Core Gaming (official Nintendo distributor in South Africa) has today confirmed a late June release date for Wii Play: Motion, the follow-up to Nintendo’s wildly successful (million-selling) Wii Play, while revealing that the game will come bundled with a red Wii Remote Plus.

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Nintendo’s popular Wii Play has become the best-selling game of all time in the United States. That’s according to the latest data released by tracking firm The NPD Group who came to this conclusion after compiling fifteen years worth of videogames sales in the US.

Wii Play, released back in 2006, overcome competition from both the Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto series to triumph, despite being a Wii exclusive title. As many of you will know Wii Play is a compilation of mini-games that comes bundled with a Wii Remote. Guitar Hero III came in second on the list, being available on no less than four platforms, with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (available on two platforms) finishing third.

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Following their (most impressive) financial results reported yesterday, Nintendo have revealed their list of million selling titles on the Wii and DS.

No surprises to see Wii Sports, Wii Play and Wii Fit top the list of million-selling Wii titles, while Nintendogs, New Super Mario Bros and Cooking Guide (?!) top the list of million-selling DS titles.

Check out the full list of Nintendo’s million-selling Wii and DS first-party titles below:

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Nintendo will no doubt be happy with the results of videogame sales for February 2009 in the US. The NPD Group’s data showed that the Wii was the best-selling console with 753 000 units sold while the ever-popular Wii Fit was the top game with 644 000 copies sold.

The Nintendo DS also outsold the rest of the competition with 588 000 units while five games published by Nintendo featured in the Top 10 (including Wii Fit, Wii Play, Mario Kart Wii, Mario Kart DS and New Super Mario Bros.) as well as Guitar Hero: World Tour for the Wii featuring at number 10.

Since then the publisher has announced that the latest NPD data shows that Wii Play has now sold more than 10 million units in the United States since the game launched in February 2007. According to the press release, Wii Play is now the “top-selling software on all consoles and portable systems in the United States.”

Wii Play sold 386 000 copies to secure fourth place in February. However, its inclusion with the NPD data continues to be controversial. Most people believe it should not be included because it comes bundled with a free Wii Remote.

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