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Wii closes in on 40 million sales in the U.S.

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 12 Mar 2012 12:22 User comments (1)

Wii closes in on 40 million sales in the U.S. Nintendo has announced today that the Wii console is closing in on 40 million units sold in the U.S.
After selling 228,000 units in February, the console reached 39 million lifetime sales.

Outside of the Wii, Nintendo also sold 262,000 3DS and 135,000 DS handhelds during the month.

Finally, the company announced that Super Mario Galaxy has surpassed 5 million unit sales in the US, the 9th Wii title to reach the milestone.

Nintendo has been quiet of late as it prepares to launch its Wii U at this year's E3.

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112.3.2012 01:00

:) about to get wii again

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