But the American numbers won't be revised until the weekly sales actually come out, and at this point, who knows when that's going to happen?
Perfect timing.
Here we go:
99. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories 4.85M
This should keep hovering around the 100 mark
94. Big Brain Academy 4.95M
This has shipped over 5M, and shipped 1.5M over the last year. It should keep climbing well above 6M.
92. Super Smash Bros. Brawl 5.02M
This hasn't totally slowed down in America, and will jump up again with the European release. Should make a fairly fast run at Melee's 7M and the top 50 overall.
91. Mario Party 8 5.03M
Here's a thought: If Mario Party 9 goes the balance board route, this game could get an extra year of legs.
86. Gears of War 5.14M
67. Call of Duty 4 (360) 5.75M
Might finally be slowing down, but could still catch MoH: Frontline
64. Super Mario 64 DS 5.90M
Has shipped 6.12M! Moved 1.38M in the last year. If the legs have lasted this long, it could move another 1M this year.
58. Super Mario Galaxy 6.33M
Basically tied with Sunshine. Has slowed down some, so 10M might be a year away.
43. Halo 3 7.66M
According to VGC, sales still lag significantly behind shipments of several months ago. Could have been overshipped, especially with COD4 stealing its thunder during the holidays, but could also be undertracked.
32. Animal Crossing: Wild World 9.30M
Now the last of the DS's "big 7" below the 10M mark.
28. Mario Kart DS 10.36M
3.42M shipped last year. This title could reach 13 or 14M, or higher.
25. More Brain Training 10.91M
Shipped 6.5M last year due to the Western launches.
22. Wii Play 11.67M
19. Brain Training 12.77M
Received a major bump thanks to the sequel launching, and is now selling as fast or faster than the sequel in Europe. A stone's throw from 15M, and even SMB3's 17.28M is in sight!
18. New Super Mario Bros. 14.18M
Another game aiming at SMB3's record total, with over 4.5M shipped last year.
16. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl 14.58M
8. Nintendogs 18.23M
Any other company would have milked this game to death by now, with a dozen sequels across Wii, PC, DS and PS2. Nintendo haven't given a hint at how they might continue the brand of the biggest game since Pokemon G/S. Has already passed SMB3, of course, but it won't be recognized as record setting until a game with a single SKU, like NSMB or Brain Training does it.
6. Wii Sports 21.90M
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
