Nintendo is still (slowly) making a profit

Nintendo has launched its big Wii U game for the holidays, and it looks like it is at least partially responsible for keeping the publisher in the black.

The company reported the results of the first half of its fiscal 2016, and it revealed that it generated $1.69 billion (204.18 billion yen) in sales worldwide. That’s up 19.1 percent year-over-year, and the company credits Super Mario Maker, Splatoon, and certain 3DS releases in Japan with fueling that growth. That led to Nintendo generating an operating income of $74.5 million (8.98 billion yen) and an earnings of 79 cents (95.46 yen) per share.