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Nintendo DS sales more than doubled 3DS sales in the US last month

Ocarina of Time 3D still second best-selling game in June, however

Nintendo DS sales more than doubled 3DS sales in the US last month

Nintendo has released sales figures in the US for last month, and while the remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D sold comfortably the Nintendo 3DS console itself wasn't so hot.

Ocarina of Time 3D finished the month of June with 283,000 copies sold, making it the second best-selling video game that month.

However, the Nintendo 3DS sold rather poorly - in fact, the original Nintendo DS sold about two-and-a-half times as many units.

The Nintendo 3DS shifted 143,000 units, while the original DS sold 386,000. Nintendo was quick to point out that it has multiple big releases coming soon, with the likes of Super Mario 3DS, Mario Kart 3DS, and Star Fox 64 3D on the way.

We'll suspend judgement until the end of the year, but for now at least it doesn't seem like Nintendo is repeating the success of its previous handheld.

Mike Rose
Mike Rose
An expert in the indie games scene, Mike comes to Pocket Gamer as our handheld gaming correspondent. He is the author of 250 Indie Games You Must Play.