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Nintendo 3DS Sees Four 2 Million Sellers In Five Months In Japan

Ishaan SahdevBy
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The Nintendo 3DS has become the first platform ever in Japan to see four different games selling over 2 million copies within a span of five months, Nintendo said today.   The four games in question are :

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  All four of those games have hit 2 million units sold in Japan as of December 7th, 2014.   Nintendo also listed how many games have sold over 2 million copies in Japan on their recent platforms overall. Here’s what that list looks like:  

  • Nintendo 3DS (10)
  • Nintendo DS (14)
  • Wii (8)
  • Game Boy Advance (2)
Ishaan Sahdev
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Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.