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The Nintendo GameCube (codenamed Dolphin[1]) is Nintendo's fourth system and the successor to the Nintendo 64. It competed in the Sixth generation of video games with the Playstation 2 and Xbox. It was succeeded by the Wii in 2006. The console had a lifetime of 5½ years from when it was first released in 2001 until Nintendo ceased production in February 2007.[1]

Nintendo had initially expected to sell 50 million GameCubes by 2005.[2][3]

GameCube sales figures[]

As of June 30, 2008, Nintendo has shipped 21.74 million GameCube systems; 4.04 million in Japan, 12.94 million in Americas, and 4.77 million in other regions.[4] However, some sources show that the GameCube could have potentially sold more units than what was initially reported with some sources indicating 24 million GameCube units sold,[5][6][7] and one source showing that Nintendo sold 26 million GameCube units worldwide.[8]

GameCube sales figures (based on official financial reports)[9]
Date ending Quarterly sales Total sales Source
6 months (Apr01-Sep01) 0.51 0.51 [2]
6 months (Oct01-Mar02) 3.29 3.80 [3]
2002 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2002) 3.80 3.80 [9][4]
6 months (Apr02-Sep02) 2.88 6.68 [5]
6 months (Oct02-Mar03) 2.87 9.55 [6]
2003 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2003) 5.76 9.55 [9][7]
June 30, 2003 0.08 9.63 [8]
Sept 30, 2003 0.81 10.45 [9]
December 31, 2003 3.50 13.94 [10]
March 31, 2004 0.63 14.57 [11]
2004 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2004) 5.02 14.57 [9][12]
June 30, 2004 0.65 15.22 [13]
Sept 30, 2004 0.75 15.97 [14]
December 31, 2004 2.06 18.03 [15]
March 31, 2005 0.47 18.50 [16]
2005 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2005) 3.92 18.50 [9][17]
June 30, 2005 0.26 18.76 [18]
Sept 30, 2005 0.55 19.31 [19]
December 31, 2005 1.30 20.61 [20]
March 31, 2006 0.23 20.85 [21]
2006 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2006) 2.35 20.85 [22] [9]
June 30, 2006 0.15 21.00 [23]
September 30, 2006 0.2 21.20 [24]

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December 31, 2006 0.31 21.52 [26]

[27]

March 31, 2007 0.07 21.59 [28]

[29]

2007 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2007) 0.73 21.59 [30]

[9]

June 30, 2007 0.04 21.63 [31]
September 30, 2007 0.04 21.66 [32]
December 31, 2007 ~0.06 21.72
March 31, 2008 ~0.02 21.74
2008 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2008) 0.16 21.74 [9]
June 30, 2008 0.00 21.74 [33]

Sales tidbits[]

  • United States
    • January 2003: 3.5 million [34]
    • April 2007: 11.7 million [35]
  • Europe
    • January 2003: 1.5 million [36]
    • January 2004: nearly 3 million [37]
  • United Kingdom
  • Australia:
    • November 2007: 167,899 units [39]

Best-selling games[]

Worldwide[]

The following is a list of the best-selling GameCube games worldwide.

Rank Game Publisher Release Sales Ref
1 Super Smash Bros. Melee Nintendo 2001-11-21 7,410,000 [10]
2 Mario Kart: Double Dash Nintendo 2003-11-14 6,880,000 [10][11]
3 Super Mario Sunshine Nintendo 2002-07-19 5,910,000 [10][12]
4 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Nintendo 2002-12-13 4,430,000 [10][13]
5 Luigi's Mansion Nintendo 2001-09-14 3,330,000 [10][13][n 1]
6 Metroid Prime Nintendo 2002-11-18 2,840,000 [13]
7 Animal Crossing Nintendo 2001-12-14 2,700,000 [n 2][13]
8 Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Sega 2001-12-20 2,560,000 [18]
9 Mario Party 4 Nintendo 2002-10-21 2,460,000 [13]
10 Pokémon Colosseum Nintendo 2003-11-21 2,410,000
11 Mario Party 5 Nintendo 2003-11-10 2,170,000
12 Mario Party 7 Nintendo 2005-11-07 2,080,000
13 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Nintendo 2004-07-22 1,910,000
14 Star Fox Adventures Nintendo 2002-09-23 1,820,000
15 Mario Party 6 Nintendo 2004-11-18 1,630,000 [13]
16 Pikmin Nintendo 2001-10-26 1,600,000 [13]
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut Sega 2003-06-18 1,600,000 [19]
Resident Evil 4 Capcom 2005-01-11 1,600,000 [20]
Super Mario Strikers Nintendo 2005-11-18 1,600,000 [13]
20 F-Zero GX Nintendo 2003-07-25 1,500,000 [21]
21 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Nintendo 2006-12-02 1,430,000 [13]
22 Sonic Heroes Sega 2003-12-30 1,420,000 [19]
Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness Nintendo 2005-08-04 1,420,000 [13]
24 Sonic Mega Collection Sega 2002-11-10 1,370,000 [n 3]
25 Resident Evil Capcom 2002-03-22 1,350,000 [20]
Kirby Air Ride Nintendo 2003-07-11 1,350,000 [13]
27 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Nintendo 2003-08-08 1,300,000 [22]
28 Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour Nintendo 2003-07-28 1,270,000 [23]
29 Resident Evil Zero Capcom 2002-11-12 1,250,000 [20]
30 Donkey Konga Nintendo 2003-12-12 1,180,000 [13]
31 Mario Power Tennis Nintendo 2004-10-28 1,160,000
32 Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader LucasArts 2001-11-18 1,130,000 [n 5]
33 Pikmin 2 Nintendo 2004-04-29 1,120,000 [13]
34 Tales of Symphonia Namco 2003-08-29 1,114,000 [25]
35 Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Nintendo 2004-11-15 1,100,000 [13]
36 Soul Calibur II Namco 2003-03-27 1,090,000 [n 6]
37 Mario Superstar Baseball Nintendo 2005-07-21 1,050,000 [13]

