With the year half-way over, Nintendo of America's Rufus has seen fit to put out his list of top 10 games so far this year. What's surprising is that Big Brain Academy comes in at the number one spot, a place which we're fairly sure should be given to New Super Mario Bros. instead. What isn't surprising, however, is that the list is dominated by DS titles.

1. Big Brain Academy (DS)
   
2. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
3. True Swing Golf (DS)
4. Drill Dozer (GBA)
5. Super Princess Peach (DS)
6. Chibi Robo (GCN)
   
7. Super Monkey Ball Touch & Roll (DS)
8. Tetris DS (DS)
9. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (DS)
10. Odama (GCN)

What would your own personal list look like?

[Via Infendo]

[Note: This has nothing to do with sales numbers. This is a list purely based on personal opinion of one Nintendo of America employee.]

Though it's devoid of the actual numbers we know and love, the NPD group has released a list of the top 20 best-selling US games for the merry month of March. The list isn't terribly exciting, but it does reveal a shocking and unspeakable truth about Nintendo gamers. They've been purchasing copies of Metroid Prime: Hunters and Super Princess Peach, playing the games in grimy alleys, their depraved faces lit up only by the flicker of two LCD screens. All that for a shameful heroine fix.

The Top 20 best-selling titles for March according to NPD:

1.     Kingdom Hearts II (PS2)
2.     Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (360)
3.     Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (360)
4.     Black (PS2)
5.     MLB 06: The Show (PS2)
6.     Fight Night Round 3 (PS2)
7.     Black (Xbox)
8.     The Godfather: The Game ( PS2)
9.     Fight Night Round 3 (360)
10.     God of War (PS2)
11.     Metroid Prime: Hunters (DS)
12.     Sonic Riders (GCN)
13.     Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)
14.     Super Princess Peach (DS)
15.     The Godfather: The Game (Xbox)
16.     Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (PS2)
17.     Fight Night Round 3 (Xbox)
18.     Gran Turismo 4 (PS2)
19.     24: The Game (PS2)
20.     Burnout Revenge (360)

DS owners have been bombarded with choice games for almost the entire year, especially the second half. But what games on the horizon have you most interested? Here's a rundown of expected games for the handheld first quarter 2006:

• January 9, 2006  ElectroPlankton
• January 23, 2006  Top Spin 2
• January 23, 2005  True Swing Golf
• January 2006  Age of Empires: The Age of Kings 
• February 1, 2006  Black & White Creatures 
• February 1, 2006  Ultimate Brain Games 
• February 3, 2006  Nicktoons Unite! 
• February 14, 2006  Resident Evil: Deadly Silence 
• February 15, 2006  Super Black Bass Fishing 
• February 27, 2006  Super Princess Peach 
• February 2006  Golden Nugget Casino DS 
• March 9, 2006  Scurge: Hive  Orbital Media 
• March 20, 2006  Metroid Prime: Hunters 
• March 28, 2006  Harvest Moon DS