Following up to their seizure of second place among tradable Japanese companies, Nintendo has crossed another important financial threshold today: a market value of 10 trillion yen.

  • Third place among listed companies, behind Toyota and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (Japan's largest bank)
  • 5.3% gain on Monday to 71,300 yen marked a fivefold increase in the past two years
  • Last week's Monster Hunter 3 on Wii announcement credited

Nintendo market value at $85 billon thanks to Wii (Reuters)