Following the news that Nintendo's consoles managed to smash European sales records in 2008, new US sales data has shown it has done the same across the pond as well.

In 2008, a total of 10.17 million Wii consoles were sold to the American...

Nintendo has broken console sales records in Europe, with both its Wii and DS machines.

The company sold a total of 8.3 million units of the Wii console last year, making it the largest annual home console seller in European history.