Best-Selling Nintendo DS Games

This chart ranks the best-selling games on the Nintendo DS, one of the best-selling consoles ever, by lifetime copies sold in millions across all regions.

About This Dataset

Best-Selling Nintendo DS Games
This chart ranks the best-selling games on the Nintendo DS, one of the best-selling consoles ever, by lifetime copies sold in millions across all regions.
✨ AI Insight

New Super Mario Bros. leads the Nintendo DS at 30.8 million copies, comfortably ahead of Nintendogs at 23.96 million and Mario Kart DS at 23.6 million. The list captures the DS's unusually broad appeal: alongside traditional franchises it features the pet simulator Nintendogs and two Brain Age brain-training titles totalling nearly 34 million combined, games that helped draw in non-traditional players. Pokemon again features heavily, with three pairs including Diamond and Pearl at 17.67 million. The mix of mainstream franchises and lifestyle titles explains how the DS became one of the best-selling systems in history. Values fall gradually from about 30.8 million to 11.06 million with no single dominant outlier.

Source:  Wikipedia (List of best-selling Nintendo DS video games)

Key Findings

Auto-computed highlights from this dataset

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New Super Mario Bros. leads with 31 in All Time.
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Average value in All Time: 18  ·  median: 17.
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Gap in All Time: New Super Mario Bros. is 2.8× larger than Super Mario 64 DS.

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Data Insights

Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart

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Data Points
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Top Value
30.80
New Super Mario Bros.
Copies Sold (Millions) · All Time
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All Time
Single year snapshot

Category Rankings

Copies Sold (Millions) · All Time

# Category All Time
🥇 New Super Mario Bros. 30.80
🥈 Nintendogs 23.96
🥉 Mario Kart DS 23.60
4 Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! 19.01
5 Pokemon Diamond and Pearl 17.67
6 Pokemon Black and White 15.64
7 Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! 14.88
8 Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver 12.72
9 Animal Crossing: Wild World 11.75
10 Super Mario 64 DS 11.06
Statistical Summary — Copies Sold (Millions) · All Time
30.80
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11.06
Minimum
18
Average
17
Median

What This Data Shows

Auto-generated trend summaries per category

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New Super Mario Bros.
Recorded 30.80 Copies Sold (Millions) in All Time.
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Nintendogs
Recorded 23.96 Copies Sold (Millions) in All Time.
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Mario Kart DS
Recorded 23.60 Copies Sold (Millions) in All Time.
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Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
Recorded 19.01 Copies Sold (Millions) in All Time.
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Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
Recorded 17.67 Copies Sold (Millions) in All Time.
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Pokemon Black and White
Recorded 15.64 Copies Sold (Millions) in All Time.
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Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!
Recorded 14.88 Copies Sold (Millions) in All Time.
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Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver
Recorded 12.72 Copies Sold (Millions) in All Time.
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Animal Crossing: Wild World
Recorded 11.75 Copies Sold (Millions) in All Time.
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Super Mario 64 DS
Recorded 11.06 Copies Sold (Millions) in All Time.
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Full Data Table

10 records across 1 year

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Category Metric All Time Source
New Super Mario Bros. Copies Sold (Millions) 30.80
Nintendogs Copies Sold (Millions) 23.96
Mario Kart DS Copies Sold (Millions) 23.60
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! Copies Sold (Millions) 19.01
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Copies Sold (Millions) 17.67
Pokemon Black and White Copies Sold (Millions) 15.64
Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! Copies Sold (Millions) 14.88
Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver Copies Sold (Millions) 12.72
Animal Crossing: Wild World Copies Sold (Millions) 11.75
Super Mario 64 DS Copies Sold (Millions) 11.06

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

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