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"Nintendo has posted a financial loss for the first six months of 2012. The gaming outfit has posted a loss of 27.9 billion yen (\u00A3219 million) for the first half of the financial year, blaming slow sales of the 3DS for the decline in earnings, reports VG247.   The firm has since lowered its annual earnings estimate from 20bn yen (\u00A3157m) to 6bn yen (\u00A347m), which, despite the huge drop, is still an improvement on the 2011 financial year when the company posted annual losses for the first time. The half-yearly report is also up on the same period last year, in which Nintendo was down 70bn yen (\u00A3551m) for the first half of 2011. Nintendo will be hoping for strong Wii U sales when the console launches on November 18 in North America and November 30 in Europe. The device will launch with a basic model and Premium bundle, the former of which includes a white Wii U console with 8GB of memory, a Wii U GamePad, an AC adapter and an HDMI cable.  The Premium set, meanwhile, will offer the system in black with 32GB of memory, a copy of Nintendo Land, Wii U sensor bar, a GamePad charging cradle, stands for the GamePad and console, and Nintendo Network Premium membership. Nintendo recently launched its Wii U advertising campaign ahead of next month&amp;#039;s launch. &amp;gt; Wii U hands-on with Nintendo&amp;#039;s line-up: Mario Bros U, Pikmin 3, more Watch Digital Spy&amp;#039;s Wii U hands-on video below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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