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Best selling games and franchises developed or published by Nintendo.

Consoles

Console sales
Company	Home console sales	Handheld console sales	Total sales
Nintendo	361.82 million	473.56 million	835.38 million

Home consoles

See also: Best selling game 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	^[3]
Color TV-Game	1977	3	^[4]
Virtual Boy	1995	0.77	^[5]

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	^[6]

Franchises

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

Mario (707.04 million)
- Super Mario (364.01 million)
- Mario Kart (148.76 million)
- Mario Sports (56.91 million)
- Mario Party (56.47 million)
- Mario RPGs (28.50 million)
Pokémon (362.95 million)
Wii Series (204.73 million)
The Legend of Zelda (123.73 million)
Donkey Kong (82.88 million)
Super Smash Bros (62.32 million)
Animal Crossing (61.37 million)
Game & Watch (43.40 million)
Kirby (42.09 million)
Brain Age (34.53 million)
Nintendogs (28.60 million)
Duck Hunt (28.31 million)
Yoshi (28.16 million)
Wario (21.72 million)
Luigi's Mansion (19.926 million)
Metroid (18.17 million)
Splatoon (16.85 million)
Fire Emblem (16.40 million)
Star Fox (11.91 million)
Tomodachi (11.57 million)
Big Brain Academy (9.49 million)
Ring Fit Adventure (8.68 million)
Pikmin (7.49 million)
Excite (7.22 million)
Style Savvy (5.87 million)
Xenoblade Chronicles (5.85 million)
F-Zero (5.81 million)
Nintendo Land (5.20 million)
Rhythm Heaven (5.15 million)

Best-selling games

This list includes all Nintendo games that have crossed the 10 million mark. For rereleases and remasters of the same game, the sales data is combined.

Wii Sports — Wii — 82.90 million
Pokémon Red/Green/Blue/Yellow — GB/GBA/VC — 59.52 million
Super Mario Bros. — NES/GBC/GBA — 47.58 million
Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal — GBC/DS — 42.21 million
Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald — GBA/3DS — 37.62 million
Mario Kart 8 — Wii U/Switch — 37.44 million
Mario Kart Wii — Wii — 37.38 million
Tetris — NES/GB — 35.84 million
Wii Sports Resort — Wii — 33.14 million
New Super Mario Bros. — DS — 30.80 million
New Super Mario Bros. Wii — Wii — 30.32 million
Duck Hunt — NES — 28.31 million
Wii Play — Wii — 28.02 million
Super Mario World — SNES/GBA — 26.30 million
Animal Crossing: New Horizons — Switch — 26.04 million
Pokémon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum — DS — 25.27 million
Pokémon Sun & Moon — 3DS — 25.09 million
Nintendogs — DS — 23.96 million
Mario Kart DS — DS — 23.60 million
Super Mario 64 — N64/DS — 22.97 million
Super Mario Bros. 3 — NES/GBA — 22.71 million
Wii Fit — Wii — 22.67 million
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild — Switch/Wii U — 21.43 million
Wii Fit Plus — Wii — 21.13 million
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate — Switch — 21.10 million
Pokémon Sword and Shield — Switch — 19.02 million
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! — DS — 19.01 million
Super Mario Odyssey — Switch — 18.99 million
Mario Kart 7 — 3DS — 18.92 million
Super Mario Land — GB — 18.14 million
Pokémon X & Y — 3DS — 16.49 million
Pokémon Black & White — DS — 15.64 million
Super Smash Bros. 4 — 3DS/Wii U — 14.99
Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! — DS — 14.88 million
New Super Mario Bros. U — Wii U/Switch — 14.13
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — N64/3DS — 13.82 million
New Super Mario Bros. 2 — 3DS — 13.37 million
Super Smash Bros. Brawl — Wii — 13.32 million
Donkey Kong Country — SNES/GBC/GBA — 13.31
Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA) — NES/GBA — 13.03 million
Animal Crossing: New Leaf — 3DS — 12.82 million
Super Mario Galaxy — Wii — 12.80 million
Super Mario All-Stars — SNES/Wii — 12.79 million
Super Mario 3D Land — 3DS — 12.77 million
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! & Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! — Switch — 12.49 million
Super Mario Party — Switch — 12.10 million
Animal Crossing: Wild World — DS — 11.75 million
Splatoon 2 — Switch — 11.27 million
Super Mario Land 2 — GB — 11.18 million
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening — GB/GBC/Switch — 10.62 million
Dr. Mario — NES/GB — 10.19 million

References

↑ ^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
↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2018/180426e.pdf
↑ https://www.resetera.com/threads/nintendo-software-and-hardware-sales-data-from-1983-to-present.2725/
↑ 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."
↑ 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.
↑ http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/clubn/game-and-watch-ball-reward/0/3

External links

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[:1-1] 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] ttps://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2018/180426e.pdf

[3] ttps://www.resetera.com/threads/nintendo-software-and-hardware-sales-data-from-1983-to-present.2725/

[sheff_27-4] 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."

[gamepro-5] 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.

[6] ttp://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/clubn/game-and-watch-ball-reward/0/3

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 #[[Metroid]] (18.17 million)
-#[[Luigi's Mansion]] (17.96 million)
+#[[Splatoon]] (16.85 million)
 #[[Fire Emblem]] (16.40 million)
-#[[Splatoon]] (16.22 million)
 #[[Star Fox]] (11.91 million)
 #[[Tomodachi Collection|Tomodachi]] (11.57 million)
 #[[Big Brain Academy]] (9.49 million)
+#[[wikipedia:Ring_Fit_Adventure|Ring Fit Adventure]] (8.68 million)
+#[[Pikmin]] (7.49 million)
 #[[Excite]] (7.22 million)
-#[[Pikmin]] (6.06 million)
 #[[Style Savvy]] (5.87 million)
-#[[wikipedia:Ring_Fit_Adventure|Ring Fit Adventure]] (5.84 million)
+#[[Xenoblade Chronicles]] (5.85 million)
 #[[F-Zero]] (5.81 million)
-#[[Xenoblade Chronicles]] (5.77 million)
 #[[wikipedia:Nintendo_Land|Nintendo Land]] (5.20 million)
 #[[Rhythm Heaven]] (5.15 million)