Nintendo have released a press release stating that according to NPD statistics they are number one! (Well in certain categories).

NPD have recently compiled the sales data for 2003 in America and Nintendo have made an announcement of all the categories they were number one in.

It has been a good year for Nintendo, they managed to get number ones in:

• No. 1 Selling System: Game Boy Advance, with 8.1 million sold in 2003
• No. 1 Fastest-Growing System: Nintendo GameCube, with a 40 percent unit sales increase over 2002 (compared to a 25 percent decline for Sony's PlayStation 2, and flat sales for Microsoft's Xbox)
• No. 1 Fastest-Growing Game Seller: Nintendo GameCube, with a 77 percent unit sales increase over 2002
• No. 1 Hit Maker: Four of the year's top seven sellers played only on Nintendo (Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire for Game Boy Advance; The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Mario Kart: Double Dash!! for Nintendo GameCube)
• No. 1 Sales Growth: Corporate retail revenues increased 16 percent over 2002
• No. 1 Landmark: Game Boy Advance just sold its 20 millionth system in America!