The company added that it's pulled in around 50 billion yen from related entities like The Pokémon Company, as well as gains from selling its part ownership of the Seattle Mariners. During a Q&A session, CEO Kimishima added that while its latest mobile game, Fire Emblem, was downloaded only a tenth of the times that Super Mario Run was, its revenue exceeded that of the plumbers debut, due to in-app purchases of randomized characters.

Its new console aside, it's the company's games that seem responsible for making money. The Legend OF Zelda: Breath of the Wild has sold 2.76 million copies on the new console. Yes, that's more Zelda titles than there are Switch consoles, and doesn't even factor in sales of the game on Wii U -- that gives a true total of 3.84 million copies sold. Those figures pale in comparison to Pokémon Sun and Moon, which have sold 15.44 million games on 3DS. The Switch's sales pitch as a combination home and portable console makes a whole lot of sense to Nintendo's accountants.