Previous handheld launch numbers:

2001.03.21 (Game Boy Advance) – 611,504
2004.11.21 (Nintendo DS) – 441,485
2007.09.20 (PSP-2000) – 263,538
2008.11.01 (Nintendo DSi) – 170,779
2004.12.12 (PSP-1000) – 166,074
1998.10.21 (Game Boy Color) – 155,774
2008.10.16 (PSP-3000) – 155,720
2005.09.13 (Game Boy Micro) – 148,117
2000.12.09 (WonderSwan Color) – 145,975
2003.02.14 (Game Boy Advance SP) – 117,859
2009.11.21 (Nintendo DSi LL) – 103,524
1999.03.04 (WonderSwan) – 102,655
2006.03.02 (Nintendo DS Lite) – 67,653
2002.07.12 (SwanCrystal) – 30,692
2009.11.01 (PSP Go) – 28,275
1998.10.28 (Neo Geo Pocket) – 21,471
1999.03.19 (Neo Geo Pocket Color) – 18,809

The DS LL is off to a pretty good start in Japan, beating the recent release of the PSP Go by almost 4 times the sales.

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