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Nintendo DS Racks Up 7 Million Sales

With the Wii just around the corner, Nintendo has released some very impressive European sales figures for its predecessor, the Nintendo DS. According to the company, the DS has sold over 7 million units in Europe since it launched a year and half ago, in March 2005. OK, it's not in the same league as the PS2's 40 million sales, but is still respectable.

Six of its games have also entered the millionaire’s club, Nintendo_ds_lite each cracking the 1 million sales mark. They include Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training: How old is your brain?, Animal Crossing: Wild World, New Super Mario Bros, Super Mario 64, Mario Kart DS and Nintendogs - the latter chalking up a whopping 4 million sales alone.

Interestingly, it seems girls are the key to the success of the DS, making up 44 per cent of owners, thanks a more varied selection of games – many of which don’t involve driving, fighting, shooting people, blowing things up, hacking, slashing, skewering, stabbing, garotting and any variety of ball-related sports titles.

Sheesh, where’s the fun in that?

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