doesn’t snap. The game is simple, but also impressive; I had no issues with the responsiveness of the controls, either when it came to moving the rod around or reeling in a fish. It just worked, and it was a blast — especially as you catch bigger fish like sharks and rays near the bottom of the ocean.

The most remarkable of the lineup of Labo accessories I saw was a functional 13-key cardboard piano. It’s a much more complicated creation — I didn’t get to build one myself, instead testing a pre-assembled version — that includes moving keys and a slider that can alter the piano’s pitch. To make it work, you slot a Joy-Con into a hole in the back of the piano. You can then see all of the same keys on the Switch’s screen, and as you press the cardboard keys, the associated ones on the Switch will also be pressed and make a sound. As with the fishing rod, I had no issues with responsiveness, even when I mashed all of the keys together at the same time. There are even tiny cardboard knobs, separate from the slider, that you can slot into to completely alter what sounds come out. One turns the on-screen keys into a choir of cute meowing cats.


There are other Toy-Con coming that I didn’t get to test or see in person, the most elaborate of which is almost like a cardboard robot suit for kids. It involves building a large backpack and visor, which then become a full-body motion controller that you use to play a game in which a robot runs around a virtual world, smashing things.

These creations become even more impressive when you understand how they work, and this is especially true of the piano. The Joy-Con that slots into the back has a camera, which can see the back of the keys so that it knows which ones you’re pressing, and then relays that information to the Switch. The sound-modifying knobs, meanwhile, each have distinctive stripes that are associated with their respective sounds, so that the camera can tell them apart.


It’s a clever hack that ties into the third aspect of Labo: “discover.” Not only are you able to build your own accessories, but the platform also helps teach you the basics of how things work. When you complete the final step of the creation process, you’re able to check out a 3D model of the Toy-Con you just built, which will explain how the inserted Joy-Con are able to turn a cardboard fishing rod into a functional video game controller. It’s a simple, but likely effective, way of getting kids to learn about digital technologies like motion controls and infrared cameras.

Labo is both unlike anything Nintendo has made before, and something that feels distinctly Nintendo. The company has a history of exploring trends in unique ways, like with the exercise game Wii Fit, or the Brain Age series of puzzle games, inspired by the work of neuroscientist Dr. Ryuta Kawashima. Labo similarly takes something very of the moment — the idea of giving kids a better understanding of the technology that surrounds them — and fits it into an unconventional and playful package. Labo isn’t going to teach children how to code, but it could very well be the starting point for getting them interested in being more than a passive consumer of technology.

As a parent of two kids under five, what I’ve seen of Labo so far seems like it will be a hit in my house. The process of making the Toy-Con itself is not only a lot of fun, but also surprisingly rewarding, considering how solid and full-featured the cardboard creations ultimately are. It’s satisfying in the way that putting together a big Lego set is. When you couple that with Nintendo’s knack for creating playful, exciting experiences, it seems like a winning combination.

“THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS TO GO QUITE BROAD.”
For Nintendo, Labo offers an opportunity to continue to broaden its audience. The Switch had a very successful first year, selling more than 10 million units, almost half of them in the US. But keeping that momentum going will be a challenge — especially given that the company already released two of its biggest games with Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Labo could allow the company reach new people outside of its existing subset of fans. “We see this as helping in our quest to broaden the audience for Nintendo Switch,” says Fils-Aimé.

Right now the focus is on kids, and creating a social experience that can also be enjoyed with friends and family. That’s one of the reasons the Toy-Con are made of cardboard; it’s not only easy to manipulate, but something kids can customize with markers and paint afterwards. (Nintendo isn’t commenting right now on whether it will offer replacement parts if your cardboard piano gets squashed.) If Labo proves successful, it’s possible we could see more complex kits aimed at older audiences; Fils-Aimé notes that “I do think there is an opportunity for this to go quite broad from an age-perspective.”

Nintendo Labo launches on April 20th, and will be available in two versions. The “Variety Kit” features five different games and Toy-Con — including the RC car, fishing, and piano — for $69.99. The “Robot Kit,” meanwhile, will be sold separately for $79.99.

