As the Wii and DS continue to print money, Nintendo reminds us that the it still holds reign over the world. It's beefy numbers released today from the NPD show that the Wii has sold more then 2 million units in November, which is out-of-character in a non-December month. Probably thanks to those black friday sales. The DS continues to push forward in the handheld market pushing 1.56 million units which is the second highest total again for a non-December month.

“Nintendo’s record-breaking sales demonstrate that consumers are looking for the best value not only among video games, but also among all entertainment options,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Shoppers are looking for gifts that can be enjoyed by the whole family, and Nintendo provides an incomparable range of experiences that gets the whole family involved.”

Moving on, the company reminds us that the Wii has sold more then 15 million units since it launched in November 2006 and the DS has sold nearly 24.6 million units since it launched in November 2004.  Read more below for stats about how Nintendo software continues to push the top 5 sales charts and how the hardcore gamers will more then likely cry because of lack of new releases.

Four games made for Nintendo systems placed in the top 10 U.S. best-sellers for November, representing the diversity of people who play Nintendo games. These included Wii Play^™ (for casual and lapsed players) at No. 3 with more than 796,000 sold, Wii Fit^™ (for new gamers) at No. 4 with more than 697,000 sold, Mario Kart^™ Wii (for both core and casual payers) at No. 5 with nearly 637,000 sold and Wii Music^™ (for everyone) placed at No. 9 with more than 297,000 sold, following its long-tail trend.

Looking at the industry as a whole, Nintendo products continue to fuel the engine of the video game industry. In November alone, Nintendo represented 198 percent of industry growth over 2007. Nintendo systems represented 66 percent of all hardware sales in November, including 59 percent of all console sales and 79 percent of all portable hardware sales.