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Nintendo has released sales data of all first party-published, platinum-plus titles worldwide for both Wii and Nintendo DS. On the Wii the most striking figure is that of Wii Sports with sales totalling 17,850,000. With worldwide sales of the Wii standing at 20.13 million it’s no surprise to see the bundled Wii Sports out on top, with only Japanese gamers offered the title separately at retail.
Similarly the Wii-Remote bundled Wii Play has sold to approximately one in two Wii owners with worldwide sales to date totally 9,230,000 units. Of the none bundled/peripheral based releases it’s Super Mario Galaxy which comes out on top with worldwide sales of 5,190,000 and an attach rate of approximately one in every four sold Wii consoles.
Wii platinum-plus titles:
Wii Sports – 17,850,000
Wii Play – 9,230,000
Super Mario Galaxy – 5,190,000
Mario Party 8 – 4,350,000
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – 4,300,000
Super Paper Mario – 2,160,000
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree – 2,000,000
Mario Strikers Charged – 1,650,000
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption – 1,140,000
Link’s Crossbow Training – 1,070,000
Wii Fit – 1,050,000
On Nintendo DS it’s the loveable Nintendogs which leads the pack with worldwide sales to date totalling 17,790,000 units, over three million more than the combined sales of Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl (14,170,000 units). As with Super Mario Galaxy the pooch trainer has sold one unit for every four DS consoles sold.
DS platinum-plus titles:
Nintendogs – 17,790,000
Pokemon Diamond & Pearl – 14,170,000
New Super Mario Bros. – 13,140,000
Brain Age – 11,710,000
Brain Age 2 – 9,840,000
Mario Kart DS – 9,670,000
Animal Crossing Wild World – 9,200,000
Super Mario 64 DS – 5,780,000
Big Brain Academy – 4,610,000
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass – 3,820,000
Pokemon Ranger – 2,610,000
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Explorers of Darkness – 1,540,000
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