Nintendo DS Becomes American Obsession

January 29, 2007 | by Ian Bell

With more than 10 million Nintendo DS systems sold in the Americas, the handheld game console is the fastest selling game system in the world.

Swallow this amazing fact if you can: there are close to nine Nintendo DS or DS Lite portable game systems sold every 60 seconds. Sure, this number may seem small when compared to other addictive products like cigarettes, alcohol, video poker, or Paris Hilton, but this is a gaming system we are talking about.

"More than 5 million people joined the ranks as Nintendo DS owners in America last year alone," says Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. "And right now, they're all saying the same thing -- 'give me more!' Fortunately, no matter your taste or experience in gaming, that's exactly what we're supplying in the months to come."

Nintendo has kept manufacturing yields high in order to meet demand for the popular handheld, and on average has been launching 5-7 news games each month to help keep gamers interested. According to Nintendo, they will launch 20 new DS games within the first three months of 2007. Below is a list of those launch titles: 

January


        Hotel Dusk: Room 215                                 Nintendo


        Arthur & the Invisibles                                  Atari


        Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Justice for All   Capcom


        Fossil League DTC                                      D3Publisher


 


February


        Diddy Kong Racing DS                                 Nintendo


        Lunar Knights                                              Konami


        F24 Stealth Fighter                                      Majesco


        Disney's Kim Possible: Global Gemini           Buena Vista


        Meteos: Disney Magic                                 Buena Vista


        Winning Eleven Pro Evolution Soccer 2007    Konami


        Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja         Atlus


 


March


       Wario: Master of Disguise                             Nintendo


        Custom Robo Arena                                    Nintendo


        Disney's Herbie: Rescue Rally                      Buena Vista


        Disney's Meet the Robinsons                       Buena Vista


        Spectrobes                                                 Buena Vista


        Steel Horizon                                             Konami


        Cake Mania                                                Majesco


        Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords      D3 Publisher


        TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)           Ubisoft

Post Your Comment...Comments

nerdyboy on Jan 29th, 2007 at 1:33 PM:

"when compared to other addicting products"?

Nice try, Mr. Bell. I believe the word you are looking for is "addictive".

Ian Bell on Jan 29th, 2007 at 1:50 PM:

God catch, I have updated the story!

Cheers,

Ian

Chris M. on Jan 29th, 2007 at 2:08 PM:

Holy cow that is a lot of DS systems. Are these kids buying them or adults? How much does the DS cost?

Carrie on Jan 29th, 2007 at 11:18 PM:

I bought my son the Sony PSP. Big mistake, I wish it had as many games as the Nintendo DS.

Theo H. on Jan 30th, 2007 at 7:43 AM:

The PSP does have as many games as the DS (if not more), they're just more expensive and most of them suck.

Norman Hayward on Jan 30th, 2007 at 8:18 AM:

We bought my daughter (4 years old) one for Christmas this year, pink of course. She mastered "Barbie and the 12 dancing princesses" in about a month. She is a riot to watch on the darn thing, little fingers just flying back and forth. It took her about 3-4 days to get the hang of it. So we are now trying to decide what game to get next, and my wife is now hooked on it and wants her own so they can play against each other!

robo jesus on Jan 30th, 2007 at 10:53 AM:

what a bunch of retards.

nobody had faith in nintendo and now EEEEVERYONE wants a DS or a Wii.

well whatabout those who DID beleive in nintendo? those who always have? those who own a gamecube, a gba, and still have their nintendo 64's and super nintendo's, huh?

wheres MY DS lite?
wheres MY Wii?

you retards keep buying them all out and, though i have the money, i just cant seem to get ahold of a system ive wanted from the beginning, back when everyone said it was gonna be "gay" and "lame".

why dont you all go back to your ps3's and xbox 360's and let the true nintendo fans buy a god damned wii or ds.

Nickbc87 on Jan 30th, 2007 at 10:24 PM:

How about you quit *****ing and buy one on eBay, its a system not, and damn transplant kidney

Gamer1 on Feb 1st, 2007 at 12:26 PM:

I can see where he's coming from. Take it from me, a former Gamestop employee who worked this last Christmas season:
Wii and DS Lite were impossible to get. Anywhere.

Why? Because Nintendo brought the right products to the masses and you know what? They are worth owning.

Nintedo brings the quality products. Remember that.

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