Bloomberg: Nintendo To Bring In $1 Billion On Amiibo In U.S. Alone

Nintendoomed.

After a rough couple of years, with the popular game company suffering consecutive annual losses for the first time in decades, it looks like Nintendo is finally back on track. And they mostly have Amiibo to thank.

According to Bloomberg, Nintendo is on track to triple their profits. On the back of a successful year for the struggling Wii U, titles like Mario Kart 8 (at 3.49 million sold worldwide,) and Super Smash Bros. For Wii U, (which sold 490,000 in three days in the U.S. alone,) the console itself is likely to reach its goal 3.6 million sold for the year.

But aside from the games and the consoles are the Amiibo, Nintendo’s answer to Skylanders and Disney Infinity that lets players purchase toys featuring their favorite Nintendo characters, and pitting them against each other in the latest Smash Bros title, amongst varying functionality throughout other Nintendo titles. Seemingly serving as the new money maker, Nintendo has stated that they’re on track to make $1 billion on U.S. sales alone! There’s no word on whether or not this mostly comes from inflated Marth sales.

It’s no surprise that making cheap figures, mass producing them and selling them for a reasonable price will result in said company rolling in the profits, (just ask Activision!) But $1 billion!? That’s either insane, or a misquote, and they mean Yen. Either way, this is following a surprise profit from the company during the last financial quarter, so it’s safe to say that Nintendoomed is finally put to rest… Right!?

At the very least, let’s hope Nintendo uses their good fortune to take some chances and release some of those games we really want. Fatal Frame, anyone? Or at least a second printing of Villager, Wii Fit Trainer, and Marth?

Source: nintendoenthusiast.com, Bloomberg