Bummer I didn't get to this earlier but it's now or never. Nintendo reported yearly earnings today and revenue hit 966.5 billion Yen ($8.2 billion), a 90 percent jump over the same period one year ago.

Net income jumped 77 percent to 174.3 billion Yen ($1.4 billion).

Sales of the new Wii console helped, but the company's portable DS system did most of the heavy lifting. Nintendo said it sold more than 23 million DSes worldwide during 2006, bringing lifetime sales of the device to more than 40 million.

The company has now sold more than 5.8 million Wiis since launching the system in November 2006.

The company now predicts sales of the Wii during fiscal 2008 will hit 14 million, with 55 million games sold. Nintendo estimates it will sell 22 million more DSes and predicts sales increasing nearly 18 percent to 1.14 trillion Yen ($9.6 billion).

Gotta Sell 'Em All
Nintendo also said Thursday that sales of the latest versions of Pokemon passed the 1 million unit mark since being released on Sunday. More than 500k people pre-ordered the games before launch.

This brings lifetime sales of Pokemon games to more than 155 million copies worldwide.

'Tis a good Thursday for Nintendo.