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This article lists the best-selling consoles, games and franchises developed, published and/or manufactured by Nintendo.

Hardware

Consoles Sales
Home consoles 292,750,000
Handheld consoles 474,330,000
Hybrid consoles 164,370,000
Total 931,450,000

Home consoles

Platform Year Sales Ref
Color TV-Game 1977 3,000,000 [1]
Nintendo Entertainment System 1983 61,910,000 [2]
Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1990 49,100,000
Nintendo 64 1996 32,930,000
GameCube 2001 21,740,000
Wii 2006 101,630,000
Wii U 2012 13,560,000
NES Classic Edition 2016 3,600,000 [3]
Super NES Classic Edition 2017 5,280,000 [4]
Total console sales 292,750,000

Handheld consoles

Platform Year Sales Ref
Game & Watch 1980 43,400,000 [5]
Game Boy 1989 118,690,000 [2]
Virtual Boy 1995 770,000 [6]
Game Boy Advance 2001 81,510,000 [2]
Nintendo DS 2004 154,020,000
Nintendo 3DS 2011 75,940,000
Total console sales 474,330,000

Hybrid consoles

Platform Year Sales Ref
Nintendo Switch 2017 154,010,000 [2]
Nintendo Switch 2 2025 10,360,000
Total console sales 164,370,000

Peripherals

Hardware Platform Year Sales Ref
Beam Gun — 1970 2,000,000 [7][8]
Shooting Gallery Magnavox Odyssey 1972 20,000 [9][10]
Coleco Telstar components Coleco Telstar 1978 700,000 [11][12][13]
Power Glove NES 1989 1,000,000 [14]
Total sales 3,720,000

Software

Console software sales

Platform Year Software sales Ref
Home consoles 2,338,070,000
Nintendo Entertainment System 1983 500,010,000 [2]
Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1990 379,060,000
Nintendo 64 1996 224,970,000
GameCube 2001 208,580,000
Wii 2006 921,850,000
Wii U 2012 103,600,000
Handheld consoles 2,219,580,000
Game Boy 1989 501,110,000 [2]
Game Boy Advance 2001 377,420,000
Nintendo DS 2004 948,760,000
Nintendo 3DS 2011 392,290,000
Hybrid consoles 1,473,410,000
Nintendo Switch 2017 1,452,790,000 [2]
Nintendo Switch 2 2025 20,620,000
Total software sales 6,031,060,000 [15]

Best-selling franchises

This list includes all Nintendo franchises that have crossed the 5 million mark. Sales data mostly based on Nintendo's official sales data. See linked articles for breakdown of sales figures.

Rank Franchise Debut year Debut platform Sales
1 Mario 1981 Arcade 938,103,006
1.1 Super Mario 1985 NES 453,620,752
1.2 Mario Kart 1992 Super NES 200,710,000
1.3 Mario Party 1998 Nintendo 64 87,135,052
1.4 Mario Sports 1987 Famicom 64,296,681
1.5 Mario RPG 1996 Super NES 41,620,000
1.6 Luigi's Mansion 2001 GameCube 26,410,000
1.7 Mario Puzzle Games 1984[n 1] Arcade 15,538,336
2 Pokémon 1996 Game Boy 489,000,000
3 Wii Series 2006 Wii 221,010,000
4 The Legend of Zelda 1986 NES 172,205,722
5 Donkey Kong 1981 Arcade 105,512,977
6 Animal Crossing 2001 Nintendo 64 84,283,797
7 Super Smash Bros. 1999 Nintendo 64 78,240,000
8 Kirby 1992 Game Boy 52,546,029
9 Game & Watch 1980 Game & Watch 47,361,000
10 Nintendo Sports 1983 NES 41,439,707
11 Brain Age 2005 Nintendo DS 35,516,000
12 Splatoon 2015 Wii U 30,510,000
13 Yoshi 1991[n 2] Super NES 29,460,000
14 Nintendogs 2005 Nintendo DS 28,650,000
15 Duck Hunt 1984 NES, Arcade 28,314,000
16 Wario 1994[n 3] Game Boy 23,304,000
17 Metroid 1986 NES 22,640,000
18 Fire Emblem 1990 NES 20,681,189
19 Ring Fit Adventure 2019 Switch 15,380,000
20 Tomodachi 2009 Nintendo DS 13,490,000
21 Star Fox 1993 Super NES 11,928,000
22 Pikmin 2001 GameCube 11,540,000
23 Big Brain Academy 2005 Nintendo DS 11,430,000
24 Xenoblade Chronicles 2010 Wii 9,130,868
25 Excite 1984 NES 7,232,654
26 Clubhouse Games 2005 Nintendo DS 7,210,000
27 F-Zero 1990 Super NES 6,674,105
28 Style Savvy 2008 Nintendo DS 6,280,000
29 English Training 2006 Nintendo DS 5,460,000
30 Personal Trainer 2006 Nintendo DS 5,330,000
31 Nintendo Land 2012 Wii U 5,210,000
32 Rhythm Heaven 2006 GBA 5,182,047
Best-selling Nintendo franchise sales 2,524,678,124

Best-selling games

This list includes the 50 best-selling Nintendo games. For re-releases and remasters of the same game, the sales data is combined. See linked articles for breakdown of sales figures.

