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Last updated: 2009 October 28.

2006 January (month) Top selling Nintendo DS video game in the US for the month: Mario Kart DS. [866.136] [868.56] [869.96] Top selling GameCube video game in the US for the month: Super Mario Strikers. [868.56] Top selling Game Boy Advance video game in the US for the month: Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Duel Academy. [868.56] [869.96] Top selling video game in Japan for the month: Eigo Tsuke for the Nintendo DS. [866.136] (month unknown) Rodrigo Lopes sets a new time record for completing The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past video game on the Nintendo Entertainment System: 1 hour 36 minutes 43 seconds. [866.140] Electronic Gaming Monthly presents a list of the 200 greatest video games of their time. Number 1 is Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Entertainment System. [988.96] February The Interactive Achievement Awards are presented. Top game is Nintendogs by Nintendo. [782.14] Nintendo holds a spring-preview press conference in Japan. The DS Lite handheld videgame system is announced. [782.15] February 27 Nintendo releases the Super Princess Peach video game for the Nintendo DS in the USA. [809.15] [865.118] [1086.53] February (month) Top selling Nintendo DS video game in the US for the month: Animal Crossing: Wild World. [867.114] [870.94] [953.28] [970.11] Top selling Game Boy Advance video game in the US for the month: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. [870.94] [970.11] Top selling GameCube video game in the US for the month: Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. [867.114] [953.28] [970.11] Top selling Nintendo DS video game in Japan for the month: Children of Mana. [867.114] March France's Ministry of Culture honors Shigeru Miyamoto with knighthood in the Order of Arts and Letters. [867.31] March 7 (1:31 AM PST) The 1 millionth unique user of the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection joins the network. [971.50] March The April issue of Wired magazine includes 14 tiny pictures of the Super Mario character over 14 pages of its video games articles. The pictures are from different games, 1981 to present. [362.51] March 20 The Game Developers Conference is held, over five days. Nintendo announces partnerships with Sega and Hudson for Genesis and TurboGrafx-16 games for its next-generation video game system. [782.12] [865.43] [867.19] March (month) Top selling Nintendo DS video game in the US for the month: Metroid Prime Hunters. [871.38] [872.120] [912.44] [971.11] Top selling GameCube video game in the US for the month: Sonic Riders. [871.38] [872.120] [912.44] [971.11] Top selling Game Boy Advance video game in the US for the month: Dora the Explorer: Super Spies. [912.44] [971.11] Top selling video game in Japan for the month: DS Training for Adults: Work Your Brain for the Nintendo DS. [872.120] April 18 Nintendo releases the Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! for the Nintendo DS in the USA. [782.16] [829.26] [866.108] [868.20] [872.119] [1086.55] April (month) Top selling Nintendo DS video game during the month in the USA: Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day. [911.114] [913.32] [914.95] [972.12] Top selling GameCube video game during the month in the USA: Sonic Riders. [911.114] [914.95] [972.12] Top selling Game Boy Advance video game during the month in the USA: Ice Age 2: The Meltdown. [911.114] [972.12] Top selling Nintendo DS video game in Japan for the month: Tetris DS. [911.114] Top selling Game Boy Advance video game in Japan for the month: Mother 3. [911.114] (month unknown) Worldwide sales of the Nintendo DS to date: 16 million. [1114] May 5 Nintendo announces there will be over 30 game titles available for the Wii within the launch window. [1090.52] May 9 At a press conference in Los Angeles before the Electronic Entertainment Expo, Nintendo announces the release name for its next-generation console system: Wii, shows a conventional controller for it, and demonstrates The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Galaxy for it. Nintendo says it has sold 16 million Nintendo DS systems worldwide. [905.89] [911.13] [970.15] [981.12] [1114] May 10 At the Electronic Entertainment Expo, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata says Nintendo is unlikely to produce a new version of the Game Boy Advance in the future. [911.33] [1114] May 16 Nintendo releases the New Super Mario Bros. video game for the Nintendo DS in the USA. (Total sales by the end of 2007: 13 million copies.) [867.42] [872.51,92] [911.112] [970.15] [1086.56] [1149.59] May 31 The Game Critics Awards announce the Best of E3 Awards: Best of Show: Wii; Best Hardware: Wii; Best Handheld Game: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass; Best Sports Game: Wii Sports. [962.28] [1114] May (month) Top selling video game in the USA for the month: New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS. [906.58] [962.96] [973.14] [981.95] Top selling GameCube video game in the USA for the month: Over the Hedge. [906.58] [973.14] Top selling Game Boy Advance video game in the USA for the month: Super Mario Advance. [906.58] [973.14] Top selling video game in Japan for the month: New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS. [962.96] June 11 Nintendo releases the DS Lite handheld video game system in the US. Case color is Polar White. Price is US$129.99. [871.14] [905.89] [971.12] June 22 Columbia Pictures releases the film Click to theaters in Australia and Puerto Rico. Two arcade games appear, Out Run and Donkey Kong. [1146] June (month) Top selling video game in the USA for the month: New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS. [969.102] [975.68] [976.106] [978.14] Top selling Game Boy Advance video game in the USA for the month: Cars. [969.102] [975.68] [976.106] [978.14] Top selling GameCube video game in the USA for the month: Cars. [969.102] [975.68] [976.106] [978.14] Top selling Nintendo DS video game in Japan for the month: New Super Mario Bros.. [969.102] July 21 Entertainment Film Distributors releases the film Stormbreaker to theaters in the United Kingdom. A Nintendo DS appears. [927] July (month) Top selling Nintendo DS video game in the USA for the month: New Super