The company expects net income to increase 59 percent to 410 billion yen ($3.8 billion) in the fiscal year ending Mar. 31.
Nintendo expects Wii sales to reach 26.5 million this year, an increase from a 25 million-unit projection in July.
Additionally, the Nintendo DS handheld is expected to sell 30.5 million units from a July projection of 28 million units.
Nintendo in July recorded a Q1 profit of 107.27 billion yen ($996 million) on strong sales for Wii.
Total Wii sales have reached 29.6 million, ahead of Sony Corp.'s Playstation 3 at 14.4 million and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 at more than 19 million.
This winter it will retail a new music offering called Wii Music.
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