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Vincent Padois, head tutor at the Pierre and Marie Curie University who teaches robotics and is babysitting the Paris ICub, makes a demonstration with ICub robot, a ?hybrid embodied cognitive system for a humanoid robot" about 1 metre (3.2 feet) high, at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris September 4, 2009. Six versions of ICub exist in laboratories across Europe, where scientists are painstakingly tweaking its electronic brain to make it capable of learning, just like a human child and hoping it will learn how to adapt its behaviour to changing circumstances, offering new insights into the development of human consciousness. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

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    Nintendo "Super Smash Bros" Japan sales top 1 million

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    President of Nintendo Co., Ltd Satoru Iwata speaks on stage during the E3 Media and Business Summit in Santa Monica, California July 11, 2007. Nintendo Co Ltd sold 1.08 million units of its ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' software in 11 days since its January 31 launch in Japan, reaching the 1 million mark faster than any other Wii game, a game magazine publisher said. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) sold 1.08 million units of its "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" software in 11 days since its January 31 launch in Japan, reaching the 1 million mark faster than any other Wii game, a game magazine publisher said.

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    Strong demand for its DS handheld gear and Wii console, which features a motion-sensing controller that allows gamers to direct on-screen plays by swinging it like a racket, helped Nintendo zip past Sony Corp (6758.T) and Honda Motor Co Ltd (7267.T) in market value last year.

    It took "Wii Fit" seven weeks and "Wii Sports" 11 weeks to sell 1 million units in Japan, publisher Enterbrain said.

    "Wii Fit" and "Wii Sports" are two of the most popular game titles for the Wii, which went on sale in late 2006.

    Nintendo plans to launch "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" in North America on March 9.

    (Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka)
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