Its operating profit for the fiscal first quarter jumped 82.4 percent from a year earlier to
The results came as "The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom," the newest iteration of the popular action game launched in May, became a huge hit, selling 18.51 million copies by the end of June.
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Sales of its Switch game console rose 13.9 percent to 3.91 million units in the reporting quarter, with those who want to play the Zelda and Mario titles apparently prompted to buy the machine.
The number of Switch software sold increased 26.1 percent to 52.21 million copies.
Despite the upbeat results, Nintendo maintained its full-year earnings forecasts, saying it still wants to see how Christmas sales will go.
For fiscal 2023 ending March next year, the company projects a net profit of
Nintendo also kept its earlier projection of selling 15 million Switch units for the business year, down 16.5 percent.
==Kyodo
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