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05 Jan 2006
Nintendo has sold 10 million units of its DS portable video game player, according to figures from the company.
The dual-screen device was the fastest selling video game machine ever in Japan, where more than five million units have been sold since its launch in December 2004 compared to four million in the US.
Hit titles for the Nintendo DS include Nintendogs, a game in which players care for and play with a puppy, Mario Kart DS and Super Mario 64 DS.
The Nintendo DS launched in the US in November 2004 and ended that year with 1.2 million units sold in North America.
Nintendo said that its Wi-Fi Connection wireless gaming service has had more than 550,000 unique visitors globally.
The company's Game Boy Advance SP, the newest version of Nintendo's popular hand-held system, sold 4.6 million units in North America in 2005, compared with 7.6 million in 2004.
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