Nintendo's best-selling DS games in the past year
New Super Mario jumps over the puppies and out-thinks the brain doctor
Considering 184 million DS games have been sold since the handheld was launched in 2004 – that's an impressive 4.6 games per DS – and that 123 million of those games were sold in the twelve months from April 2006, it's hardly surprising there have been plenty of recent million sellers.
In its latest financial figures, Nintendo went so far as to reveal all 15 of its games that had sold over a million copies between the start of April 2006 and the end of March 2007, in effect creating Nintendo's own DS best-selling chart for the period.
The numbers are below – total lifetime sales are also provided. (Click links for our full review).
Nintendo's million sellers on DS: April 2006 to March 2007
1. New Super Mario Bros(9.5 million, total 9.5 million)
2. Nintendogs
(7 million, total 13.6 million)
3. Brain Age (aka Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training)
(5.7 million, total 7.7 million)
4. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
(5.2 million, total 5.2 million)
5. Animal Crossing: Wild World
(3.9 million, total 7.5 million)
6. Mario Kart DS
(2.8 million, total 7 million)
7. Motto Nou wo Kitaeru Otona no DS Training (aka Brain Age 2)
(2.4 million, total 4.3 million)
8. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
(2.3 million, total 3 million)
9. Big Brain Academy
(2.2 million, total 3.4 million)
10. Yoshi's Island DS
(1.9 million, total 1.9 million)
11. Tetris DS
(1.7 million, total 1.9 million)
12. Kirby Squeak Squad (aka Kirby: Mouse Attack)
(1.6 million, total 1.6 million)
13. English Training
(1.6 million, total 2.5 million)
14. Otona no Joushikiryoku Training DS (aka General Knowledge Training)
(1.5 million, total 1.5 million)
15. Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (aka Mario Slam Basketball)
(1.3 million, total 1.3 million)
Other interesting figures in the report include a breakdown of DS sales from different territories since launch. Japan remains the biggest-selling market, but the Rest of the World has now overtaken the U.S. as the second biggest.
