Nintendo will need a lot from Smash Bros. and Hyrule Warriors to sell 3.6M Wii U systems

Nintendo may have just reported another quarter where it lost money, but this isn’t stopping it from once again predicting that it will make a profit for the year.

Nintendo had another bad quarter, but even with that continuing decline, it predicts that it will generate a net profit of $195 million for the year. The company is also advising investors that it will ship 3.6 million Wii Us after only selling in around 500,000 consoles in the the first quarter. To accomplish these things, the Japanese publisher will need Super Smash Bros. and Hyrule Warriors to do at least as well as Mario Kart 8 is doing. Earlier today, the company responsible for Mario, Zelda, and the Wii U reported a $97 million net loss for the first quarter of its fiscal 2015. That’s despite Mario Kart 8 roaring to 2.8 million copies sold in just around a month during that period. The mascot racer was the Wii U’s and Nintendo’s best hope to earn a profit in the first half of the year, but even its strong sales couldn’t pull Nintendo out of its nosedive even if it did slightly beat Wall Street’s earnings expectations.