Nintendo has seen their fortunes change in the last year, that was not secret, but now the BBC has financial numbers to back it up. Overall, sales are up 90% over last year and the company has bold goals for the coming year. Obviously, the massively successful Nintendo Wii and the cult-like obsession people have developed for the Nintendo DS are what powered this surge.

Its net profits grew 77.2% to 174.3bn yen (£731m; $1.4bn) in the year to 31 March, while sales surged 90%.

Nintendo had been struggling against rivals Sony and Microsoft until its new innovations revitalised its business.

It said it sold 23.56 million handheld DS consoles, and was hoping to sell a similar number this year.

The Kyoto-based firm added it aimed to sell 14 million Wii consoles in 2007/8, up from 5.84 million in the year to March.

You can read more on the BBC.