Nintendo ships 100 millionth DS, Mario Kart DS tops 10 million

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Mar 11, 2009 10:41 am PT

[UPDATE] 83 DS games sell over 1 million, with Nintendogs, New Super Mario Bros, Brain Age, Pokemon Diamond/Pearl, Brain Age 2, and Animal Crossing: Wild World going deca-platinum.

Nintendo's continued dominance of the game-industry landscape was further underlined today. This morning, the Kyoto-based company announced that sometime last week, the 100 millionth unit of its DS portable was shipped out to retailers. Last year, the platform surpassed the 81 million-plus international sales of its predecessor, the Game Boy Advance.

Remember when a dual-screened handheld seemed like a crazy idea?

Today's figure--which covers shipments in all territories worldwide--includes all three versions of the handheld: The original DS (2004-2006), the DS Lite (2006-current), and the DSi, which launched in Japan last November. The new camera- and browser-enabled version of the device will be available in Europe on April 3 and in North America on April 5.

"Consumers have shown their love for Nintendo DS--100 million times over," Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said with typical swagger in a statement. "We are grateful that people of all ages continue to respond to our products, and we will continue to look for ways to please current gamers and create new ones."

Nintendo's gloating didn't stop with DS hardware shipments. The game giant also announced that 83 DS games have shipped more than 1 million units, with seven games topping sales of 10 million worldwide. [UPDATE] Nintendo confirmed to GameSpot those titles are: Nintendogs, New Super Mario Bros. Brain Age, Pokemon Diamond/Pearl, Mario Kart DS, Brain Age 2, and Animal Crossing: Wild World.

184 Comments

  • cixe

    Posted Mar 23, 2009 5:55 am PT

    PSP is more of a status symbol than a fun gaming system. DS deserves praise for 2 things. Having original gameplay and having fun games.

  • sebetai

    Posted Mar 20, 2009 5:30 pm PT

    the ds is an amazing system. but my battery is dying. i'm getting 5 hours per charge.

  • powasam_basic

    Posted Mar 20, 2009 1:58 pm PT

    I have many of the new systems, but since buying my ds in january, it has become my favorite system of this generation. The 360 is great, but i think im suffering from graphics > gameplay fatigue. I just want to play fun games, and the DS is satisfying that 10 fold. I feel like a kid again! I havent gotten this much enjoyment out of a system since the ps1. the ds deserves the praise, congrats Nintendo!

  • Aphallatosis

    Posted Mar 19, 2009 6:56 am PT

    Love the DS. Best system this gen for me.

  • mcjakeqcool

    Posted Mar 18, 2009 12:02 pm PT

    I must admit bobbo888, the psp is short of games in it's liabary, 3rd party anyhow, the ones that count, I mean Call of Duty, Fifa Street, if games like that don't get a psp port, the psp has no hope at all, never mind the possbilty of a mainstream fanbase, and yes I support the Atari Jaguar, why? Cos it was a classic, the psp, not so much, though it used to have some decent games on it, but they just get worse overtime, old school rules!

  • xXZak-ataKXx

    Posted Mar 18, 2009 6:16 am PT

    bobbo888, no reason 2 get upset, 1 day you'll get a real handheld

  • bobbo888

    Posted Mar 18, 2009 5:51 am PT

    Big boy toy? Wha a loser... The PSP sucks man there are absolutely no games... And you're telling me that of those 100 million people who own DS' that all of them are kids? I'm 20 and I looooove the DS, and obviously 100 million people also love it, compared to the failing PSP...

  • xXZak-ataKXx

    Posted Mar 17, 2009 7:48 pm PT

    Like i said, stop pretending to have something nice, because u dont.

  • Echo_742

    Posted Mar 17, 2009 6:51 pm PT

    "the ds is 4 little kids. stop pretending that u have a nice handheld,and go get a big boy toy...its called the PSP."
    Heh... call me a little kid if you have to, Im going to go play great games on my DS, you can go play some psp crap and tell yourself your an adult because there is some blood in it

  • mariokart64fan

    Posted Mar 17, 2009 12:00 am PT

    the big boy my ass the ds is the big boy,,, gta ds , ne 1 , duke nukem coming 3 games for duke nukem on ds .

  • dblockgangstar

    Posted Mar 16, 2009 6:52 pm PT

    Numbers dont lie

  • dblockgangstar

    Posted Mar 16, 2009 6:50 pm PT

    @xxzak-atakxx Your Idiot!

    Remember how much fun a gam boy was, huh? Are you to grown up to play a DS now **** Not takeing anything away from the PSP

  • xXZak-ataKXx

    Posted Mar 16, 2009 5:24 pm PT

    the ds is 4 little kids. stop pretending that u have a nice handheld,and go get a big boy toy...its called the PSP.

  • mcjakeqcool

    Posted Mar 16, 2009 10:33 am PT

    Sony have done nothing to help the industry, they made a few good games on the ps1, but you can get them all on the Xbox and Xbox 360 now, most of the specs for the ps1 were taken from the 3do and improved apon, however no one praises the 3do for helping the industry when the truth is the 3do helped the industry way more than the ps did, and anyhow the industry was created by Atari, not sony.

  • brendanhunt1

    Posted Mar 15, 2009 12:18 pm PT

    more gaming competition is worst, it means less people to play online with and more exclusives with each console

  • hi-buzz

    Posted Mar 15, 2009 10:11 am PT

    COMMON NINTENDO !!! WHERE IS THAT "NEXT" 2D METROID GAME FOR THE DS UPDATE.......THE GBA HAD 2 GREAT METROID CLASSICS.( ZERO MISSION AND FUSION)...NOW WE NEED ONE FOR THE DS PLEASE !!!!

  • Killingspree303

    Posted Mar 15, 2009 8:06 am PT

    Nintendo DS is a great handheld console, with a lot of good games on it. Sadly, most of the crap games comes to it too (bad or/and cheap made).

  • CyberJedi

    Posted Mar 15, 2009 12:02 am PT

    Mcjake

    Hoping Sony will fail and indicates that everyone will be a winner is just stupid.

    Consoles industry is where it is now because of Sony as well. Competition is good for every gamers and i hope it stays that way since it gives us for options.

  • gameking5000

    Posted Mar 14, 2009 10:36 pm PT

    The DS is unique which must be one reason why it sells so much and the games are full of variety and some are quite unique as well. That must be one reason...

  • mastodonfatguy

    Posted Mar 14, 2009 12:12 pm PT

    nintendo , id like to work for them one day. i wanna tell my kids HEY I MADE THAT METROID GAME or I HELPED make mario kart VS f zero lol

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