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Nintendo GameCube Net Sales (in thousands)
Year Ended
March 31,2005% of net sales
Year Ended
March 31,2004% of net sales % change
$73,157 9.7% $61,356 9.6% 19.2%
Net sales of video games for GameCube increased by $11.8 million for fiscal 2005, as compared to fiscal
2004. Net sales in fiscal 2005 were driven by:
•sales of mass market titles including Disney/Pixar’sThe Incredibles, The SpongeBob SquarePants
Movie , and WWE Day of Reckoning;
•sales of original properties including Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams; and
•strong catalog sales, specifically Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo and SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for
Bikini Bottom.
Net sales in fiscal 2004 were driven by:
•sales of key mass market brands: Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for
Bikini Bottom and WWE™ Wrestlemania X9®; and
•sales of Tak and the Power of Juju.
The increase in net sales for GameCube in fiscal 2005 was due to increased sales of our three mass market
titles as well as strong catalog sales.
We released 8 SKUs duringfiscal 2005 compared to 11 SKUs during fiscal 2004.
Handheld Platforms
Another factor that positively impacted net sales for fiscal 2005 was an increase in sales of video games for
handheld platforms, which increased 37%, to $232.1 million in fiscal 2005 from $169.0 million during fiscal
2004.
Nintendo Game Boy Advance Net Sales (in thousands)
Year Ended
March 31,2005% of net sales
Year Ended
March 31,2004% of net sales % change
$204,348 27.0% $ 1 62,109 25.3% 26.1%
Net sales of video games for Game Boy Advance in fiscal 2005 were primarily driven by:
•strong sales of Disney/Pixar’s The Incredibles, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and Sonic
Advance3;
•strong catalog sales, in particular Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for
Bikini Bottom and Scooby-Doo! Monsters Unleashed; and
•strong sales of other key titles, such as Finding Nemo: The Continuing Adventures and Tak2: The
Staff of Dreams.
Net sales of video games for Game Boy Advance in fiscal 2004 were primarily driven by:
•Disney/Pixar’sFinding Nemo and, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom; and
•strong sales of Banjo Kazooie , Scooby-Doo!: Mystery Mayhem, Simpsons Road Rage, Sonic Battle and
Tak and the Power of Juju as well as strong catalog sales of Sonic Advance 2.