Although only two Nintendo titles featured in the Top 10 software chart in June and despite Wii Play dropping out of the Top 10 for the first time in 29 months and the less than impressive sales of the Wii, the publisher still must have been happy with the Nintendo DS franchise which sold 766 000 units across the US in June, more than all the current generation consoles combined.

The NPD Group revealed that 424 000 DSi systems and 342 000 DS Lite systems were sold in June. The Wii sold 362 000 units in its 21st consecutive month as the top-selling home console in the US.

Perhaps most interesting was the number of Wii MotionPlus accessories sold during its launch month in the US. A total of 373 000 Wii MotionPlus accessories were sold, 169 000 Wii MotionPlus units were sold on their own, with 205 000 being packaged with EA’s Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10.

With Wii Sports Resort launching on the 26th of July across North America, bundled with Wii MotionPlus, July’s sales figures of Wii MotionPlus promise to be even more interesting.

Nintendo was also quick to point out that four games published for Nintendo platforms made it into the Top 10 software chart of June. EA Sports Active sold 289 000 copies in third, Wii Fit 271 000 at number 4, Tiger Woods PGA Tour with Wii MotionPlus at number 7 with 205 000 copies and Mario Kart Wii in eighth with 202 000 copies.

“More consumers continued to gravitate toward products that offer quality experiences and great value for the whole family,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Consumers again selected Nintendo systems for those experiences, particularly our hand-helds.”