List of best-selling Nintendo DS video games

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This is a list of Nintendo DS games that are known to have sold or shipped at least one million copies. As of March 31, 2011, there are 139 Nintendo DS games that sold over 1 million units.^[1]

List

Nintendo DS

• New Super Mario Bros. (26.88 million)^[2]
• Nintendogs All versions (23.26 million)^[3]
• Mario Kart DS (21.04 million)^[2]
• Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (18.72 million)^[3]
• Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (17.39 million)^[4]
• Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! (13.71 million)^[5]
• Pokémon Black and White (12.87 million)^[6]
• Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver (11.90 million)^[2]
• Animal Crossing: Wild World (10.79 million)^[5]
• Super Mario 64 DS (9.65 million)^[2]
• Mario Party DS (8.21 million)^[3]
• Pokémon Platinum (7.06 million)^[3]
• Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (5.31 million approximately; 4.29 million in Japan,^[7] 1.02 million overseas)^[2]
• Big Brain Academy (5.01 million)^[8]
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness (4.5 million)^[5]
• Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (4.13 million)^[2]
• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (4.13 million)^[8]
• Tomodachi Collection (3.2 million)^[9]
• Professor Layton and the Curious Village (3.17 million)^[3]
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (3.08 million)^[10]
• Yoshi's Island DS (2.91 million)^[8]
• English Training: Have Fun Improving Your Skills! (2.86 million)^[10]
• Cooking Mama (2.827 million approximately: 1.2 million in US,^[11] 1 million in Europe,^[12] 62,660 in Japan)^[13]
• Pokémon Ranger (2.7 million)^[8]
• The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (2.6 million)^[9]
• Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (2.52 million)^[8]
• Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (2.43 million)^[3]
• Kirby Super Star Ultra (2.36 million)^[5]
• WarioWare: Touched! (2.15 million)^[10]
• Style Savvy (2.09 million)^[3]
• Tetris DS (2.05 million)^[10]
• Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (2.04 million)^[5]
• Final Fantasy III (2 million approximately: 1.06 million in Japan,^[14] 460,000 in North America,^[15] and 480,000 in Europe)^[16]
• Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (1.97 million)^[2]
• Rhythm Heaven (1.92 million in Japan)^[5]
• Art Academy (1.90 million)^[2]
• Personal Trainer: Cooking (1.84 million)^[5]
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! (1.78 million)^[2]
• Common Sense Training (1.65 million in Japan)^[14]
• Kirby: Squeak Squad (1.6 million)^[17]
• Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (1.5 million)^[10]
• Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (1.49 million)^[7]
• Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (1.47 million in Japan)^[14]
• Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (1.46 million approximately; 1.2 million in Japan,^[16][18] 110,000 in North America, 150,000 in Europe)^[18]
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (1.4 million)^[3]
• Guitar Hero: On Tour (1.4 million approximately; 1.1 million in US,^[11] 200,000 in UK,^[19] 100,000 in France)^[20]
• Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (1.39 million)^[10]
• Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (1.35 million)^[18]
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (1.31 million approximately, 338,000 in US,^[21] 600,000 in UK,^[22] 376.632 in Japan)^[13]
• MySims (1.3 million approximately; 1 million in US,^[11] 300,000 in UK)^[19]
• Hannah Montana (1.3 million in US)^[11]
• Dragon Quest VI (1.29 million)^[7]
• Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (1.25 million in Japan)^[23]
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (1.24 million)^[10]
• Clubhouse Games (1.23 million approximately; 630,000 in Japan,^[13] 600,000 in UK)^[22]
• High School Musical: Makin' the Cut! (1.2 million in North America and Western Europe)^[24]
• Super Princess Peach (1.15 million)^[10]
• Love and Berry DS Collection (1.12 million in Japan)^[25]
• Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop (1.12 million in Japan)^[14]
• Final Fantasy IV (1.09 million approximately; 610,000 in Japan,^[16][18] 300,000 in North America and 180,000 in Europe)^[18]
• Diddy Kong Racing DS (1.04 million)^[10]
• Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (1.04 million approximately: 540,000 in Japan, 220,000 in North America, 280,000 in Europe)^[16]
• Drawn to Life (1 million approximately)^[26]
• Scribblenauts (1 million)^[27]
• Inazuma Eleven 2 (1 million shipped)^[28]
• Spectrobes (1 million shipped)^[29]

Total Nintendo DS games sold as of March 31, 2011: 839.48 million.^[1]

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