When the company teased this morning that it would be announcing a “new interactive experience for Nintendo Switch that’s specifically crafted for kids and those who are kids at heart,” few people probably guessed DIY accessories. But as strange as Nintendo Labo sounds at first, when you have it in your hands it makes a lot of sense. It feels quintessentially Nintendo — and could end up being a great companion to the Switch.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/17/16900496/nintendo-switch-labo-cardboard-diy-accessories-announced-price-release-date



MORE HERE:
https://labo.nintendo.com/






Nintendo's Switch is the fastest-selling US console ever
https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/04/nintendo-switch-fastest-us-selling-console/





Great GRAPH herein, showing Switch sales vs. other consoles!
https://kotaku.com/the-nintendo-switch-had-an-incredible-year-in-japan-1822084194






PR, with photos:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180117006511/en/Nintendo-Labo-Combines-Magic-Nintendo-Switch-Fun

Nintendo Labo launches on April 20 with two kits: the Variety Kit and the Robot Kit. With the Variety Kit, you can create many different Toy-Con, including two Toy-Con RC Cars, a Toy-Con Fishing Rod, a Toy-Con House, a Toy-Con Motorbike and a Toy-Con Piano. With the Robot Kit, you can build an interactive robot suit with a visor, backpack and straps for your hands and feet, which you can then wear to assume control of a giant in-game robot. Both kits include everything you need to assemble your Toy-Con creations, including the building materials and relevant Nintendo Switch software. The Variety Kit will be available at a suggested retail price of $69.99, and the Robot Kit will be available at a suggested retail price of $79.99. A special Customization Set that includes fun stencils, stickers and colored tape will also be available to purchase on April 20 at a suggested retail price of $9.99.

Each Nintendo Labo kit packs plenty of value, with a range of ways to make, play and discover in each kit:


Variety Kit ($69.99MSRP*)

Toy-Con RC Car: Insert the Left and Right Joy-Con into your newly built RC Car and control its movement using touch screen controls on the Nintendo Switch console. The HD Rumble feature in the Joy-Con controllers will cause vibrations that move the car in the direction you choose. Materials to construct two RC Cars are included.

Toy-Con Fishing Rod: Construct the Fishing Rod with an active, rotating reel that is attached by string to a cradle holding the Nintendo Switch console. Catch one of many exotic fish shown swimming on the Nintendo Switch screen by casting your Fishing Rod and unwinding the reel to lower the hook. Once you feel a vibration from the Joy-Con inserted in the reel, you must tug the Fishing Rod upward and crank the reel quickly to try and complete the catch!

Toy-Con House: By inserting various assembled blocks into openings in the sides and bottom of the House, you can interact with, play games with and feed a cute creature on the front-facing Nintendo Switch screen. Each differently shaped block is detected by the IR Motion Camera on the Right Joy-Con inserted on top of the House.

Toy-Con Motorbike: Insert each Joy-Con into an assembled set of handlebars to drive a motorbike on the Nintendo Switch screen. Pressing the ignition button starts the engine, while twisting the right handle activates the throttle. Leaning your body or turning the handlebars left and right controls the motorbike.

Toy-Con Piano: After assembling a beautifully crafted 13-key piano and inserting the Nintendo Switch console and Joy-Con, you can experiment with your own musical creations by pressing different keys. You can even insert different assembled knobs to create new sound effects and tones!


Robot Kit ($79.99MSRP*)

Toy-Con Robot: Create a wearable Robot suit, and insert the Left and Right Joy-Con into the designated slots on the backpack and visor to assume control of the robot, which is shown on the TV when the Nintendo Switch console is docked. Enjoy a variety of fun game-play experiences, including Robot mode, in which you can destroy in-game buildings and UFOs.

$NTDOY

[Norton1973]

Hmmmm....looking forward to ntdoy news.

[Nikodemos]

$52 & higher BREAKOUT in sight now: Charts, ALL OF THEM, over MULTIPLE time frames, technicals, & the like LOOKING GREAT for NTDOY into today's announcement.

Expecting a NICE MOVE further up ...

We went from around $12
To a test of $24 after a breakout
To a test of $44 after ANOTHER breakout
& I DO WONDER what's next? $64 to $66 before we test $75 eventually NO DOUBT...


