According to Japanese market research firm Media Create, the Nintendo DS is on track to sell 10 million units in Japan by August. Club Skill translates the article, saying the combined sales of the DS and DS Lite would be the fastest to reach that benchmark ever. The immense popularity of the DS has colored the announcements of Nintendo and its partners; Satoru Iwata recently had to confirm for shareholders that the production of the Nintendo Wii would not impact DS manufacturing. Square Enix also had to verify for a nervous public that they were working with Nintendo to make sure there would be enough production of the DS for their launch of Final Fantasy III. Nintendo has already sold more than 16 million DS consoles worldwide, most of that in the US and Japanese territories.