new 3ds

The New 3DS has only been out since October in Japan (and November in Australia), but it's already shipped 1.84 million units, bringing the total for the 3DS family of handheld consoles up to 50.41 million units shipped.


1.91 million Wii Us were shipped between October and December of last year, bringing its total up to only 9.2 million units shipped (for context, Microsoft reported 6.6 million units shipped during the last quarter of 2014).

The weak value of the yen is giving a boost to Nintendo's income from overseas, so Nintendo is expecting a profit of 30 billion yen this year (up from a previously forecast 20 billion).

Good news, America.  You'll finally be able to get your hands on a New 3DS on February 13, 2015.

If you're in Europe and you're part of Club Nintendo, you should probably start refreshing your inbox like mad.

Select Club Nintendo members are receiving a special offer via email to purchase a limited Ambassador Edition of the New 3DS for 199.99€:

For a limited time only, we’re giving you the opportunity to purchase our special New Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Edition bundle – that includes exclusive Ambassador Cover Plates (which won’t be available anywhere else), a charging cradle, and a set of Super Smash Bros. cover plates, too! If you'd like to purchase it, you only have until 23:59 (UK time) on January 12th 2015 to take advantage of this offer.

Recipients only have until January 12th to purchase it, so hopefully we'll get an announcement about a launch date for the New 3DS sometime shortly after that.  

Nintendo's latest awesome Easter Egg will keep you busy for hours, even if you don't have a game to play on your New 3DS. Opening the web browser and tapping out the first six notes of the Super Mario Bros theme unlocks a game that lets you destroy bricks of a URL of your choice. See it in action in the video above.

You can preview the faceplates that'll be released in Japan here.