But, time will tell,....ALWAYS DOES!!


In the meantime,...

I LOVE my stock calls, picks & puts!

$NTDOY

[Nikodemos]

Charts going back 5+yrs are LOOKING GREAT!!

I LOVE my stock calls, picks & puts!

Looong time...

$NTDOY

[Nikodemos]

$51's now...GET READY FOR A HUGE-ANNOUNCEMENT....after the close today!

$NTDOY

[Norton1973]

NTDOY, Looking good!

[Nikodemos]

As PREDICTED! $50's BROKEN UP from $44's = BOOYAH!!

I love my stock calls & picks!

$NTDOY

[Nikodemos]

$50 imminent...Nice quick return from $44's...

Loving ALL my stock picks & calls!

$NTDOY

[Nikodemos]

Nicely moving up through the lower $49's now...Was treading just north of $49.05 to $49.15 but it looks like its going TO BREAK OUT & into the HOD
(@ $49.29) here in a min...

I LOVE my stock picks & calls!!

$NTDOY

[Nikodemos]

A break UP into the $49's appear rather likely today for $NTDOY...

Looking good so far...

$NTDOY

[Nikodemos]

NTDOY short interest GETTING HAMMERED!! Up we go!!

EOY shenanigans are OVER...

China, IP, RECORD NTDOY console sales, top 7/10 Games per AMAZON SALES, & MORE as Pokemon GO! launches into China,... & our recent TENCENT China-deal is about to bring Switch into China the world's largest global market!

Looking GREAT for 2018 folks! Looking GREAT!

$NTDOY

[Nikodemos]

Low $44's looking FINE as China-launches-Pokemon GO!

‘Pokémon Go’ finally set to land in China
https://www.ft.com/content/8bf1964e-e5b0-11e7-8b99-0191e45377ec

Pokémon Go’s sudden surge in popularity in the summer of 2016, when hundreds of millions of people downloaded the app, “really felt like a SpaceX launch”, he said, referring to Elon Musk’s rocket company.

But, Mr Hanke added, many of those users had stopped playing by the end of the year, leaving a smaller but “solid” community of Pokémon Go gamers who saw more regular updates and new features in 2017. These included real-world weather affecting the virtual gameplay.

“I would say 2017 was about firing the second stage and getting into a stable orbit,” he said, continuing the rocket metaphor. “2018 is about the journey to Mars.”

https://www.ft.com/content/8bf1964e-e5b0-11e7-8b99-0191e45377ec


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[Nikodemos]

Nintendo Switch = Fastest-Selling Home-Video-Game-System of All-Time in the U.S.
Acclaimed Mario and Legend of Zelda Titles Lead Strong Game Lineup, Fuel Continued Momentum
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180104005222/en/Nintendo-Switch-Fastest-Selling-Home-Video-Game-System



‘Pokémon Go’ finally set to land in China
https://www.ft.com/content/8bf1964e-e5b0-11e7-8b99-0191e45377ec

Pokémon Go’s sudden surge in popularity in the summer of 2016, when hundreds of millions of people downloaded the app, “really felt like a SpaceX launch”, he said, referring to Elon Musk’s rocket company.

But, Mr Hanke added, many of those users had stopped playing by the end of the year, leaving a smaller but “solid” community of Pokémon Go gamers who saw more regular updates and new features in 2017. These included real-world weather affecting the virtual gameplay.

“I would say 2017 was about firing the second stage and getting into a stable orbit,” he said, continuing the rocket metaphor. “2018 is about the journey to Mars.”

https://www.ft.com/content/8bf1964e-e5b0-11e7-8b99-0191e45377ec


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[Nikodemos]

BOOM!! NTDOY UP & RUNNING..."PINCHER" move IN DEVELOPMENT & the reasons are all FUNDAMENTALLY positive...


http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=137381286


http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=137268906


http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=137170637


I LOVE my calls & stock picks as we move into 2018!!!


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[Nikodemos]

Here Are the 10 Best-Selling Video Games on Amazon in 2017
http://fortune.com/2018/01/02/amazon-best-selling-games/



7-of-10 2017 BEST SELLERS are from NINTENDO!!


