Nikkei Falls For 4th Day Ahead of U.S. Jobs Data

Japan’s Nikkei share average eased slightly for the fourth consecutive session on Wednesday, as investors turned cautious ahead of a U.S. jobs report later in the week. Nintendo Co Ltd however bucked the trend to climb 0.6 percent after Japanese video game news magazine Famitsu reported that a hybrid home console and handheld device that Nintendo released on March 3 sold an estimated 330,637 units in the first three days.

Nintendo plans to release 2 or 3 mobile games every year

A man stands in front of Nintendo’s logo at the presentation ceremony of its new game console Switch in Tokyo, Japan January 13, 2017. Nintendo Co Ltd said on Wednesday it plans to release two or three mobile games every year, a day after the Japanese videogames maker disappointed investors with a one-third cut to its full-year operating profit outlook.