Nintendo’s full year fiscal results were released late last week, and despite the publisher’s continued dominance in the videogame market, the numbers revealed a 22 percent decline in sales, to $15.24 billion (¥1.43 trillion), as net profits fell 18 percent to $2.44 billion (¥228.6 billion) and operating incoming dropped 36 percent to $3.80 billion (¥356.57 billion).

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In comments made to Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbun, president of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, has seemingly confirmed that the next instalment in the Legend of Zelda franchise will be available by year’s end.

In a wide-ranging interview, Iwata spoke about some of Nintendo’s goals for the coming year, such as expanding the number of DS WiFi hotspots in Japan in order to better facilitate the publisher’s ability to allow DS owners to use the handheld in a wider variety of ways in everyday life.

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