Nintendo prepares for best holiday season IN YEARS
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“There hasn’t been much good news to report regarding Nintendo’s financial situation since the company’s historic annual loss way back in the 2011 to 2012 period,” Pachter said. “That may be changing. Strong sales of new Wii U and 3DS software helped raise the company to a surprising quarterly profit of 24.2 billion yen (about $224 million) in net income for the three months ending September 2014. That’s quite a turnaround after a loss of over eight billion yen (about $74.2 million) in the same period last year.”
Scott Moffitt, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Nintendo, expects this holiday to be the biggest for the Japanese game company in years.
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Pachter believes sales of Amiibo toys could add $200 to $300 million in annual revenue to Nintendo’s coffers.
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“There are 18 games that meet the high quality standard of an 85 Metacritic.com aggregate review score and an 8.5 user score, and 16 of those games are on Nintendo platforms,” Moffitt said. “The balance is evenly split between Wii U games like Super Mario 3D World, Rayman Legends, Bayonetta 2, Mario Kart 8, and Pikmin 3 and 3DS games like Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Animal Crossing, Fire Emblem, and Pokémon X and Y. That’s a really broad selection of quality games, and that’s what sets Nintendo apart.”
“There are 18 games that meet the high quality standard of an 85 Metacritic.com aggregate review score and an 8.5 user score, and 16 of those games are on Nintendo platforms,
Notably, Nintendo has been able to orchestrate its resurgence without resorting to any Wii U hardware price drops. Instead, the company has offered a variety of bundles to entice gamers to buy its console. Rival Microsoft has already resorted to price drops this year; unsurprisingly, Microsoft and Sony have introduced competing bundles for the holiday shopping season.
I plan on buying a $200 refurb WiiU for Smash Bros. for Christmas. Nintendo may be the underdog all the time but their library is pretty much the definition of "console seller" tbh.
Microsoft were always going to be the loser out of the three. Nintendo has Handheld to back them up and Sony has home console force as well as handheld to boost them up a bit also.
Also, the only Xbox One Exclusive I hear about is Sunset Overdrive (which may be coming to PC). The rest are all on PS4 also or Xbox 360.
Nintendo's come back was expected. Not people actually believing Nintendo would fall and flop into nonexistence. Business is a tricky game but Nintendo has been at it too long to let a few bad quarters get to them.
Sidenote: I'm typing this post while the 3rd Wii U commercial has come on in the past 2 hours on a major broadcast TV channel.
are they gonna be having a SSB or Mario Kart 8 bundle? I'm holding off until that tbh.
But there is a Mario Kart 8 bundle out now at Walmart for $300. It includes Nintendo Land also
Best Buy has a bundle for Black Friday that includes 5 games for less than $400 I believe Smash Bros, Super Mario 3D World, Nintendo Land, Donky Kong, and something else I think. Such a good deal.
Bayonetta, Smash. 
amiibo's power 
Smash Bros, Super Mario 3D World, Nintendo Land, Donky Kong, and something else I think. Such a good deal.