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"Nintendo 3DS&amp;#039;s launch has proved more successful than the original DS, Nintendo has revealed. Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime told Time that the system had sold 2.37m units in eight months, beating the DS&amp;#039;s first year sales. Fils-Aime attributed numerous factors, including recent Mario releases Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7, for its healthy sales.   &amp;quot;3DS has been having positive momentum since the digital content came on board with the eShop, the launch of Ocarina of Time and obviously the price reduction,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve been able to fuel that fire with Pokemon: Rumble Blast and Star Fox. What Mario did was bring a whole new range of consumers into the 3DS franchise.&amp;quot; It was added that Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has become the fastest-selling release in the series in the US. The 3DS will receive the Circle Pad Pro peripheral in January alongside horror adventure Resident Evil Revelations. Nintendo 3DS will also see a firmware update adding 3D video recording and new StreetPass content next month. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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