Nintendo UK decided to release some boastful figures about the DS today, by mysterious coincidence also the day the PSP arrives in Europe...

Did you know, for instance:

• An impressive 1.3 million Nintendo DS consoles have been sold across Europe to date, with an incredible 6.5 million sold worldwide � accounting for a whopping 13 million game-playing thumbs across the globe!
• Nintendogs � available only on the DS - is being hailed as the coolest game release this year and in Japan a massive 40% of purchasers of the title are females, clear testament that Nintendo is expanding the market and people's very perception of what a video game is.
• In the UK, the Nintendo DS broke records for the biggest ever opening in a launch weekend, selling 87,000 units in two days � that's an average of one Nintendo DS sold every two seconds!
• Nintendo is pushing the frontiers of video game play with genre-defining DS titles, some which can't even really be defined as games but new interactive experiences, such as Electroplankton, where music is fused with art and Brain Training for Adults.
• The launch of the Nintendo DS was the fastest new console launch ever, taking just 14 weeks from its US launch to be released worldwide (although it did feel longer to the European crowd).
• Nintendo DS already has over 40 DS titles available and is backwards compatible with over 550 GBA games - that's the equivalent of over 5,000 hours of back-to-back gaming!
• Three million Nintendo DS consoles will be in the hands of European consumers by the end of this year.
• The Nintendo DS is enhanced when DS Colours launch across Europe on 7th October � available in Pink and Blue.
• Nintendo DS provides videogames access regardless of age or gender and offers new ways to play. On no other portable console can your voice control the action, control the character by touch screen or play with WiFi capabilities.
• This Christmas, Nintendo DS will be supported by a strong line up of games including nintendogs, Mario Kart DS, Advance Wars and Kirby Power Paint Brush.