Mario Bros.. [979.116] [982.14] [1040] [1077.72] Top selling Game Boy Advance video game in the USA for the month: Cars. [979.116] [982.14] [1040] [1077.72] Top selling GameCube video game in the USA for the month: Cars. [979.116] [982.14] [1040] [1077.72] Top selling video game in Japan for the month: New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS. [979.116] August 8 Nintendo holds a 10th birthday Pokémon Party at the Bryant Park in New York City. Over 25,000 attend. Included is a giant Flying Pikachu from Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. [982.97] August (month) Top selling GameCube video game in the USA for the month: Madden NFL 07. [1069.18] [1073.137] Top selling Game Boy Advance video game in the USA for the month: Super Mario Advance. [1069.18] Top selling Nintendo DS video game in the USA for the month: New Super Mario Bros.. [1069.18] [1073.137] [1078.148] (month unknown) In New York, Nintendo announces the Wii will be on sale in the USA on November 19. Price will be US$250 including the Nunchaku controller and Wii Sports game. The Wii will be available in Japan on December 2. [1078.24] September 4 The September 4 issue of Business Week includes an image of a teen boy with a Nintendo Game Boy Advance as an example of a "maturiteen". [1037.46] September 13 Nintendo releases the DS Lite handheld video game system in onyx (black) and coral (pink) colored cases. [975.70] September 14 Nintendo announces release date of November 19 for the Wii video game system in the USA, with price US$249.99. [1090.53] September (month) Top selling GameCube video game in the USA for the month: LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy. [1070.18] [1074.107] [1084.158] Top selling Game Boy Advance video game in the USA for the month: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team. [1070.18] [1084.158] Top selling Nintendo DS video game in the USA for the month: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team. [1070.18] [1074.107] [1084.158] Top selling Nintendo DS video game in Japan for the month: Pokémon Diamond. [1084.158] October (month) Top selling GameCube video game in the USA for the month: Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2. [1071.14] [1075.95] [1086.116] Top selling Game Boy Advance video game in the USA for the month: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team. [1071.14] [1086.116] Top selling Nintendo DS video game in the USA for the month: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team. [1071.14] [1075.95] [1086.116] Top selling video game in Japan for the month: Kirby Squeak Squad for the Nintendo DS. [1086.116] November 6 Nintendo releases the Elite Beat Agents video game for the Nintendo DS in the USA. [978.22] [1069.24] [1078.80] [1084.152] [1149.59] November 13 Nintendo releases the Yoshi's Island DS video game for the Nintendo DS in the USA. [978.22] [1069.24] [1078.80] [1084.154] [1086.61] [1149.59] November 14 Square Enix releases the Final Fantasy III video game for the Nintendo DS in the USA. [1069.24] [1078.80,115] [1084.152] [1149.59] November 19 Nintendo releases the Wii video game system in North and South America. It includes a wireless Wii remote controller, a Nunchuk controller attachment, and video game Wii Sports. Price is US$249.99 in the USA, and CDN$279.95 in Canada. (Total sales in first 8 days: 600,000.) [982.16] [1069.24] [1071.20] [1075.26] [1179.9] [1190.74] Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess video game for the Wii in North America. [1069.24] [1071.20] [1078.80] [1086.63,102] Ubisoft releases the Rayman Raving Rabbids video game for the Wii in the USA. [1073.72] [1078.80] [1086.62,106] November Nintendo releases the Wii video game system in the United Kingdom. A record 100,000 are sold in the first weekend. [1101.34] November (month) Total sales of video game systems in the US: Nintendo DS Lite 918,000, Game Boy Advance SP 641,000, Nintendo Wii 476,000. [1088.17] Top selling Wii video game in the USA for the month: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. [1072.14] [1101.112] Top selling Game Boy Advance video game in the USA for the month: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. [1072.14] Top selling Nintendo DS video game in the USA for the month: Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends. [1072.14] [1101.112] Top selling Wii video game in Japan for the month: Wii Sports. [1101.112] Top selling Game Boy Advance video game in Japan for the month: Final Fantasy VI Advance. [1101.112] Top selling Nintendo DS video game in Japan for the month: Pokémon Diamond. [1101.112] (month unknown) Konami releases the Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits video game for the Nintendo DS. Included are 15 arcade games: Contra, Track & Field, Time Pilot, Gradius, Scramble, Pooyan, Roc 'n Rope, Circus Charlie, Basketball, Rainbow Bell, Shao-Lin's Road, Rush 'n Attack, Horror Maze, Road Fighter, Yie Ar Kung-Fu. [1079.84] December 2 Nintendo releases the Wii video game system in Japan. [1078.24] [1114] December 9 The Spike TV network airs Spike TV's Video Game Awards 2006 show. Critics Choice: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Best Handheld Game: New Super Mario Bros.. Breakthrough Technology: Wii. [1115] December (month) Top selling GameCube video game in the USA for the month: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. [1102.108] Top selling Wii video game in the USA for the month: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. [1079.14] [1102.108] Top selling Game Boy Advance video game in the USA for the month: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team. [1079.14] Top selling Nintendo DS video game in the USA for the month: New Super Mario Bros.. [1079.14] [1102.108] Top selling video game in Japan for the month: Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker for the Nintendo DS. [1102.108] Top selling Wii video game in Japan for the month: Wii Sports. [1102.108] Unit sales of video game systems in the USA during the month: Xbox 360 1.1 million, Wii 604,000, PlayStation 3 490,700. [1114] [1258.46] Year Top selling video game in Japan for the year: Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl, combined for over 4 million units. [1089.52]

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