Nintendo had a good reason to be happy this Christmas...

The December sales are finally upon us, and with them, enough figures to make any Nintendo fan happy. This Christmas, Super Mario Galaxy just came second place with a worthy 1.4 million units sold, behind Call of Duty: Modern Warfare which got a healty 1.47 million units. Also in the top 10 this Christmas was Wii Play, still proving strong thanks to the free Wii-mote selling just over 1 million copies in December alone. And to top off the list Mario and Sonic at The Olmpic Games sold 624k and finally still going strong is Brain Age 2, shifting 659k. The entire list can be found below:

US December Hardware Sales

• Nintendo DS - 2,500,000
• Nintendo Wii - 1,400,000
• Xbox 360 - 1,300,000
• PlayStation 2 - 1,100,000
• PlayStation Portable - 1,000,000
• PlayStation 3 - 800,000

US December Software Sales

• 1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360)- 1.47 million
• 2. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)- 1.40 million
• 3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PlayStation 2)- 1.25 million
• 4. Wii Play (Wii)- 1.08 million
• 5. Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360)- 893k
• 6. Halo 3 (Xbox 360) - 742k
• 7. Brain Age 2 (DS)- 659k
• 8. Madden NFL 08 (PlayStation 2)- 655k
• 9. Guitar Hero III (360)- 624k
• 10. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)- 613k

A healthy Christmas for all 3 competitors, will Mario Galaxy still hold momentum? Will Wii Play still keep itself in the charts? Stay with us to find out...