Nintendo Co. said Thursday that profit attributable to owners of the parent for April through September 2026 rose 11.0% year over year to 220.9 billion yen, while net sales fell 12.1% to 966.0 billion yen^1,2.

Operating profit rose 49.1% to 216.5 billion yen, and ordinary profit rose 27.4% to 300.6 billion yen, according to the Kyoto company's second-quarter materials for the fiscal year ending March 2027².

Dedicated video game platform sales fell 15.3% to 903.3 billion yen². Nintendo said Switch 2 hardware sell-in was 6.49 million units in the half and original Switch hardware was 1.27 million units^1,2.

IP-related income rose 87.9% to 62.7 billion yen, including movie and video income tied to The Super Mario Galaxy Movie². Nintendo said it recorded about $300 million as a reduction of cost of sales in the first quarter from refunds of IEEPA tariffs, and that those tariffs were primarily borne by the company rather than passed through in product prices².

The company left its consolidated forecast for the year ending March 2027 unchanged from May 8, 2026, including net profit of 310.0 billion yen and Switch 2 hardware of 16.50 million units^1,2. Assumed rates in the materials include 150 yen per dollar and 175 yen per euro².

The Associated Press reported Nintendo shares rose 6.3% in Tokyo on Thursday¹. AP rounded the unchanged sales outlook as 2 trillion yen; the wire also said Nintendo did not break down quarterly details in the account AP published¹.