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Revision as of 17:17, 5 November 2020

Best selling games and franchises developed or published by Nintendo.

Nintendo consoles worldwide

Worldwide shipments (Garaph)

NintendoGameConsolesUnitSales-1-

Nintendo hardware sales figures

Consoles

See also: Best selling game consoles
Console sale
Company Home
console sales
Handheld
console sales
Total sales
Nintendo 361.82 million 473.56 million 835.38 million
Home consoles
Platform Released Sales
(millions)
Ref
Wii 2006 101.63 [1]
Nintendo Switch 2017 68.30 [1]
Nintendo Entertainment System 1983 61.91

[1]

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

1990 49.10

[1]

Nintendo 64

1996 32.93

[1]

Nintendo GameCube

2001 21.74

[1]

Wii U

2012 13.56

[1]

Super NES Classic Edition

2017 5.28

[2]

NES Classic Edition

2016 3.6

Color TV-Game

1977 3 [3]

Virtual Boy

1995 0.77

[4]

Handheld consoles

See also: Best selling handheld consoles
Platform Released Sales

(millions)

Ref
Nintendo DS and DSi 2004 154.02 [1]
Game Boy and Game Boy Color 1989/1998 118.69 [1]
Game Boy Advance 2001 81.51 [1]
Nintendo 3DS family
(including Nintendo 2DS and New 3DS)
2011 75.94 [1]
Game & Watch 1980 43.4 [5]

Franchises

This list includes all Nintendo franchises that have crossed the 5 million mark. Sales data mostly based on Nintendo's official sales data.

  1. Mario (698.59 million)
  2. Pokémon (362.06 million)
  3. Wii Series (204.73 million)
  4. The Legend of Zelda (120.54 million)
  5. Donkey Kong (82.55 million)
  6. Super Smash Bros (62.32 million)
  7. Animal Crossing (61.37 million)
  8. Game & Watch (43.40 million)
  9. Kirby (41.87 million)
  10. Brain Age (34.53 million)
  11. Nintendogs (28.60 million)
  12. Duck Hunt (28.31 million)
  13. Yoshi (27.91 million)
  14. Wario (21.85 million)
  15. Metroid (18.17 million)
  16. Luigi's Mansion (17.96 million)
  17. Fire Emblem (16.24 million)
  18. Splatoon (16.22 million)
  19. Star Fox (11.91 million)
  20. Tomodachi (11.57 million)
  21. Big Brain Academy (9.49 million)
  22. Excite (7.22 million)
  23. F-Zero (6.67 million)
  24. Style Savvy (5.87 million)
  25. Ring Fit Adventure (5.84 million)
  26. Xenoblade Chronicles (5.65 million)
  27. Pikmin (5.55 million)
  28. Nintendo Land (5.20 million)
  29. Rhythm Heaven (5.15 million)

Best-selling games

Sales data from List of best-selling video games and individual franchise articles, largely based on Nintendo's official sales data. For versions of the same game, sales data is combined.

  1. Wii SportsWii — 82.88 million
  2. Super Mario Bros.NES/GBA/Various — 63.33 million
  3. Pokémon Red/Green/Blue/YellowGB/Various — 59.52 million
  4. Wii Fit — Wii — 43.8 million
  5. Pokémon Gold/Silver/CrystalGBC/DS — 42.21 million
  6. Super Mario Bros. 3 — NES/Various — 39.52 million
  7. Super Mario Bros. 2 — NES/Various — 38.39 million
  8. Mario Kart Wii — Wii — 37.24 million
  9. Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald — GBA/3DS — 36.6 million
  10. Tetris — GB — 35 million
  11. Super Mario WorldSNES/Various — 34.183 million
  12. Wii Sports Resort — Wii — 33.11 million
  13. New Super Mario Bros.DS — 30.80 million
  14. Mario Kart 8Wii U / Switch — 30.44 million
  15. New Super Mario Bros. Wii30.20 million
  16. Duck Hunt — NES — 28.31 million
  17. Wii Play — Wii — 28.02 million
  18. Pokémon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum — DS — 25.27 million
  19. Nintendogs — DS — 23.96 million
  20. Mario Kart DS — DS — 23.60 million
  21. Super Mario 64N64/DS/Wii — 23.24 million
  22. Wii Fit Plus — Wii — 21.13 million
  23. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! — DS — 19.01 million
  24. Mario Kart 7 — 3DS — 18.68 million
  25. Super Mario Land — GB/3DS — 18.37 million
  26. Pokémon Sword and Shield — Switch — 18.22 million
  27. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild — Switch / Wii U — 17.95 million
  28. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate — Switch — 17.68 million
  29. Super Mario OdysseySwitch — 16.59 million
  30. Pokémon X & Y — 3DS — 16.44 million
  31. Pokémon Sun & Moon — 3DS — 16.18 million
  32. Pokémon Black & White — DS — 15.64 million
  33. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! — DS — 14.88 million
  34. Pokémon Yellow — GB — 14.64 million
  35. Animal Crossing: New Horizons 13.41 million
  36. New Super Mario Bros. 2 — 3DS — 13.32 million
  37. Super Smash Bros. Brawl — Wii — 13.30 million
  38. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — N64/3DS — 13.22 million
  39. Super Mario All-Stars — SNES/Wii — 12.79 million
  40. Super Mario Galaxy — Wii — 12.79 million
  41. Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver — DS — 12.72 million
  42. Super Mario 3D Land — 3DS — 12.67 million
  43. Animal Crossing: New Leaf — 3DS — 12.45 million
  44. Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen — GBA — 12.00 million
  45. Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! & Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! - 11.76 million
  46. Animal Crossing: Wild World — DS — 11.75 million
  47. Super Mario Land 2 — GB — 11.18 million
  48. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening — GB/GBC/Switch — 10.24 million

See also

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/hard_soft/index.html
  2. https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2018/180426e.pdf
  3. Sheff, David; Eddy, Andy (1999), Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered the World, GamePress, p. 27, ISBN 978-0-9669617-0-6, "Nintendo entered the home market in Japan with the dramatic unveiling of Color TV Game 6, which played six versions of light tennis. It was followed by a more powerful sequel, Color TV Game 15. A million units of each were sold. The engineering team also came up with systems that played a more complex game, called "Blockbuster," as well as a racing game. Half a million units of these were sold."
  4. Blake Snow (May 4, 2007). The 10 Worst-Selling Consoles of All Time. GamePro.com. Archived from the original on May 8, 2007. Retrieved on November 25, 2007.
  5. Nintendo software and hardware sales data from 1983 to present

External links

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