This is a list of video games for the Nintendo DS video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. The best-selling game on the Nintendo DS is New Super Mario Bros. First released in North America on May 15, 2006, it went on to sell nearly 31 million units worldwide.

There are a total of 76 Nintendo DS games on this list which are confirmed to have sold or shipped at least one million units. Of these, 18 were developed by internal Nintendo development divisions. Of the 76 games on this list, 51 were published in one or more regions by Nintendo.

By September 30, 2022, over 948.76million total copies of games had been sold for the Nintendo DS. As of March 31, 2025, there are a total of 139 Nintendo DS games that have sold at least one million units.

List

Game Copies sold Release date Developer(s) Publisher(s) New Super Mario Bros. million Nintendo EAD (Group 4) Nintendo Nintendogs (all versions) million Nintendo EAD (Group 1) Nintendo Mario Kart DS million Nintendo EAD (Group 1) Nintendo Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! million Nintendo SPD Nintendo Pokémon Diamond and Pearl million Game Freak Pokémon Black and White million Game Freak Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! million Nintendo SPD Nintendo Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver million Game Freak Animal Crossing: Wild World million Nintendo EAD (Group 2) Nintendo Super Mario 64 DS million Nintendo EAD Nintendo Mario Party DS million Hudson Soft Nintendo Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 million Game Freak Pokémon Platinum million Game Freak Big Brain Academy million Nintendo EAD (Group 4) Nintendo Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies million Level-5 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness million Chunsoft Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga million Traveller's Tales LucasArts The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass million Nintendo EAD (Group 3) Nintendo Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story million AlphaDream Nintendo Professor Layton and the Curious Village million Level-5 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games million Sega Sports R&D English Training: Have Fun Improving Your Skills! million Nintendo SPD Nintendo Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box million Level-5 Tomodachi Collection million Nintendo SPD (Group 1) Nintendo Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team million Chunsoft Yoshi's Island DS million Artoon Nintendo Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day million Nintendo Rhythm Heaven million Nintendo Professor Layton and the Unwound Future million Level-5 Professor Kageyama's Maths Training: The Hundred Cell Calculation Method million Jupiter Kirby Super Star Ultra million HAL Laboratory Nintendo Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! million Nintendo Software Technology Nintendo Style Savvy million Syn Sophia Nintendo The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks million Nintendo EAD (Group 3) Nintendo Pokémon Ranger million Tetris DS million Nintendo SPD (Group 2) Nintendo Clubhouse Games million Agenda Nintendo WarioWare: Touched! million Nintendo Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia million Creatures Inc. Art Academy million Nintendo Final Fantasy III million Matrix Software Square Enix Kirby: Squeak Squad million Nintendo Cooking Mama million Office Create Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What to Eat? million Nintendo Professor Layton and the Last Specter million Level-5 Mario Hoops 3-on-3 million Square Enix Nintendo Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 million Tose Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker million Tose Square Enix Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time million AlphaDream Nintendo Super Princess Peach million Tose Nintendo Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride million ArtePiazza Square Enix Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation million ArtePiazza Nintendo Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days million h.a.n.d. Square Enix Common Sense Training million HAL Laboratory Nintendo Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen million ChunSoft Enix Sonic Rush million Sega Diddy Kong Racing DS million Rare Nintendo Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs million Creatures Inc. Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis million Nintendo Software Technology Nintendo Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky million Chunsoft Nintendo Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop million NanaOn-Sha Bandai Guitar Hero: On Tour million Activision Activision Hannah Montana million DC Studios Buena Vista Games MySims million Tose Electronic Arts Kirby Mass Attack million HAL Laboratory Nintendo High School Musical: Makin' the Cut! million A2M Buena Vista Games Final Fantasy IV million Matrix Software Square Enix Inazuma Eleven 2: Firestorm and Blizzard million Level-5 Nintendo Love and Berry DS Collection million Sega Sega Chrono Trigger million Square Enix Square Enix Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop 2 million DimpsNamco Bandai Games Metroid Prime Hunters million Nintendo Software Technology Nintendo Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings million Square Enix Square Enix Drawn to Life million 5th Cell THQ Scribblenauts million 5th Cell Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Spectrobes million Jupiter Corporation Disney Interactive Studios Pony Friends million Tantalus Media Eidos Interactive

See also List of best-selling Nintendo video games

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References

External links Nintendo IR Information - Nintendo DS Software