Wii, DS Sales Catapult Nintendo

It keeps getting better and better for Nintendo(NTDOY Quote), whose latest gaming console, Wii, is already a huge hit.

Buoyed by strong sales of its Wii and continued brisk business of handheld game console Nintendo DS, released in 2004, income rose 43.1% to 131.9 billion yen ($1.1 billion) for the nine months ended Dec. 31, compared with the same period last year.

The nine-month results topped Nintendo's expectations for the fiscal year ending March 31, for which the company forecast a rise in income to $1 billion. ...