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Nintendo profit surges 53.5% on movie and Switch 2 sales

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Nintendo reported a 53.5% surge in first-quarter profit, reaching 147.4 billion yen ($933 million), driven by strong sales of its Switch 2 console and the success of "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie." Despite a 9.5% dip in overall sales to 517.8 billion yen ($3.3 billion), the company saw robust demand for Switch 2 hardware and software titles like "Yoshi and the Mysterious Book" and "Pokemon Pokopia." Nintendo anticipates a full-year profit of 310 billion yen ($2 billion), a decrease from the prior year, with projected Switch 2 console sales of 16.5 million units. AI

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 Français(FR) · Yuri Kageyama, The Associated Press ·

    Nintendo profit surges over 50% on movie, console sales even as sales fall

    Nintendo is forecasting a nearly 27% profit dip for the full fiscal year through March 2027.

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