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Nintendo DS
North America: 1. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Capcom), 2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo), 3. Brain Age (Nintendo), 4. Star Fox Command (Nintendo), 5. Big Brain Academy (Nintendo).

Japan: 1. Final Fantasy III (Square Enix), 2. Mogitate Tingle no Bara Iro Rupee Land (Nintendo), 3. Nintendo DS Browser (Nintendo), 4. Shaberu! DS Oryouri Navi (Nintendo), 5. Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu: Motto Nou o Kitaeru Otona DS Training (Nintendo).

UK: 1. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo), 2. Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo), 3. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo), 4. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo), 5. Big Brain Academy (Nintendo).

A recent reissue and positive word of mouth help to ensure lawyer sim Phoenix Wright’s position at the top of the U.S. best seller list this week. Japan, on the other hand, is seeing big sales for more recent releases like Final Fantasy III and Mogitate Tingle no Bara Iro Rupee Land. Also worth noting is that the Brain Age series makes an appearance on all charts this week, with Brain Training taking the #1 spot in the UK.
GameCube
North America: 1. Madden NFL 07 (EA Sports), 2. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo), 3. Super Smash Bros. Melee (Nintendo), 4. Mario Party 7 (Nintendo), 5. Mario Kart: Double Dash (Nintendo).

Japan: 1. Metroid Prime Hunters 2: Dark Echoes (Nintendo), 2. Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II Plus (Sega), 3. Fire Emblem: Souen no Kiseki (Nintendo), 4. Lord of the Rings: Uchitsu Kuni Daisanki (EA Games), 5. Dairantou Smash Brothers DX (Nintendo).

UK: 1. LEGO Star Wars (Eidos Interactive), 2. Cars (THQ), 3. Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness (Nintendo), 4. Super Smash Bros. Melee (Nintendo), 5. Skies of Arcadia Legends (Atari).

There’s a lot of Mario in the GameCube’s top sellers in North America, where Paper Mario’s sequel is propelled into second place by virtue of its recent adoption into Nintendo’s “Players Choice” line of budget-priced rereleases. Super Smash Bros. Melee has proven itself to have a lot of staying power as well, with the game placing in the top five sellers for every region.

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