Nintendo’s good fortune continues thanks to strong sales of Super Mario Odyssey and SNES Mini

Nintendo’s good fortune continues thanks to strong sales of Super Mario Odyssey and SNES Mini
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Look at Mario in that picture above. Why is he so happy? It’s probably to do with Nintendo’s spectacular results as announced in the company’s Financial Results Briefing yesterday.  

In the presentation, President of Nintendo Tatsumi Kimishima revealed that sales of Super Mario Odyssey had surpassed 2 million units in just 3 days of release, making it the biggest Switch launch to date and the sixth biggest Nintendo launch of all time in the UK.

In addition, the briefing confirms that the company have sold 2 million Mini SNES units worldwide, while also re-confirming that they intend to resume production of the NES Mini in 2018.

We liked Super Mario Odyssey a lot. In fact, we think this news calls for a little encore…

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