Rank Title Platforms Year Sales
1 Wii Sports Wii 2006 82,900,000
2 Mario Kart 8 Wii U, Switch 2014 78,020,000
3 Pokémon Red / Green / Blue / Yellow Multi-platform 1996 74,260,000
4 Super Mario Bros. Multi-platform 1985 65,915,000
5 Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch 2020 48,620,000
6 Wii Fit / Wii Fit Plus Wii 2007 44,660,000
7 Pokémon Gold / Silver / Crystal GBC, DS 1999 42,840,000
8 Super Mario Bros. 3 Multi-platform 1988 40,820,000
9 Pokémon Diamond / Pearl / Platinum DS, Switch 2006 40,330,000
10 Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire / Emerald GBA, 3DS 2002 37,950,000
11 Super Mario Bros. 2 Multi-platform 1986 37,505,456
12 Mario Kart Wii Wii 2008 37,380,000
13 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Switch 2018 36,930,000
14 Tetris NES, GB 1989 35,840,000
15 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Multi-platform 2017 35,080,679
16 Super Mario World Multi-platform 1990 34,183,000
17 Wii Sports Resort Wii 2009 33,140,000
18 Super Mario 64 Multi-platform 1996 32,310,000
19 New Super Mario Bros. DS 2006 30,800,000
20 New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii 2009 30,320,000
21 Super Mario Odyssey Switch 2017 29,840,000
22 Duck Hunt Multi-platform 1984 28,314,000
23 Wii Play Wii 2006 28,020,000
24 Pokémon Scarlet / Violet Switch 2022 27,610,000
25 Pokémon Sword / Shield Switch 2019 26,960,000
26 Pokémon Sun / Moon 3DS 2016 25,590,000
27 New Super Mario Bros. U Wii U, Switch 2012 24,350,000
28 Nintendogs DS 2005 23,960,000
29 Mario Kart DS DS 2005 23,600,000
30 Donkey Kong Multi-platform 1981 22,586,977
31 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Switch, Switch 2 2023 22,191,263
32 Super Mario Galaxy Wii, Switch 2007 21,960,296
33 Super Mario Party Switch 2018 21,230,000
34 Super Mario 3D World Wii U, Switch 2013 19,360,000
35 Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! DS 2005 19,010,000
36 Mario Kart 7 3DS 2011 18,990,000
37 Super Mario Land GB, 3DS(VC) 1989 18,371,000
38 Pokémon X / Y 3DS 2013 16,780,000
39 Nintendo Switch Sports Switch 2022 16,270,000
40 Super Mario Bros. Wonder Switch, Switch 2 2023 16,030,000
41 Pokémon Black / White DS 2010 15,640,000
42 Super Mario Sunshine GC, Switch 2002 15,380,000
43 Ring Fit Adventure Switch 2019 15,380,000
44 Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U 3DS, Wii U 2014 15,030,000
45 Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! DS 2005 14,880,000
46 Pokémon Legends: Arceus Switch 2022 14,830,000
47 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Multi-platform 1998 14,600,000
48 Luigi's Mansion 3 Switch 2019 14,250,000
49 Mario Party Superstars Switch 2021 14,000,000
50 Splatoon 2 Switch 2017 13,600,000
Best-selling Nintendo game sales 1,498,417,671

Charts

Nintendo consoles worldwide

Worldwide shipments (Graph)

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Nintendo hardware sales figures

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Including Wrecking Crew
  2. ↑ Excluding Super Mario World
  3. ↑ Excluding Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/hard_soft/index.html
  3. ↑ Nintendo software and hardware sales data from 1983 to present, Updated as of December 2021
  4. ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2018/180426e.pdf
  5. ↑ http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/clubn/game-and-watch-ball-reward/0/3
  6. ↑ Blake Snow (May 4, 2007). "The 10 Worst-Selling Consoles of All Time". GamePro.com. Archived from the original on May 8, 2007. Retrieved November 25, 2007.
  7. ↑ Kohler, Chris (2004). Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life. Indianapolis, IN: BradyGames. pp. 30–1. ISBN 978-0-7440-0424-3.
  8. ↑ https://darkzero.co.uk/game-articles/the-history-of-nintendo/
  9. ↑ Picard, Martin (December 2013). "The Foundation of Geemu: A Brief History of Early Japanese video games". Game Studies. 13 (2). ISSN 1604-7982.
  10. ↑ https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/92331-first-home-console-light-gun
  11. ↑ Weekly Television Digest with Consumer Electronics. Vol. 18. Editorial & Business Headquarters. 1978. p. 10. Coleco is going to Japan for game chips, boards & technology. Toy maker Nintendo, Japan's largest game supplier for domestic market, will supply Coleco with unspecified quantity of components beginning in June, provide technology on royalty basis for game system.
  12. ↑ Herman, Leonard (1997). Phoenix: the fall & rise of videogames (2nd ed.). Union, NJ: Rolenta Press. p. 20. ISBN 0-9643848-2-5. Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2012. Like Pong, Telstar could only play video tennis but it retailed at an inexpensive $50 that made it attractive to most families that were on a budget. Coleco managed to sell over a million units
  13. ↑ "Toy Industry Anticipates High Sales". The Windsor Star. 12 February 1979. p. 23. Retrieved 3 August 2023. Coleco first introduced its Telstar game computer in June, 1976, before other toy companies had turned to electronics. About 300,000 Telstar units have been sold since, Clarke said.
  14. ↑ Zachary, George (November 1996). "Generator". Next Generation. No. 23. p. 24.
  15. ↑ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251110046253/en/Nintendo-Announces-Holiday-Offers-for-Black-Friday-and-Cyber-Monday-2025

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