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Best-selling games of 2005

Nintendogs tops this ranking with 23.96 million copies, ahead of Mario Kart DS (23.6 million copies) and Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (19.01 million copies). Copies sold, according to publishers' latest official figures. 10 games ranked.

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1NintendogsLifetime worldwide sales, Nintendo DS (all versions combined)23.96 million copiesMarch 2024Nintendo Co., Ltd.
2Mario Kart DSLifetime worldwide sales (sell-in), Nintendo DS23.6 million copiesSeptember 2023Nintendo Co., Ltd.
3Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!Lifetime worldwide sales (sell-in), Nintendo DS19.01 million copiesMarch 2024Nintendo Co., Ltd.
4Need for Speed: Most WantedLifetime worldwide sales, all platformsover 16 million copiesOctober 2009GameSpot
5Animal Crossing: Wild WorldLifetime worldwide sales, Nintendo DS11.75 million copiesMarch 2024Nintendo Co., Ltd.
6Big Brain AcademyCumulative sales (Japan + overseas), Nintendo DS5.01 million copiesMarch 2008Nintendo
7Kingdom Hearts IIUnits shipped worldwide as of March 31, 2007over 4 million copiesMarch 2007Square Enix
8Age of Empires IIICumulative sales of the base game (May 2007)over 2 million copiesMay 2007Microsoft Game Studios / Ensemble Studios
9Resident Evil 4Sales of the original GameCube version (2005)1.6 million copiesJune 2026Capcom
10Devil May Cry 3: Dante's AwakeningOriginal PlayStation 2 version (2005), excluding Special Edition1.3 million copiesJune 2026Capcom

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