Nintendo returns to profit as Splatoon hits 1 million in sales

Nintendo released its first quarter financial report for the period ended June 30, 2015, and it's mostly positive.

For starters, the Wii U surpassed the 10 million sales mark; however, the company only sold 470,000 units in the quarter, which is down from the 510,000 units sold during last year's quarter. Wii U software sales totaled 4.55 million units worldwide, much of which can be can be attributed to a strong performance by Nintendo's new IP Splatoon which sold 1.62 million units despite launching at the end of May.

The 3DS remained strong in Q1 as the family of handheld family (3DS XL, 2DS, New Nintendo 3DS, and New Nintendo 3DS XL) combined to sell 1.1 million units compared with 820,000 in the same window last year. 3DS games sales fell from 8.57 million to 7.92 million.

Numbers for Nintendo's insanely popular amiibo weren't revealed, but Nintendo did refer to sales of its interactive figurine line as "favorable."

Overall, it looks like Nintendo has emerged from the rut they have been in as of late, as the company reported an ¥8.3 billion net profit ($67 million) up from a ¥9.9 billion loss in the same period last year. They also reported ¥90.2 billion ($729 million) in revenue, a 21 percent increase year-on-year.

Nintendo's recent turnaround, despite a still-struggling Wii U, is always good news. More competition in the industry is definitely a good thing.

Looking ahead, numbers should remain solid for Nintendo as the company revealed a solid launch schedule of Wii U and 3DS games, led by Super Mario Maker, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and Star Fox Zero for Wii U, as well as The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes and Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon for 3DS. Interestingly, The Legend of Zelda for Wii U still has no release window which is surely disappointing for fans.

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