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Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

Gen16Snes — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:28:27 MDT

@Gen16Snes: Ah my obvious prediction game true, Hail Serpentor!

Gen16Snes

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

freespeech — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:38:15 MDT

@ggodo:

Cobra lalalalalalala!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sweet pic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

freespeech

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

angry_gamer — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:47:32 MDT

Cobra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Yeah, he was an awful character...

angry_gamer

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

KM91 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:49:25 MDT

@ggodo: Cobra from GI Joe!!!

KM91

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

Amun-Ra — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:12:07 MDT

I find it quite telling that this is the shortest of the press releases. Nintendo is used to winning so much anyway, they don't have to spin to look good as much as the other companies.

Amun-Ra

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

JUFONUK — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:32:42 MDT

oh dammit double post awooooooo

JUFONUK

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

JUFONUK — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:32:20 MDT

The Victory speech should go something like this:

"quality always will out. and Nintendo is Quality through and through in a sea of Mediocrity we are you beacon of hope come with us to Nirvana, play some Mario and Rejoice, see his Red Hat, look at the little Italian plumber, running like a Gazelle in the night, how does he do it? why does he? he does it because he loves you!! LOVES YOU!!!"

or something like that

JUFONUK

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

JUFONUK — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:29:13 MDT

"quality shines and Nintendo is quality through and through..Like a beacon in a sea of mediocrity, we will offer you a helping hand and guide you to Nirvana.... come!! come play some Mario rejoice at his red hat, see the little plumber, see him run like a gazelle in the night!! how you like me now Sony and Microsoft Bitches??"

should have been the Nintendo speech

JUFONUK

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

jello44 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:16:50 MDT

Am I the only one who is seeing "NO U" being photoshopped on this?

jello44

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

AfroMan070 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:51:13 MDT

i wonder if nintendo gets tired of writing victory speeches every month.

AfroMan070

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

BPMο — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:06:38 MDT

@2NinjasTapedTogether:
It's a $10 game bundled with a Wii Remote. What would you expect?

BPMο

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

2NinjasTapedTogether — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:01:32 MDT

Hm. Wii Play still selling at #4... I think it is time we ended this experiment called life. Clearly this is part of the downward slide that can only end in nuclear holocaust.

2NinjasTapedTogether

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

Gen16Snes — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:10:16 MDT

It will outsell the 360 and PS3 again..."THIS I COMMAND!"

Gen16Snes

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

Mohrdikai — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:37:50 MDT

*I AM SERPENTOR. damn, I messed up my emperor speech.

Mohrdikai

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

Mohrdikai — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:27:25 MDT

Why didn't I see it before? After Cobra Commander's failure to rule the world with the N64 and Gamecube, it was only natural that Nintendo would create a new leader to guarantee domination of the seventh console generation.

"We will have Mario Kart Wii on stole shelves by April 27th! FOR AM I SERPENTOR! THIS, I COMMAND!"

Mohrdikai

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

Lanhoj — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:50:20 MDT

fix ur online Nintendo. then and ONLY then will i pick up a Wii.

Lanhoj

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

SpartanQ77 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:43:27 MDT

@JRONJR: Are you dumb? Number one selling console, if the game releases for that console and all others, it's going to sell best ON THE CONSOLE THAT SELLING BEST AS WELL! Plus, have you ever got to catch a glimpse of GH: 3 for the Wii from December to February? I've seen a bit for 360, none for wii, and an overstock for that PoS 3, err I mean PS3

SpartanQ77

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SpartanQ77 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:39:32 MDT

"Wii Fi"? Redefining our network connectivity?

SpartanQ77

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

Highlander Wolf — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:38:44 MDT

Serpennntooorrrr!!!!

Highlander Wolf

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

robbo_the_hood — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:35:35 MDT

@Nickatiah
Microsoft sold tons of software, Sony sold tons of hardware, and Nintendo sold tons of both this month. Sony can be proud PS2 has staying power, PSP has carved itself a healthy portion of the handheld market, the PS3 is matching the 360. Microsoft is glad their supply constraints seem to be lifting, and that they are (probably) drawing in a lot more revenue than Sony because of their software sales. Nintendo obviously is laughing because they earn on their hardware and software, and dominated in both respects.

robbo_the_hood

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BPMο — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:26:50 MDT

I love the NPD articles on Kotaku just for the images and the head lines:
"[company] Responds To [month] NPD Sales, Seems Pleased"

Has there ever been a month where a company didn't seem pleased from NPD numbers? I'd assume not, since these press releases aren't meant for us, but for shareholders and whatnot, and they have to keep the confidence of their holders.

@Kyle81:
Been playing games for about 18 years now. I own most of Nintendo's systems (still missing a Virtual Boy), all of Sega's systems, most of Sony's (don't have a PS3), and will get a 360 soon. And I have yet to tire of Mario and his friends.

@JRONJR:
The Wii version of GH3 isn't the worst of all of them. It does at least have online multiplayer and leaderboards, unlike the PS2 version. And the issue with Dolby Pro Logic II had been fixed, remember?
The Wii version of Rock Band, though, is gonna suck.

