Due to Youtube and Audacity glitches last night, the scheduled episode of Nintendo News Report and the backups were not available for audio upload and to supply a video on demand version. Below is the highlights of the episode as recorded by Alex and Donald.

STORY 1: Nintendo Announces Switch Presentation On January 12

• Both Alex and Donald are excited for the details
• Predictions for date, price and launch lineup: Both believe $299 with Mario Kart, Alex thinks maybe $349 with Zelda and Mario Kart, both mid-late March (17th or 24th).
• Donald wants at least one major online game at launch.

STORY 2: October 27 Pokémon Sun and Moon Trailer

• Alex enforcing media blackout on the trailer, is upset that so much of the game has come out pre-launch.
• Donald was pleasantly surprised by what was detailed, wants to use all three starters at a point. Is going split digital/physical on both versions.
• Strategy appears to be working for Sun and Moon as they're the most preordered games in Nintendo history.
• Donald thinks that a number Alex has heard is accurate, but they've only given a little bit of detail about the Pokémon and there's other things we don't know about.

STORY 3: Monster Hunter XX Announced

• Alex thinks this will come west on 3DS, while Donald thinks the date is way too coincidental to not be Switch-relevant.
• Capcom's financials had 2+ million for Street Fighter V and a Monster Hunter game, and 4m+ for RE7 before the end of March.
• Donald thinks Monster Hunter Switch is inevitable, possibly launch day.

STORY 4: Nintendo Releases 2nd Quarter Financial Results

• Donald points out Nintendo's profit was entirely due to a one-time event: "If you ever wondered what extraordinary income is, look at Nintendo's financials this quarter."
• Pokémon Go has already pulled in $100m just for Nintendo, based on their 32% stake in the Pokémon Company, and Super Mario Run is going to launch in 150 countries.
• If Switch storage rumors (microSD only, no hard drives) are true - that's how devkits are set up, it could change in the launching unit - then download sales will be way lower than other companies.
• Wii U software sales down year-over-year for the same six month period because Star Fox Zero and Tokyo Mirage Sessions didn't measure up to Super Mario Maker and Splatoon.

META:

• Next week will be episode 100 - if this episode counts - and there will be something big happening.
• Next week will include the Animal Crossing Direct discussing the New Leaf patch.