Nintendo profits level up

Nintendo reported a net profit of 41.8bn yen (€310m) for the fiscal year to March, a reversal from deep losses the previous year.

The results reported today by the Kyoto-based maker of Super Mario video games and the Wii home console was better than its own forecast for a 30bn yen (€222.25m) profit. It was in line with the forecast in a FactSet survey of analysts.