Switch 2 and Mario movie send Nintendo profits soaring by 54%

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 06, 2026 · 297 words · By Una Hajdari

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What to know about Switch 2 and Mario movie send Nintendo profits soaring by 54%

Kyoto-based games giant posts a jump in net profit for the April-June quarter, helped by continued demand for its Switch 2 console Nintendo's net profit surged 53.5% in the April-June quarter, as strong demand for its Switch 2 console and the global success…

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What happened

Why it matters

Nintendo posted a net profit of 147.4 billion yen (€810mn) for the quarter, up from 96 billion yen (€530mn) a year earlier.

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Quarterly sales fell 9.5% to 517.8 billion yen (€2.8bn).

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Claim 1: “Nintendo posted a net profit of 147.4 billion yen (€810mn) for the quarter, up from 96 billion yen (€530mn) a year earlier.”

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The evidence provided discusses profits for Bandai, Nissan, and other Japanese companies, but does not mention Nintendo's specific net profit figures of 147.4 billion yen or 96 billion yen.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nintendo is one of the world's biggest video game development companies, having created several successful franchises. Because of its storied history, the developer employs a methodical system of soft…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_development_t…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nintendo Switch is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017. Released in the middle of the eighth generation of home consoles, the Switch…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Road 96 is a 2021 adventure video game developed by DigixArt. Set in the fictional authoritarian nation of Petria in Summer 1996, the player controls a series of nameless teenagers attempting to flee …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_96

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Claim 2: “Pokémon Pokopia, which came out last year.”

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While one web search result mentions 'Pokémon Pokopia' hitting 5 million sales, there is no specific evidence confirming its release date was 'last year'.

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Claim 3: “Software sales are forecast to rise 23% to 60 million units.”

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Claim 4: “The company expects to sell 16.5 million Switch 2 consoles this financial year, down nearly 17% on the previous year”

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Claim 5: “Nintendo shares rose 2.9% in Tokyo trading after the results were announced.”

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Claim 6: “Annual sales are expected to slip 11% to 2.05 trillion yen (€11.3bn).”

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A web search result explicitly states that Nintendo's full-year guidance for net sales is projected at 2.05 trillion yen.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. It develops, publishes, and manufactures both video games and video game consoles. The history of Nintendo beg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nintendo DS is a foldable handheld game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide between 2004 and 2005. The "DS" in the name is an initialism for "Dual Screen", reflecting the system's…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS

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Claim 7: “Nintendo's net profit surged 53.5% in the April-June quarter”

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The provided evidence mentions a '428% Q1 Profit' and a '541.3%' increase in net profit in one web search result, but none of the sources confirm the specific figure of 53.5%.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 2017 (MMXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21s…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nintendo Switch 2 is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released in most regions on June 5, 2025. Like the original Nintendo Switch, it can be used as a handheld, as a tablet, or conne…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch_2

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Claim 8: “Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, released in May”

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Wikipedia and other web sources confirm that 'Yoshi and the Mysterious Book' was released in May 2026.

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web search NEUTRAL — Released on May 21, 2026, the game succeeded Yoshi's Crafted World (2019) as the ninth main installment in the Yoshi series and the fifth released for a home console. It received generally positive re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi_and_the_Mysterious_Book

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web search NEUTRAL — New trailer for Yoshi and the Mysterious Book reveals game’s out in May.The wait for the first proper Nintendo Direct of 2026 continues as the next big Switch 2 exclusive, Yoshi and the Mysterious Boo…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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web search NEUTRAL — Yoshi in the first level of Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. Yoshi exploring a level with a Crazee Dayzee on his back.This is a detailed list of updates Yoshi and the Mysterious Book has received since …
https://www.mariowiki.com/Yoshi_and_the_Mysterious_Book

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Claim 9: “Quarterly sales fell 9.5% to 517.8 billion yen (€2.8bn).”

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The evidence discusses quarterly profits for Toyota and AI orders for Nokia, but contains no data regarding Nintendo's quarterly sales falling to 517.8 billion yen.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The history of Nintendo, a Japanese video game company based in Kyoto, starts in 1889 when Fusajiro Yamauchi founded "Yamauchi Nintendo", a producer of hanafuda playing cards. Sekiryo Kaneda was compa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Nintendo

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Claim 10: “Nintendo is forecasting a net profit of 310 billion yen (€1.7bn) for the financial year to March 2027, down nearly 27% on the previous year.”

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The provided Wikipedia results for NES, DS, and Switch do not contain financial forecasts for the year ending March 2027.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The list of best-selling Nintendo Entertainment System video games totals 75 games with sales or shipments of at least one million copies. The Family Computer (Famicom) video game console was first re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Nintendo_…

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Claim 11: “Splatoon Raiders, released last month”

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Claim 12: “Switch 2 software sales totalled 9.46 million units in the quarter”

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While hardware sales are mentioned, there is no evidence in the provided text regarding Switch 2 software sales totaling 9.46 million units.

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web search NEUTRAL — As Nintendo shares the sales of their video games every quarter while most other publishers do not share sales figures per console, this list consists mostly of Nintendo-published titles. Nintendo Swi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Nintendo_…

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web search NEUTRAL — Hardware 118.69 million units / Software 501.11 million units. Nintendo GameCube.*The numbers shown above are worldwide consolidated sales in units life-to-date. Page Top.
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/hard_soft/index.htm…

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web search NEUTRAL — — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) June 11, 2025. Nintendo stops short of the full boast, but observes this makes the Switch 2 it’s own fastest-selling device. The original Switch was reported b…
https://kotaku.com/nintendo-switch-2-sales-fastest-selling-c…

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Claim 13: “Nintendo sold 3.82 million Switch 2 consoles worldwide during the quarter.”

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Two independent web search results explicitly state that Nintendo sold 3.82 million Switch 2 consoles in the June quarter.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Nintendo Switch is the second best-selling console of all time and the best selling console that is currently on the market, selling 155.92 million units worldwide.[2].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_game_cons…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nintendo sold 3.82 million Switch 2 consoles in the June quarter, down 34.4% from a year earlier, and forecast sales of 16.5 million units in its fiscal year ending Mar.
https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/08-14-2026-nintendo-s…

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web search NEUTRAL — In the June quarter, Nintendo sold 3.82 million Switch 2 consoles, down 34.4% year-on-year. The company forecast sales of 16.5 million Switch 2 consoles in its fiscal year ended Mar.
https://www.gate.com/news/detail/nintendo-stocks-jump-7-as-p…

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