During the third quarter,Dragon Quest IXnot only managed to be the best selling DS game in the world, but the best selling game, period. When you consider the fact that the RPG has not even been been sold outside of Japan yet, that is an immense accomplishment.

Between July and September, Square Enix’s handheld romp sold an impressive 3.93 million copies, single-handedly giving the Japanese market a huge boost. It defeatedWii Sports Resortand its 3.0 million, as well asPokemon Heartgold/SoulSilverwith 2.1 million.

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Thetop five global salesfor Q3 are as follows:

So yeah,Dragon Quest IXdeserves major kudos for beating stiff competition while restricted to an ailing market. An undeniably amazing achievement.

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