Kirby: Squeak Squad (DS) shares climb on very strong December sales

Shares of Nintendo Co Ltd's Kirby: Squeak Squad (DS), +1.65 (+1.38%), erupted 11.08% Sunday as December sales exceeded the market's expectations. The market had only forecasted 1.07 million copies for worldwide lifetime sales. Instead, December figures indicate the game has already sold nearly 1.1 million copies in North America and Japan. Shares continued higher in Monday morning trading.