Time for a Switch? Nintendo dominated Amazon’s best-selling games list for 2017
https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/nintendo-dominates-amazon-best-selling-games-2017/



NINTENDO SWITCH SURPASSES PS2’S FIRST YEAR SALES IN JAPAN THANKS TO HUGE RESTOCK
https://nintendosoup.com/nintendo-switch-surpasses-ps2s-first-year-sales-japan-thanks-huge-restock/



BREAKING UP... & MOVING HIGHER!!


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[Norton1973]

NTDOY, We need another.

[Nikodemos]

NEWS Nintendo eyes 20m Switch sales:
http://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2017/12/28/nintendo-eyes-20m-switch-sales.html


More upside here. Holiday Sales & Revenues forthcoming & multiple sources report proof-of-concept, solid sales & market RESULTS!



Nintendo Switch was 2017's best gadget. What does it mean for 2018?

The most amazing gadget I used this year played Zelda and Mario, fit into my bag and points to where tablets, phones and PCs could go next.
https://www.cnet.com/news/nintendo-switch-best-of-2017-tablet-phone-gaming-future-of-tech-in-2018/




Nintendo of America launches Nintendo Power Podcast:
https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/nintendo-of-america-launches-nintendo-power-podcast



RedBull Media: Why Nintendo's 2017 was nothing short of incredible
https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/nintendo-2017-look-back


$NTDOY

[Nikodemos]

Motley Fool HIGHLIGHTS Nintendo VALUE, Sales & Revenues!
https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/12/23/this-is-why-you-should-love-nintendo-stock.aspx

NINTENDO’S SWITCH also benefits from the halo effect of Pokémon Go and the company’s Super Mario Brothers game franchise. “Pokémon Go, was downloaded 800 million times,” Ito notes. “Super Mario Run, which was launched late last year on iPhones and earlier this year on Android, has had 200 million downloads. If only 10% of Pokémon Go users decided to buy Switch, that’s 80 million new users for Nintendo consoles, and if Nintendo can convert just 10% of Super Mario Run fans, it will have 20 million additional console users,” he says. Popular new games include Super Mario Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
....

In this sense, Nintendo has really hit upon the essence of both millennials and Generation Z, and created a truly next-generation console. Look for NTDOY stock to rally into 2018 on increasing demand for both software and Switch hardware. The shares are currently a buy after having pulled back to technical support near $45 and their 20-week moving average.

http://www.valuewalk.com/2017/12/nintendo-co-ntdoy-vs-sony-corp-sne-games/


Looking good as we HEAD into 2018...

$NTDOY

[Nikodemos]

NEW Nintendo PATENT & MORE IP forthcoming:
http://www.alphr.com/games/1007992/nintendo-switch-2-release-date


$NTDOY

[Nikodemos]

The Nintendo Switch Is Selling Exactly As Fast As Sony's PS4

Nintendo announced today that the Switch had broken 10 million sales. An astonishing number, given the Wii U before it, analyst projections being much lower, and the holiday season still to come. The Switch has been a hardware success story only equaled by Nintendo’s software success stories between The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey both released this year.

To put that sales figure in context, I wanted to go back and see how it stacked up to other current and former consoles. As it turns out, it’s among some of the best in recent memory, as you might expect.

With a March 3rd, 2017 launch, the data on December 10th, 2017 says that it took the Switch 9 months and 7 days to sell 10 million units.
In contrast, the PS4, launched on November 15th, 2013, took about 8 months and 29 days to sell 10 million units, almost identical. The difference being that Sony had a full holiday sales window while Nintendo hasn't had that with the Switch yet.

The Wii also took about nine months to sell 10 million units, and that was when it was a worldwide, non-gamer craze unlike anything the industry had seen.

The Xbox One took about a full year to ship 10 million units, not sell-through, and we don’t have the data for those exact figures.

The Wii U, Nintendo’s last console, took 2 years and 7 months to sell 10 million units, and it ended its run at 13.5 million units. It is entirely possible, if not likely, that the Switch could outsell the Wii U in totality in its very first year on the market.

