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Nintendo responds to September 2011 NPD data

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Nintendo DS Crosses 50 Million Units Sold
The best-selling video game system in U.S. history reached another milestone in September: Lifetime sales of the Nintendo DS™ family of systems have surpassed 50 million units, according to the NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States.
“The Nintendo DS forever changed the gaming landscape, and the fact that consumers continue to embrace the platform is a testament to its value and mass appeal,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Our hand-held story continues with the Nintendo 3DS system, which just had its second consecutive month of growth and enters its first holiday season with a monster lineup of games, including Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7.”
Other Nintendo milestones reached in September include:

Resident Evil: Revelations to feature multiplayer, Internet play, and StreetPass

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Capcom’s Japanese website for Resident Evil: Revelations contains a few interesting details that were previously unknown.

First, it seems that the some sort of multiplayer functionality. The site lists that two people can play wirelessly. The site also says that Revelations will support local play, Internet play, and StreetPass.

Since details for these features have yet to be shared, it sounds like Capcom has plenty of content announce before the title launches next year.

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Rayman Origins screenshots

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EEDAR September 2011 NPD predictions

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360 – 345,000 (-18%)
PS3 – 265,000 (-15%)
3DS – 201,000 (n/a)
Wii – 215,000 (-15%)
DS – 195,000 (-52%)
PSP – 80,000 (-25%)
PS2 – n/a
Total – 1,301,000 (-20%)

Wedbush published their predictions earlier this week. You can find their data here. The actual NPD results will be available later tonight.