
The half-year results came days after the video game giant launched new Gameboy handheld machine software for its blockbuster Pokemon game series in Japan. The leading Japanese game-making company said its parent-only current profit dropped to 20.2 billion yen (€185 million) in the six-month period from 63.04 billion yen in the same period a year ago, while sales slipped 5 per cent to 190.2 billion yen from a year ago. Nintendo has said that the strong yen drove its profit down nearly 70 per cent in the half year to September, despite a worldwide craze for its Pokemon video games.