So yes, all of this is very impressive. And honestly, what Nintendo is doing with the Switch is even more impressive than Sony’s PS4 numbers, even if the timeline is similar, because last generation, Sony sold 80+ million PS3s. Nintendo sold 13.5 million Wii Us. Granted Nintendo is Nintendo and is capable of turning sewer water into wine, but even for them, that kind of turnaround is impressive.

Will the Switch go on to outsell the PS4 in the long run, which now has 70 million sales worldwide? It’s entirely possible, and we also have to remember that this is an era where Nintendo’s dedicated handheld hardware will be coming to an end, and the Switch will also serve that purpose. We already know that the next Pokémon game will be on the Switch, and if that’s not going to be an even more massive sales driver than Zelda and Mario, I don’t know what is. Not to say that Nintendo will be able to full combine its past handheld + home console sales, but if it can even come close, nothing else on the market will be able to compare to it, Sony included. For now, they could not be off to a stronger start.

$NTDOY

[Nikodemos]

Nintendo Switch Has Sold 10 Million Units to Date

Nintendo is boasting that its Switch hybrid console has sold 10 million units worldwide in the first nine months of release, helped by Black Friday promotions.

The console’s relatively robust sales (as measured internally through the end of November 2017) come as Nintendo has encountered some manufacturing bottlenecks in its supply chain, which the company has moved to address. The Nintendo Switch carries a list price of $300 — so the sale of 10 million units translates into more than $3 billion in revenue related to the product. Released this past March, the system had sold 7.63 million units globally through the end of September.

One of the key selling points of the dual-use system is that it can be connected to a TV like a traditional console or undocked and used as a mobile device. “It’s a powerful idea for a gamer to never have to leave their game experience behind,” said Reggie Fils-Aime, president and COO of Nintendo of America. “That’s been a cornerstone of our strong performance to date.”

The original Nintendo Wii, launched in 2006, sold more than 100 million units and remains the company’s best-selling console to date. Fils-Aime said it’s possible that the Switch will top the first-year sales of the Wii, if momentum remain strong through the holiday-shopping season.

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The company isn’t breaking out where current U.S. sales of the Nintendo Switch stand. It previously said that through the end of October, it had sold more than 2.6 million Switch systems in the U.S.

In October, Nintendo raised projections for Switch shipments for its fiscal year ending March 2018 from 10 million to 14 million units. That would put the Nintendo Switch at 16.7 million units sold in its first year of release, on pace to exceed lifetime sales of the Nintendo Wii U (which shipped 13.6 million units over a five-year period).

The lineup of Nintendo-published games also has fueled fueling Switch sales, Fils-Aime said. Three titles have been purchased by more than 50% of Switch owners: “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” — which won game of the year at the 2017 Game Awards — “Mario Kart 8 Deluxe,” and “Super Mario Odyssey.” Another title, third-person shooter “Splatoon 2,” has been purchased by one in four Switch owners, he said.

“Typically if you have a title where one out of five owners have bought a game, that’s strong,” Fils-Aime said. “That helps drive sell-through of the console.”

Nintendo also has seen good support for the Switch from big game publishers like EA and Ubisoft, as well as independent developers, he added.

For 2018, Nintendo Switch games on tap include Nintendo-published titles like “Kirby Star Allies,” “Bayonetta,” “Bayonetta 2” and a new game in the Yoshi franchise. Forthcoming third-party games include Bethesda’s “Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus,” Capcom’s “Mega Man 11” and Square Enix’s “Project Octopath Traveler” (working title).

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[Nikodemos]

Nice HUGE BUYS smacking the ASK with BUYS advancing over Sells @ ~3:1
https://ih.advfn.com/stock-market/USOTC/nintendo-co-ltd-pc-NTDOY/trades

~$125,000 ask hits, looking good...

As we move UP into the HOD...


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[Nikodemos]

ADDED $47's as I see a QUICK 20% upside return as we move into the
REPORTING PERIOD, & close out a STRONG YEAR that saw NTDOY
move UP OVER 100%, with the introduction of the SWITCH & Classic Mini!!

March 2018 report should be VERY SOLID & I EXPECT MORE UPSIDE
GAINS from here...Gifting HOLIDAY prices for NTDOY shares imv...

