Sales fell 25.6 per cent year-over-year to 188.6 billion yen ($2.16b / £1.4b), while operating income declined 42.2 per cent to 23.3 billion yen ($266.5m / £171m).
“Appreciation of the yen and the lowering of the price of Nintendo DS hardware in Japan and Europe adversely impacted net sales and operating income,” the company said in a statement.
Nintendo sold 3.15 million DS units during the three month period, down from 5.97 million units a year earlier. 22.42 million DS games were sold, down from 29.09 million. While Pokemon HeartGold / SoulSilver and Tomodachi Collection “sold well”, fewer new releases “contributed to driving hardware sales”, Nintendo said.
Wii hardware sales were up from 2.23 million units last year to 3.04 million, but software sales declined from 31.07 million units to 28.17 million. Super Mario Galaxy 2 sold 4.09 million copies globally during the quarter.
The losses didn’t stop the company forecasting full year profit of 200 billion yen ($2.3b / £1.5b) and operating profit of 320 billion yen ($3.7b / £2.4b).