Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
(Operator Instructions) Our first question comes from Ed Woo - Wedbush Morgan Securities.
Ed Woo - Wedbush Morgan Securities
I just wanted to ask particularly any specific reasons on why Cooking Mama moved into the first quarter and what are the current trends on game sales on Cooking Mama?
Gui Karyo
Let me answer the last first. The current trends on game sales on Cooking Mama are best described as very strong. It is a bona fide video game franchise at this point and it continues to sell well across all of our accounts, across all of our SKUs.
With regards to World Kitchen, the goal with World Kitchen for Office Create the designers of the game was really to bring the experience to a whole new level taking the best possible elements of the controller on the Wii to the Cooking Mama genre, and it’s just a matter of fine tuning at this point. The designers wanted a couple more weeks to add to the game some elements that it thought made a material difference and we thought it made sense.
Ed Woo - Wedbush Morgan Securities
Are there any comments on the current Wii and DS supply? I know we just got a PD Data about today that shows Wii supplies in the US seem to be actually decreasing as opposed to increasing. Do you see any outlook for this holiday season?
Gui Karyo
We don’t generally comment on Nintendo’s supply chain for products. What we will tell you is that we don’t see supply affecting the sales of our products and our expected sales of products at this point.
Ed Woo - Wedbush Morgan Securities
One of the big products I think that’s had a little bit of buzz is Jillian Michaels. Do you guys have any comments on that and particularly, I know you don’t like to comment on the supply chain, but obviously the balance board will have a big role in that game. But it seemed like the Wii fit doesn’t seem to be getting really good supply in the US. Do you think that’s going to impact it?
Gui Karyo
Let me begin by saying that we’re extremely excited about Jillian Michaels’ game. It is launching at about the same time as her television show. The Biggest Loser is also launching its latest season. We think it is a wonderful product for the Wii market. It targets the mom in the house that owns the Wii who is probably a big fan of Jillian, not just her show but also her website, mailing list, DVDs and books. It makes innovative use of the Wii balance board and we think that even without the balance board it is very exciting and interesting product and does what Nintendo intends to do with the Wii platform in general, which is allow for all kinds of entertainment experiences that make innovative use of controllers and offer new entertainment opportunities.
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