We'll see: Time will tell,.... ALWAYS DOES!

$NTDOY

[mick]

http://www.barchart.com/opinions/stocks/NTDOY

[Nikodemos]

EXPECTING MORE IP/LICENSING REVENUES LIKE THIS: https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/super-mario-cereal-from-nintendo-and-kelloggs

Super Mario Cereal from Kellogg's makes breakfast a playful experience
With Super Mario™ Cereal, Nintendo and Kellogg’s® have teamed up to take fans on a breakfast odyssey that will continue long after the cereal box is empty. In addition to collectible Super Mario Odyssey™ box art, each Super Mario Cereal box functions as an amiibo™ accessory, making breakfast a more playful experience.

“This powered-up partnership with Kellogg’s is another exciting way for us to expand the Nintendo brand in unique and creative ways,” said Tom Prata, Nintendo of America’s Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives. “We are always looking for new opportunities to bring smiles to people of all ages, and this is a fun way to kick off the day.”

The limited-edition cereal box will begin hitting store shelves across the U.S. as early as Dec. 11. Those playing the Super Mario Odyssey game can tap the cereal box on the Nintendo Switch™ system, like you would an amiibo, to receive gold coins or a heart in the game. Even the cereal itself has a Super Mario twist, with colorful power-up marshmallows and a blast of mixed berry flavor in every box.

“We are thrilled to pack so much fun into one box of cereal,” said Brad Schwan, Senior Director of Morning Foods Marketing. “The package adds value and excitement for fans, with marshmallow shapes in the cereal inspired by Super Mario power-ups to tie the theme together.”

For more information about Kellogg’s, visit https://www.kelloggs.com.

Remember that Nintendo Switch features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about other features, visit https://www.nintendo.com/switch/ .

MORE Exciting Progress:
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-eshop-adds-10-new-games-this-week/1100-6455293/

Another batch of titles have been added to the Nintendo Switch Eshop. The bulk of this week's releases launch today, November 30, but the biggest game of the week--both literally and figuratively--arrives tomorrow.

Headlining this week's Switch releases is Xenoblade Chronicles 2, the last major first-party game for the console in 2017. The open-world JRPG launches on December 1 and puts players in the role of Rex, a Driver who is able to summon and fight alongside living weapons called Blades. Alongside the game, Switch owners will be able to purchase the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 season pass, which costs $30 and adds new quests, rare Blades, story content, and more throughout 2018. You can read more about the game in our Xenoblade Chronicles 2 review and review roundup.

Today's batch of releases consists of seven titles, including two arcade titles: the latest ACA Neo Geo classic, World Heroes, and Traverse USA. Also arriving today is Serial Cleaner, a game about cleaning up bloody murder scenes, as well as the classic adventure game Syberia 2.


Rounding out today's releases is the shoot-'em-up Star Ghost; the space-searching adventure game Opus: The Day We Found Earth; and the mythological puzzle game Mujo. Also out for Switch this week are Resident Evil: Revelations and its sequel. The two games are available to purchase individually from the Eshop or bundled together in the Revelations Collection physical package. You can find the full list of this week's Switch releases below.

This Week's Nintendo Switch New Releases

November 27

Resident Evil Revelations
Resident Evil Revelations 2


November 30

ACA Neo Geo World Heroes
Arcade Archives: Traverse USA
Mujo
Opus: The Day We Found Earth
Serial Cleaner
Star Ghost
Syberia 2


December 1

Xenoblade Chronicles 2

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/11/rumour_leaked_ea_email_apparently_confirms_january_nintendo_direct


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[Nikodemos]

BOOM! $53.50+ NOW as STRONG Holiday Sales Prospects FUELS NTDOY

~$53.75 to be more precise atm.

& $54.00+ looking imminent!

~$30B in passive Disney-like, IP revenues getting going too:
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3312014-nintendo-near-deal-license-mario-universal-movie

I like PIXAR/Hannover House personally... LOL!!


I LOOOOOOVE My Picks!

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[Norton1973]

NTDOY, Nintendo Switch sold out on Amazon.

[Nikodemos]

BOOM! $52.50+ & STRONG Holiday Sales Prospects fuel NTDOY

LOOOVE my picks!!


