Nintendo reports big gains from Pokémon games in December results

Buoyed by Pokémon game sales, Nintendo beat its financial expectations for the third fiscal quarter ended December 31, but overall sales are still lower than a year ago.

Analysts expected Nintendo to report a quarterly net profit of 34.2 billion yen ($301 million), up from 29.1 billion yen ($256 million) a year earlier, for the three months ending December 31. The actual results were 64.7 billion yen ($569 million).