In sales terms, 2008 was very much the year of Nintendo, as evidenced by recent figures released by the company. As a part of their latest financial briefing, Nintendo have revealed a list of both Wii and DS titles that have sold over one million copies since launch. The top seller worldwide? Wii Sports, with 40.5 million units sold since launch, making it the best selling console game in history. Other titles which sold like hot cakes on the Wii console include Wii Play and Wii Fit.

Top sellers on the DS were a little more modest, with 21.67 million bones were thrown to Nintendogs worldwide. New Super Mario Bros. and Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (known locally as Prof. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?) rounded up the top three sellers on the handheld, with 17.63 and 16.82 million sales respectively.

In total, since the launch of the Nintendo Wii and DS, twenty-six titles have sold more than a million copies - which ones are they? Read on to find out!

The sales figures quoted below show all titles that have sold more than one million copies as of April 2008. Let's begin with the Wii sales figures - which shows Wii Sports absoultely dominating the playing field - having sold nearly twice the amount of its nearest competitor:

Wii Sports - 40.5 Million Wii Play - 20.91 Million Wii Fit - 14.01 million Mario Kart Wii - 13.67 million Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 8.1 million Super Mario Galaxy - 7.66 million Mario Party 8 - 6.28 million Animal Crossing: City Folk - 3.22 million Wii Music - 2.50 million Link's Crossbow Training - 2.44 million Mario Super Sluggers - 1.21 million

Wii Sports

The DS fared nearly as well as the Wii - displaying further market penetration than the former, with a larger number of titles having sold more than one million copies:

Nintendogs - 21.67 million New Super Mario Bros. - 17.63 million Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day - 16.82 million Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - 16.48 million Mario Kart DS - 13.79 million Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day - 13.27 million Animal Crossing: Wild World - 10.57 million Super Mario 64 DS - 7.16 million Mario Party DS - 5.49 million Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness - 4.4 million Pokemon Platinum Version - 2.4 million Kirby Super Star Ultra - 2.19 million Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia - 1.80 million Rhythm Heaven - 1.71 million Personal Trainer: Cooking - 1.68 million

Nintendogs

More locally, in Australia, the Nintendo DS was the best selling Nintendo platform, having sold "more than" 800,000 units in 2008, with 212,000 DS consoles to be found under Christmas trees in December. More than 1.7 million DS consoles have been sold in Australia alone, which is a large number - given the fact that one million of those were sold just before the platform's third birthday. Meanwhile, in 2008, the Nintendo Wii found a home in "more than" 685,000 homes, with 191,000 sold in month of December.

To complete Nintendo's round of success for 2008, eight of the top ten selling console titles were at home on Nintendo platforms. These included Wii Fit as the top seller, Wii Play, Mario Kart Wii, Mario & Sonic At The Olympics (Wii), Brain Training, Mario & Sonic At The Olympics (Nintendo DS), Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Big Beach Sports Wii.