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[Nikodemos]

Hello $50.00....Good to see you!!

Longs smiling BIGGLY!

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[JWard99]

I have said this before. For some reason the Firms that invest in Nintendo use Algorithms that love to fill Gaps slowing the Uptrends. Be real people. Nikkei went down 300 points before lunch. Yes, the Market causes pricing pressure to stocks. Nothing to worry about.

[Nikodemos]

INDEED!! On all counts...LOVE MY $NTDOY...Love ALL my picks!!

Will be loving her LOOONG TIME (as I have so far)...& MORE in 2018

& then MORE in 2020 (I think), according to what; I'm reading, learning,
charting & seeing!!



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[Norton1973]

NTDOY, another Bull flag? Nintendo stock has been a good one.

[jones99]

This Forward Guidance is what was missing from the ER! Was seen as a disappointment having only 14 Mil not meeting 16 Mil targeted.

[Nikodemos]

This, TO ME, represents short-interest closing out a portion of -- or an ENTIRE-- position. They have the funds, means, & wherewithal to move stocks like this quite easily. ESPECIALLY one that trades on the TYO before opening in the U.S..

The aforementioned T-trade I reported to the board (as discussed in the post to which I'm in reply) is a TELLTALE sign that the VERY short-term price was GOING to be "manipulated" downwards imv. I usually use that SIGNAL -- in situations LIKE THIS - to pick up more shares.

As I believe, & it is MY EXPERIENCE, that stocks like NTDOY in circumstances like these, WILL MOVE HIGHER; and subsequent profits akin to shooting fish in a barrel.

I also have shares from years ago when the stock was trading FAR LOWER. So it works well for ME, my investment, trading style, etc...

To each his own... but, IN ANY CASE, $NTDOY is going higher as we move into the Tokyo Olympics, leveraging IP, Holiday Season, 2018, ThemePark debut, movies, Classic NES, TENCENT deal, Mobile business, higher DIVIDENDS, etc., etc., etc...


GL folks!!

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[Trueheart]

I, too, expected a drop after the run up but I thought that I may have been unaware of something material that may have been impacting the company such as production, etc.

I agree.

Trueheart

[Cjm1261]

Just my .02, we had the big run and then a big sell off or profit taking. I'm confident we're going to see 60s by end of the year.

[Trueheart]

The share price has been heading south for a few days? Any thoughts as to why?

Trueheart

[Nikodemos]

NEWS: Super Mario Odyssey caps off a banner-year for Nintendo
Japanese games company has shipped 7.63 million Switch consoles since its launch in March

It wasn't very long ago that Nintendo lagged far behind its competitors in the video games horse race. But the Japanese company has always proven resilient, and 2017 has so far been one of its best years ever.

The company said Monday that its net profit jumped 35 per cent in April-September from a year earlier, helped by popularity of its Switch hybrid game machine and new releases.

It logged a 51.5 billion yen ($584 million) net profit in the fiscal first half-year, compared with a 38.3 billion net profit in the same period a year earlier.

Nintendo has shipped 7.63 million Switch devices since its launch in March. According to Bloomberg, the company is on track to sell more than 16 million units in the device's first 13 months. That's more Switch consoles in one year than its predecessor, the ill-fated Wii U, has sold since it launched in 2012.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/nintendo-year-super-mario-odyssey-1.4378597


Ergo = MORE DIVIDENDS COMING SOON!!



Also,...Super Mario Run’s 200 million downloads

In just five days, the new Super Mario Odyssey video game for the Nintendo Switch system sold more than 1.1 million units in the U.S. alone. That makes it the fastest-selling Super Mario game ever in the U.S.,.....

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171102005773/en/Super-Mario-Odyssey-Nintendo%E2%80%99s-Fastest-Selling-Super-Mario

This makes Super Mario Odyssey the best-reviewed game on Metacritic for any system of the last three years, tied only with Nintendo Switch launch game The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171102005773/en/Super-Mario-Odyssey-Nintendo%E2%80%99s-Fastest-Selling-Super-Mario



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[deadjim]

Major breakout today.. $60 coming in soon. Hope we got some 401k sitters in on this thing