List of best-selling Nintendo DS video games explained

This is a list of video games for the Nintendo DS video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. The best-selling game on the Nintendo DS is New Super Mario Bros. First released in North America on May 15, 2006, it went on to sell nearly 31 million units worldwide.

There are a total of 75 Nintendo DS games on this list which are confirmed to have sold or shipped at least one million units. Of these, 18 were developed by internal Nintendo development divisions. Of the 75 games on this list, 51 were published in one or more regions by Nintendo.

By September 30, 2022, over 948.76million total copies of games had been sold for the Nintendo DS.^[1] As of March 31, 2019, there are a total of 139 Nintendo DS games that have sold at least one million units.^[2]

List

Game	Copies sold	Release date	Genre(s)	Developer(s)	Publisher(s)
New Super Mario Bros.	million^[3]		Platform	Nintendo EAD (Group 4)	Nintendo
Nintendogs (all versions)	million		Pet-raising simulation	Nintendo EAD (Group 1)	Nintendo
Mario Kart DS	million		Racing	Nintendo EAD (Group 1)	Nintendo
	million		Puzzle	Nintendo SPD	Nintendo
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl	million		Role-playing	Game Freak
Pokémon Black and White	million		Role-playing	Game Freak
	million		Puzzle	Nintendo SPD	Nintendo
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver	million		Role-playing	Game Freak
	million		Social simulation	Nintendo EAD (Group 2)	Nintendo
Super Mario 64 DS	million		Platform	Nintendo EAD	Nintendo
Mario Party DS	million^[4]		Party	Hudson Soft	Nintendo
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2	million^[5]		Role-playing	Game Freak
Pokémon Platinum	million		Role-playing	Game Freak
Big Brain Academy	million			Nintendo EAD (Group 4)	Nintendo
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies	million		Role-playing	Level-5
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness	million		Roguelike	Chunsoft
	million		Action-adventure	Nintendo EAD (Group 3)	Nintendo
	million^[6]		Action-adventure	Traveller's Tales	LucasArts
	million		Role-playing	AlphaDream	Nintendo
Professor Layton and the Curious Village	million			Level-5
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	million^[7]			Sega Sports R&D
English Training: Have Fun Improving Your Skills!	million		Educational	Nintendo SPD	Nintendo
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box	million			Level-5
Tomodachi Collection	million		Life simulation	Nintendo SPD (Group 1)	Nintendo
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team	million		Roguelike	Chunsoft
Yoshi's Island DS	million		Platform	Artoon	Nintendo
	million		Puzzle		Nintendo
Rhythm Heaven	million		Rhythm		Nintendo
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future	million			Level-5
	million^[8]			Jupiter
Kirby Super Star Ultra	million		Platform	HAL Laboratory	Nintendo
	million		Puzzle	Nintendo Software Technology	Nintendo
Style Savvy	million		Simulation	Syn Sophia	Nintendo
	million		Action-adventure	Nintendo EAD (Group 3)	Nintendo
Pokémon Ranger	million		Action role-playing
Tetris DS	million		Puzzle	Nintendo SPD (Group 2)	Nintendo
Cooking Mama	million			Office Create
Clubhouse Games	million		Puzzle	Agenda	Nintendo
	million		Action, rhythm		Nintendo
	million		Action role-playing	Creatures Inc.
Art Academy	million		Educational		Nintendo
Final Fantasy III	million		Role-playing	Matrix Software	Square Enix
	million		Action-platformer		Nintendo
	million		Educational		Nintendo
Professor Layton and the Last Specter	million			Level-5
Mario Hoops 3-on-3	million		Sports	Square Enix	Nintendo
	million		Role-playing	Tose
	million		Role-playing	Tose	Square Enix
	million		Role-playing	AlphaDream	Nintendo
Super Princess Peach	million		Platform	Tose	Nintendo
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride	million		Role-playing	ArtePiazza	Square Enix
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation	million		Role-playing	ArtePiazza	Nintendo
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days	million		Action role-playing	h.a.n.d.	Square Enix
Common Sense Training	million^[9]		Platform	HAL Laboratory	Nintendo
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen	million		Role-playing	ChunSoft	Enix
Diddy Kong Racing DS	million		Racing	Rare	Nintendo
	million		Action role-playing	Creatures Inc.
	million		Puzzle	Nintendo Software Technology	Nintendo
	million		Roguelike	ChunSoft	Nintendo
	million^[10]			NanaOn-Sha	Bandai
Guitar Hero: On Tour	million		Music	Activision	Activision
Hannah Montana	million^[11]		Adventure	DC Studios	Buena Vista Games
Kirby Mass Attack	million		Platform	HAL Laboratory	Nintendo
MySims	million		Life simulation	Tose	Electronic Arts
	million^[12]		Music	A2M	Buena Vista Games
Final Fantasy IV	million		Role-playing	Matrix Software	Square Enix
Inazuma Eleven: Firestorm and Blizzard	million			Level-5	Nintendo
Love and Berry DS Collection	million^[13]			Sega	Sega
Chrono Trigger	million^[14]		Role-playing	Square Enix	Square Enix
	million			Dimps	Namco Bandai Games
Metroid Prime Hunters	million			Nintendo Software Technology	Nintendo
	million		Tactical role-playing	Square Enix	Square Enix
Drawn to Life	million^[15]			5th Cell	THQ
Scribblenauts	million^[16]			5th Cell	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Spectrobes	million^[17]		Action role-playing	Jupiter	Disney Interactive Studios

External links

• Nintendo IR Information - Nintendo DS Software

Notes and References

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4. Web site: 30 Best-Selling Super Mario Games of All Time on the Plumber's 30th Birthday . O'Malley . James . . . September 11, 2015 . April 24, 2017 . September 8, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200908004707/http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2015/09/30-best-selling-super-mario-games-of-all-time-on-the-plumbers-30th-birthday/ . live .
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13. Web site: Fiscal Year Ended March 2007 Full Year Results. 2007-05-14. 14–15. 2008-01-08. Sega Sammy Holdings. PDF.
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