Nintendo raised its fiscal-year earnings forecasts after reporting a rise in first-half net profit thanks to the success of a Super Mario film, and stronger Switch console and software sales.

The Japanese videogame maker said Tuesday that net profit increased 18% from a year earlier to 271.30 billion yen ($1.81 billion) for the six months ended Sept. 30. That exceeded the estimate of Y253.50 billion compiled in a poll of analysts by Visible Alpha.