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Nintendo Updates Million Sellers List

26.04.2011

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Nintendo has updated its list of million-selling video games across Wii, DS and 3DS. The main new entries to the list over the last financial year are the likes of Professor Layton and the Lost Future, which was published by Level-5 in Japan, and Dragon Quest IX, which was handled by Square Enix in Japan. Donkey Kong Country, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Mario Sports Mix, and Wii Party are also strong additions to the top-selling list. Interestingly as well, Super Mario 64 DS features due to it nearly reaching a million sales alone in the US and Europe during 2010!

As for the Nintendo 3DS, only one first-party title made the cut, the three versions of nintendogs + Cats, although Capcom has also announced that a million copies of Super Street Fighter IV 3D have been shipped worldwide.

Check out the full list below, with games that sold a million units between April 2010 and March 2011 being featured:

Nintendo DS

New Super Mario Bros. - 26,880,000
Mario Kart DS - 21,040,000
Pokémon Black / White - 11,510,000
Pokémon HeartGold / SoulSilver - 11,900,000
Super Mario 64 DS - 9,650,000
Mario Party DS - 8,210,000
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story - 4,130,000
Professor Layton and the Lost Future - 1,970,000
Art Academy - 1,900,000
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! - 1,780,000
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies - 1,050,000

Wii

Wii Sports - 76,760,000
Wii Balance Board (bundled with Wii Fit/Wii Fit Plus) - >35,000,000
Wii Sports Resort - 27,680,000
Mario Kart Wii - 27,000,000
New Super Mario Bros. Wii - 21,940,000
Wii Fit Plus - 18,490,000
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - 6,360,000
Wii Party - 5,770,000
Donkey Kong Country Returns - 4,980,000
Super Mario All-Stars - 2,240,000
Kirby's Epic Yarn - 1,590,000
Mario Sports Mix - 1,540,000

Nintendo 3DS

nintendogs + cats - 1,710,000

Are you surprised to see Pilotwings Resort and Metroid: Other M missing from the list? What other big Nintendo releases are missing from the above?

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SirLink 26.04.2011#1

Sad to see that Metroid: Other M didn't make the 1 million mark since it's a actually a great game. Not a huge surprise though because Metroid games never sell insane amounts of copies and Other M didn't exactly benefit from all the bashing that has occurred on various websites as well. Smilie

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RudyC3 27.04.2011#2

I'm stunned that Super Mario 64 DS still performed so well in 2010, 5 years after its release.

Also surprised about Mario Party DS. Not surprised that it performed well, because it's an awesome rendition of the series on handheld, from what I've tried, but surprised that it did THAT well, because I never really saw it break any Top 10 on any territory over the last few years.

Surprised to see Mario Kart Wii doing better than the DS one in the long run, despite the latter having been on sale for longer and the DS user base being much broader.

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jesusraz 27.04.2011#3

Dawn Paine of Nintendo UK (I think) actually stated the 25th Anniversary advertising last year boosted older Mario products like SM64DS and Mario Party DS considerably, because new DS owners saw them as brand new releases rather than the very old games we see them as.

Disappointed to see Metroid Other M perform so miserably compared to the Prime games Smilie

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J4K 27.04.2011#4

These sort of unit sales are just insane. Really, 27 million sold for Mario Kart Wii and New Super Mario Bros? That's just insane. Mario Kart Wii has grossed well over a billion dollars with those sales, if the average sale price is around $50.

EthanOfNewBark 27.04.2011#5

Wow...... How the crap did Super Street Fighter IV not get on the million sellers for 3DS? It's got to be like really close..

On November 21st (in North America), you'll know where to find me... knee deep in empty styrofoam ramen noodle cups, swinging a Wii remote+ around with my massive arms I will have developed from playing Skyward Sword for 20 straight hours...

Sonic_13 27.04.2011#6

EthanOfNewBark said:
Wow...... How the crap did Super Street Fighter IV not get on the million sellers for 3DS? It's got to be like really close..

This list only includes Nintendo published titles.
Super Street Fighter IV is published by Capcom.

jesusraz 27.04.2011#7

EthanOfNewBark said:
Wow...... How the crap did Super Street Fighter IV not get on the million sellers for 3DS? It's got to be like really close..

From the story:
As for the Nintendo 3DS, only one first-party title made the cut, the three versions of nintendogs + Cats, although Capcom has also announced that a million copies of Super Street Fighter IV 3D have been shipped worldwide.