Wii sails past the million mark in the land that brought us maple syrup stereotypes.

Written by Aaron Clegg

Presumably not content with transforming the USA into a pack of Wiimote waving zombies, Nintendo proves that border-invasions are still pretty effective.

As of July, the white box of wonders has accumulated a total of 1,060,000 sales in the country, leaving competitors out in the cold - despite it being the last "next-generation" console to launch in that region. At the end of the month, Xbox 360 sales stood at just over 870,000 units sold, while Playstation 3 only managed 520,000

The good news for The House of Mario doesn't end with hardware success, with 8 games out of the top 10 software chart being on Nintendo systems (with Mario Kart Wii leading the race).

With Wii soon to be out the door in China, can it keep up the record-breaking momentum it has shown everywhere else in the world? Stick with N-Europe to find out.