Nintendo DS Sells 10 Million Units in the US

Nintendo says its Nintendo DS portable gaming system now is in the hands of more than 10 million consumers in the US.

Since launching in November 2004, nearly 9 Nintendo DS or DS Lite portable game systems have sold every minute. Following a year in which Nintendo DS taught the world to play in new ways, the video game device will school the cash-fisted buyers in the early months of 2007.

Before March ends, Nintendo will send Diddy Kong racing, obscure Wario in a series of disguises, challenge you to pimp your robo and lure the most daring into the dimmest room at Hotel Dusk.

In all, 20 new DS games will launch in the United States in the first three months of 2007.

The full list by launch month:
January: Hotel Dusk: Room 215 - Nintendo; Arthur & the Invisibles - Atari; Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Justice for All - Capcom; Fossil League DTC - D3Publisher.

February: Diddy Kong Racing DS - Nintendo; Lunar Knights - Konami; F24 Stealth Fighter - Majesco; Disney's Kim Possible: Global Gemini - Buena Vista; Meteos: Disney Magic - Buena Vista; Winning Eleven Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 - Konami; Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja - Atlus.

March: Wario: Master of Disguise - Nintendo; Custom Robo Arena - Nintendo; Disney's Herbie: Rescue Rally - Buena Vista; Disney's Meet the Robinsons - Buena Vista; Spectrobes - Buena Vista; Steel Horizon - Konami; Cake Mania - Majesco; Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords - D3Publisher; TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) - Ubisoft.