Does it take a thousand arms to hold all the money Nintendo made in the last fiscal year?

Nintendo have released their results for the fiscal year spanning April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022 overnight (NA tiime), along with their estimates for the now-current fiscal year.

All numbers reported in yen: a rounded comparison based on current exchange rate of 130.199 yen to the US$ is provided for clarification only.

It took 100 years to build this list.

Things we missed last week: Taito's Fighting Hawk was the Archives release.

A bit of an odd week this week, as the biggest title in terms of cost snuck out a few months ago following the Nintendo Direct in The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story. A detective noir adventure game might seem like a good... Read more...

And also PC but mostly Switch

Originally called Eversleep, the newly re-titled Lunistice will be coming to Nintendo Switch, in addition to PC, on September 2, 2022. Lunistice is a 3D platformer heavily inspired by PS1/Sega Saturn era graphics. It began life as a "30 day challenge" while the developer took a break from their other title (A rail shooter also previously referred to as Lunistice) before this new game took center stage.

The end of an era.

The Nintendo Experience, the second-floor expansion to the Swanston Street EB Games store in Melbourne, Australia, has reportedly been closed as of last weekend.

The section has been an iconic fixture of the store for Melbourne visitors since December 2008 and featured a wide variety of Nintendo-themed... Read more...

Serendipity is when a RiffTrax game comes out on the week of Star Wars Day (May 6).

Things we missed last week: Archives release is Namco's JP/Asia only release Youkai Douchuki. Also, if someone reading this can read Japanese and has an interest in strategy RPGs, LilyDeux Black Lily Warning dropped last week and claims to be a SRPG that does not use random number generations (accuracy, critical hits) but is also Japanese-language only despite a worldwide release.

It seems like that's a low price at 0.04 Bethesda.

After nearly a decade and a half, Square Enix is selling their largest Western subsidiary.

The Embracer Group (parent company of THQ Nordic, Saber Interactive, Gearbox, and Aspyr Multimedia) have entered into an agreement to purchase the previous assets of Eidos - including the development studio Crystal Dynamics - for US$300m. In the deal, Embracer will become the owners of properties such as Tomb Raider, Thief, and Deus Ex.