Nintendo President Discusses Mario Movie's Impact on Switch Sales

According to Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa, The Super Mario Bros. Movie helped grow the Switch console's sales in new international markets. Nintendo recently released its third-quarter fiscal earnings, which cataloged a number of impressive milestones. Information contained in this report includes updated sales numbers for the best-selling Switch games, as well as other financial milestones. Investors also got the chance to ask about recent trends and how they affected Nintendo's sales, such as the 2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie premiered in theaters last April, as a collaboration between Illumination, Nintendo, and Universal. The Super Mario Bros. Movie made record profits at the box office, proving to be a huge success for all parties involved. With the movie being such a financial hit, an investor asked if the film had any impact on the expansion of the Switch's sales and if the company is planning to grow in areas that it didn't have a foothold in before.

In a recent Nintendo investor Q&A (translation provided by GameRVO), Furukawa was asked about expanding the area of where the Nintendo Switch would be distributed, particularly in areas where the Super Mario Bros. movie succeeded. Furukawa answers that there was a difference between the regions the movie was being screened in, and the Switch was sold respectively. He stated that Nintendo did promotions in certain regions, like Mexico and South America, beyond what the company normally did in the past during the holidays, which only increased Switch hardware sales despite its decline in recent years. «There is a vast difference between the regions where the movie (Super Mario Bros.) was shown and the countries and regions where Nintendo Switch is being sold,» said Furukawa «We have conducted promotions that are beyond what we have done in the past in the holiday season. As a result, even though hardware sales are declining as a whole, sales in Mexico have increased.»

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