Summary: <p><strong>News/Talking Points</strong></p><br> <ul> <li>Splatoon US and Canada Inkling Open 2018 finals will be live at 8 am PST</li> <br> <li>Splatfest on 5/4 will Raph vs Leo for TMNT</li> <br> <li>Nintendo gets a new president<br> <ul> <li>Tatsumi Kimishima will retire in June and will be succeeded by Shuntaro Furukawa. He’s 46 years old and speaks fluent English. A quote from Furukawa “We will develop the company to its fullest. I will balance Nintendo’s traditions: originality and flexibility.”<br>“I grew up playing the Famicom and come from that generation. Now as a member of management with Super Mario’s creator Shigeru Miyamoto, I have a lot of respect for him. On the other hand, with this new job that can’t just be it, so I expect to say what needs to be said to run the company.”</li> <br> </ul> </li> <br> <li>Games sales</li> <br> <li>The Switch is almost 18 million units sold and is expected to ship 20 million units sold by the end of the fiscal year.</li> <br> <li>It’s also projecting 100 million Software units sold</li> <br> <li>3DS is expected to sell another 4 million units and 16 million units of software</li> <br> <li>SNES 5.28 million units sold.</li> <br> <li>2018 game release dates</li> <br> </ul><p>Switch Friend Code 8202-5241-5057</p><br> <p><a href="https://teespring.com/stores/n64josh-store">Click here to purchase NPC Shirt</a></p><br> <p><strong><a href="http://thelootcave.com/npcdiscord">Join N64Josh Discord</a></strong></p><br> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/n64josh">Check out my Patreon </a></p><br> <p><a href="https://opseat.com/ref/N64Josh/">Check out OPSeat.com the official chair of the Nintendo Power Cast</a>Use Code N64JOSH</p><br> <p><a href="http://audibletrial.com/thelootcast">Get your free audio book from Audible and help support this cast.</a></p><br> <p>Follow the hosts on Twitter</p><br> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/N64Josh">@N64Josh</a></p><br> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/HateXero">@HateXero</a></p><br> <p><a href="http://twitch.tv/n64josh">Twitch.tv/n64josh</a></p><br> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/n64josh">Facebook Page</a></p><br> <p>Podcast Links</p><br> <p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-power-cast/id1205394015?mt=2">iTunes</a></p><br> <p><a href="http://nintendopowercast.podbean.com/">Nintendo.Podbean.com</a></p><br> <p><a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/I7cescv5efxcmhzzn7vndvfmtsa">Google Play</a></p><br> <p><a href="https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=176953&refid=stpr">Stitcher</a></p><br> <p><strong>Patreon Supporters</strong></p><br> <p>Necrophobic</p><br> <p>Campbell</p>
