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Nintendo seeing impressive sales in European countries

Nintendo of Europe said in a statement that they are seeing impressive sales in the European market for their DS and Wii gaming consoles.

The company claimed that these two consoles together accounted for more than half of all European video game hardware sales in December.

Research group Chart Track said in a report that Wii console sold nearly 200,000 units in the UK between its December 8 launch and the close of 2006. The Nintendo DS handheld console itself saw sales of more than 500,000 units in December in the UK.

In addition, Nintendo also managed to sell 1.7 million Nintendo DS units in the entire Europe market in the month of December.

Nintendo has also performed impressively in the US market. Nintendo DS topped all the console sales in the US in December with sales of 1.6 million units.