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Japan Celebrates Christmas By Buying Many, Many Wiis, DSis

After taking a backseat to Final Fantasy XIII and the PlayStation 3, Nintendo had a very merry Christmas week in Japan, another 215,000 Wiis in Japanese gamers’ waggle-hungry, Mushroom Kingdom-platforming hands.

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With a little help from Mario, Luigi and two Toads, the Wii scored first place on Media Create‘s weekly hardware chart, nearly doubling PS3s sales during the same period. Suppose that selling a half-million copies of New Super Mario Bros. Wii will do that for one’s platform.

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The non-LL sized DSi managed to just squeak past the PS3 this week, giving Nintendo second place, with the PSP managing a fourth place showing. And look, there’s the PSPgo.

Wii – 215,129

Nintendo DSi – 113,984

PlayStation 3 – 110,519

PSP – 105,801

Nintendo DSi LL – 81,430

Nintendo DS Lite – 17,695

Xbox 360 – 6,489

PSPgo – 4,192

PlayStation 2 – 3,747

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