BPMο

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ByeBye — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:26:17 MDT

Is it wrong to say GO NINTEDO? 2008 and even 2009, I can safely say, more than likely will be The Big N's year...regardless of how the PSP sales across the ocean..

ByeBye

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

Strangelove — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:19:37 MDT

G.I. Joe totally jumped the shark with Serpentor.

Strangelove

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

D Mitsuki — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:10:39 MDT

translation = liek we toaly pwned da n00bs who are in liek second and liek psp rotflol rofl

D Mitsuki

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

(俗・ ) Grey Gecko — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:57:52 MDT

@Kyle81: no they don't !

THEY NEVER DO! D:

(俗・ ) Grey Gecko

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

Lstormy10 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:55:00 MDT

@Lstormy10:
"match on SSBB over WiFi."

Lstormy10

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

FishyJoe — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:54:58 MDT

I love Nintendo's statements. None of that Year of Nintendo, greatest lineup ever crap or family revenue bs.

Quiet confidence.

FishyJoe

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

Lstormy10 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:54:29 MDT

@Makoto:
Haven't you heard? Wii Fi is the new interactive experience of trying to get a lag free and playable match on SSBB over Brawl. It has been stated by Nintendo that it will have the highest difficulty of any game ever published by the company.

Lstormy10

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

GordieHoweHatTrick — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:53:48 MDT

@Makoto: I think it was supposed to say Wii Fit, no WiFi ;)

GordieHoweHatTrick

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

Maaxxx — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:53:31 MDT

where is my mario kart wii, come on nintendo.

Maaxxx

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

Jax25 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:53:25 MDT

@Nickatiah

How would MS not be happy? They moved back into the second spot on consoles and have the 2nd and 3rd top selling games

Jax25

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

cyblaster — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:52:21 MDT

@JRONJR: since GTAIV is coming out on both the PS3 and the 360, wouldn't they sorta split the sales like splitting votes for 2 politicians when they go against a 3rd one?

cyblaster

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Makoto — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:50:25 MDT

"We expect our momentum to continue with big upcoming game launches like Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fi".

....What's "Wii Fi"? Snazzy new name for Nintendo WiFi? XD

...I know it was a typo, but by the time I usually read an article any typos were already pointed out and fixed.

Makoto

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

ggodo — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:47:19 MDT

What is he from?! I recognize the snake man, but I have nothing to put him with.

ggodo

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

JRONJR — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:46:18 MDT

@Kyle81: So true, so true. Too bad Wii owners seem to have their heads in their rears about great games like Zack and Wiki and No More Heroes. Everyone I show NMH to can't believe it is on a Nintendo platform.

JRONJR

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

starscream1101 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:44:54 MDT

Wii Play is still there as well...packing it with a controller was the smartest move EVER.

starscream1101

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

Kyle81 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:44:01 MDT

@JRONJR: What else they going to play? People get sick of mario :P

Kyle81

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

NeoAkira — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:42:38 MDT

Very good for Nintendo, although I can't wait till Wii Fit and Kart come out and end up dominating on the software sales chart.

NeoAkira

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

CallMeRotten — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:41:09 MDT

Only Serpentor could be sinister enough to support such an evil device as the Wii.

CallMeRotten

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

JRONJR — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:40:53 MDT

@GREY GECKO: The only thing is Wii Fit is going to sell so many units I just don't know. I heard the same thing said about Halo 3 and even if it did knock the Wii off the top spot for a month and sell 8 mill or so units, it wasn't enough. Then again this is coming out for two platforms so that might be there real difference.

JRONJR

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Nickatiah — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:40:36 MDT

I can see how Nintendo is pleased with these NPD numbers and how Sony will be pleased. However, how will MS spin this one? Thats the real tale of the tape for this month.

Nickatiah

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

TalKeaton — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:39:15 MDT

I think just about every month since the Wii's launch has been 'stellar' to them.

I see this month as an ultimate triumph on their part. My parents bought a Wii this week. My parents, who never allowed me to have a console as a kid. My parents, who got hooked on Wii Sports and knew that they wanted one really, reeeeeeally badly.

Any month they get my parents to break their console embargo is stellar in my book.

TalKeaton

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

JRONJR — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:38:24 MDT

Why the hell is Guitar Hero for Wii outselling all other versions.... including outselling Rock Band. In both cases it is the weakest version (although we will have to wait and see how the Wii Rock Band sells). Is this due to the number of systems sold you think? I guess shipping it in Mono sound really didn't hurt them that bad.

JRONJR

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

(俗・ ) Grey Gecko — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:37:59 MDT

God i love the use of the images!
next time u guys should use a Joseph Stalin with a Mario hat d=

still i belive GTA4 will kick the N pretty hard

(俗・ ) Grey Gecko

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

Kiriphii — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:36:58 MDT

If we could fashion a perpetual motion machine based of Nintendo's hardware sales we could have enough energy to power the whole world!

*continues with his delusions of grandieur*

Kiriphii

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

starscream1101 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:36:23 MDT

Go Nintendo...I personally...have accounted for 3 Wii's myself...bought it for Zelda...sold it. Bought it for Prime...sold it...bought it for SMGalaxy and sold it...something tells me I should just keep the next one.

starscream1101