Nintendo promises more Christmas stock

Nintendo has promised to deliver more stock to retailers this Christmas in order to meet consumer demand.

DS and Wii consoles have been notoriously difficult to get hold of during the festive season, but Nintendo told MCV that production levels are at the "highest in [the firm's] history".

"We have increased our global production of Wii consoles by 600,000 units per month from 1.8 million to 2.4 million since July this year - the highest level of console production in our history," said a spokesperson.

"As a result, we are planning to ship 26.5 million Wii's and 30.5 million Nintendo DS globally this financial year, that's eight million more Wii and five million more Nintendo DS consoles than last year."

The spokesperson also revealed that European sales of the Nintendo Wii are up by 76% on last year, while DS sales are up 27%.