By Brian Crecente, 2:00 PM on Tue Feb 20 2007, 1,764 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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Japanese maker of all things electronic and crap is blaming Nintendo for a deep, deep cut in its annual net profit forecasts, which dipped by two thirds.

Tomy said sales of character goods and card games for boys were sluggish in Japan, in large part because of the success of Nintendo's DS handheld game device and the next-generation Wii game console, which stole demand for traditional toys.

Ya it has nothing at all to do with their toys being mostly, you know, crap. Brian Crecente

Tomy Blames Nintendo For Losses [Gamasutra]