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Nintendo's profit soars as pandemic has people playing games

by Yuri Kageyama
| November 6, 2020 12:06 AM

TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo, the Japanese company behind Super Mario and Pokemon video games, reported Thursday that its fiscal first half profit more than tripled as passed time while stuck at home during the pandemic playing games.

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