Christina Hendricks. :3

Generally, they use a cost per unit. I believe Nintendo transfers funds from the US to the parent company at the end of the fiscal year, too, so if they've sold say... 2.5million units of Wii U in US and Europe, they could be seeing an extra 18+% revenue from those sales March 31st. But I was talking about going forward. What's happening now isn't too important as long as what happens later is good. And if the yen drops to 100 per dollar, Nintnedo should be making money per unit, even with a price cut. If you look back to Nintendo's profit-making glory days between 2006 and 2010, the dollar was often above 100 yen. This made for major cash per every Wii and DS sold.

I wouldn't count on Bayonetta 2 coming out this year, so by the time it arrives we'll most likely already have some heavy hitters, like Mario Kart.

I think March 30 is the date of ownership to receive a dividend payout, so it's a good time to own.  I look at Nintendo as a somewhat long-term investment.  A solid year this year could see them back in billion dollar profits, and their share price above $20 by year year end.  I'm pretty confident 3DS will have its best year, but we need to see some software, marketing and possibly a price cut on the Wii U side. I think think they can do it and probably will, but I want to see it.

I honestly don't know shit about how the dollar-to-yen valuation affects sales TBH. :p

I was just going on the fact that they're likely not going to meet even the more modest sales numbers they revised after Christmas. Especially on software, which I personally feel was frontloaded due to retailers expecting another Wii.

How much do you expect the yen to drop?

Honestly, you're probably right. I don't expect Bayonetta to come out any sooner than late fall at this point. I doubt we'll see Pikmin or The Wonderful 101 any time soon, either, although I do expect those to be out this year.

We haven't seen or heard enough about any of these games to convince me they're even close to ready.

Yeah, there is a difference between Nintendo's profitability and a profit per unit number for just the Wii U.  I was just saying that Wii U is probably not being sold at a loss now, that it probably costs less to manufacture each unit than they can now make using current exchange rates.

I was expecting a 95yen dollar since the Japanese election. What's happened now is positive US economic reports.  A healthier US plus continued efforts by the Japanese government to devalue the yen... it seems now it may continue its march and drop past 100.  Wonderful news for Nintendo, and Sony.

Yeah, that's what I reckon too.

I still think Pikmin will cause a small boost in console sales, nowhere near something like Mario Kart or Smash Bros, but still noticeable, as the series does have a modest fanbase. The Wonderful 101, however, I doubt will have any real effect, as it's not a recognizable brand like Pikmin, and it seems to fall into a kind of no man's land where it's not dark enough for the "core" and not simple enough for the "casuals."

LEGO City seems to me to be aimed at an audience who will balk at the Wii U's price tag, so I see it being only a mild success in software sales and having little impact on hardware.

Honestly, until something like Mario Kart or Smash Bros arrives, the Wii U will remain on the runway, I'd say.

Man.  Allow sombody with an MBA to step in here.  First of all, depending on where Nintendo manufactures its goods, a weakening yen could greatly increase the cost of importing parts from foreign countries for manufacturing.  If the manufacturing is done in Japan, this would be the case as they'd have to import parts from countries like Taiwan with a weaker Japanese yen.

In addition, a weaker yen makes it more difficult for Nintendo to cover ANY liabilities that it holds in foreign currencies.  I imagine this is at least a fair percent of its overall debts, but I'm not completely sure.  

Further still, Nintendo stock is near its 52 week low of 11.36 at a current price of 13.89 (http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=NTDOY&ql=0).  This is quite low considering that the stock is on an exchange that is currently at an ALL TIME HISTORICAL high.  Also, the Nikkei is very high.  Usually this type of positive investment sentiment would pull up the price of most stocks but securities that have a poor public sentiment, such as Nintendo, often don't benefit because peple are reluctant to buy them.

Never will there be a time when Pokemon fails.

Pokemon has always been, and always will be a huge system seller. 3DS will be in its prime when X&Y release.