Nintendo NX will arrive in March 2017. It will not be present at E3

Among the most important news emerged at the announcement of the financial results of Nintendo related to the fiscal year that ended last March 31, there are significant details of Miitomo, the first app for iOS and Android produced by Nintendo. The free app, launched in Japan on March 17 and in Italy and other countries on March 31, has already exceeded 10 million users worldwide.

Miitomo has reached the first place among the most downloaded free app in several online store soon after its launch, including the Italian version of the App Store. In addition, to date Nintendo has generated over 300 million conversations Miitomo. App, users can enter their Mii inside of photos that can be shared through various social media. To date they were created more than 20 million Miifoto.

Nintendo has announced new details of what will be the next two apps for handheld devices: remember that the plan is for releasing five by the end of 2017. The next two apps will be based on the popular series Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing. Nintendo plans to launch both applications this fall. They will be mixed titles that role-playing and strategy, more accessible than the original series.

Nintendo Animal Crossing design the app so that it is connected with the world of Animal Crossing on the console games dedicated to the series. Than Miitomo, both present more game elements.

Fans of home systems most interesting find the first official information on NX release window, the new Nintendo console which works for some time but that still has not been officially announced. On the sidelines of the financial results, Nintendo has announced that NX will not be shown at the next show for E3 video games in Los Angeles in June, but there will still be unveiled later this year. Nintendo has confirmed that the launch of NX is scheduled for March 2017.

The next episode of The Legend of Zelda (first planned only on Wii U) will be launched simultaneously on the Wii U and NX. Both versions of the game are currently in development, which suggests that NX will not have a hardware so unlike Wii U and other consoles and, unfortunately, that there is a new postponement for this highly anticipated RPG, now expected in 2017. " will still be the main topic of Nintendo at E3, "reads the press release.

The new The Legend of Zelda title will be the only playable by Nintendo at the fair. The E3 approach will be different from those of previous years, within the constant change that Nintendo has accustomed us for some years now.

"While we announce the results of the last fiscal year, we look eagerly to the period ahead, with further growth in the mobile business, new products for our game systems and an ongoing commitment to expand the number of consumers who use our IP through games, licensing and entertainment, "said Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima.

As for financial results, sales totaled 504.459 billion yen (equivalent to just over 4 billion euro), a figure down by 8.2% compared to that recorded in the previous fiscal year. Profits are of 32.881 billion yen (260 million euro).