Japan[]

Best-selling GameCube games in Japan[26]
  1. Super Smash Bros. Melee - 1,349,418
  2. Mario Party 4 - 902,348
  3. Mario Kart: Double Dash!! - 825,894
  4. Super Mario Sunshine - 789,989
  5. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - 742,609
  6. Mario Party 5 - 697,462
  7. Pokemon Colosseum - 656,189
  8. Animal Crossing - 641,300
  9. Mario Party 6 - 527,132
  10. Pikmin - 502,996
  11. Pikmin 2 - 483,027
  12. Mario Party 7 - 454,261
  13. Donkey Konga - 427,096
  14. Kirby Air Ride - 422,311
  15. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - 409,600
  16. Naruto: Clash of Ninja 3 - 404,951
  17. WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! - 400,785
  18. Resident Evil 0 - 400,750
  19. Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 - 396,608
  20. Animal Crossing e+ - 386,258
  21. Mario Power Tennis - 377,172
  22. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles - 354,991
  23. Luigi's Mansion - 348,918
  24. Tales of Symphonia - 322,779
  25. Naruto: Clash of Ninja 4 - 314,156

United States[]

Best-selling GameCube games in the US by October 2006[27][28]
  1. Super Smash Bros. Melee - 3,394,080
  2. Super Mario Sunshine - 2,594,797
  3. Mario Kart: Double Dash!! - 2,380,652
  4. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - 2,184,676
  5. Luigi's Mansion - 1,955,641
  6. Animal Crossing - 1,401,359
  7. Metroid Prime - 1,335,392
  8. Sonic Adventure 2 Battle - 1,280,285
  9. Sonic Mega Collection - 1,150,397
  10. Pokémon Colosseum - 1,026,720
  11. Mario Party 4 - 987,604
  12. Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader - 898,522
  13. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - 888,171
  14. Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour - 885,515
  15. Soulcalibur II - 870,226
  16. Mario Party 5 - 839,127
  17. Star Fox Adventures - 829,192
  18. Kirby Air Ride - 819,338
  19. Super Monkey Ball 2 - 808,659
  20. Sonic Heroes - 806,881
  21. Resident Evil 4 - 780,587
  22. Mario Party 6 - 750,698
  23. Spider-Man: The Movie - 746,464
  24. Super Monkey Ball - 702,828
  25. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - 694,342
  26. Mario Party 7 - 691,515
  27. Pikmin - 680,310
  28. Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut - 621,136
  29. SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - 617,175
  30. The Simpsons: Hit & Run - 608,040
  31. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 - 595,056
  32. Finding Nemo - 587,269
  33. Shrek 2 - 571,539
  34. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie - 570,027
  35. Need for Speed: Underground - 562,787
  36. Super Mario Strikers - 561,163
  37. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles - 558,729
  38. Spider-Man 2 - 552,836
  39. Resident Evil - 545,936
  40. Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike - 536,788
  41. The Incredibles - 530,362
  42. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 - 526,882
  43. Mario Superstar Baseball - 524,411
  44. Need for Speed: Underground 2 - 522,610
  45. Lego Star Wars: The Video Game - 514,827
  46. Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life - 512,151
  47. James Bond 007: Nightfire - 492,323
  48. James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire - 479,915
  49. Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee - 474,257
  50. Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly - 467,789
  51. Mario Power Tennis - 465,358
  52. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - 460,468
  53. Tony Hawk's Underground - 458,962
  54. Tales of Symphonia - 457,667
  55. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - 455,301
  56. Resident Evil Zero - 454,009
  57. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai - 450,707
  58. Madden NFL 2005 - 446,355
  59. Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness - 426,449
  60. Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom - 424,078
  61. The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures - 409,865
  62. Shadow the Hedgehog - 407,100
  63. Namco Museum - 397,298
  64. Medal of Honor: Frontline - 397,188
  65. Star Fox: Assault - 396,922
  66. Madden NFL 2002 - 391,584
  67. Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex - 391,328
  68. Pac-Man Vs. / Pac-Man World 2 - 385,999
  69. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 - 385,037
  70. Donkey Konga - 381,922
  71. Pikmin 2 - 378,615
  72. Madagascar - 362,536
  73. SSX Tricky - 359,613
  74. NBA Street Vol. 2 - 354,065
  75. True Crime: Streets of LA - 351,917
  76. Madden NFL 06 - 349,404
  77. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - 346,349
  78. Wave Race: Blue Storm - 340,758
  79. F-Zero GX - 338,803
  80. Viewtiful Joe - 327,242
  81. Madden NFL 2004 - 323,854
  82. Sonic Riders - 316,836
  83. X-Men Legends - 315,528
  84. WWE WrestleMania X8 - 307,106
  85. Tony Hawk's Underground 2 - 306,034
  86. The Sims: Bustin' Out - 305,001
  87. Crazy Taxi - 303,106
  88. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem - 292,941
  89. Naruto: Clash of Ninja - 289,702
  90. Wario World - 289,670
  91. WWE Day of Reckoning - 289,666
  92. James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing - 288,329
  93. TimeSplitters 2 - 288,114
  94. The Sims - 287,435
  95. Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance - 285,938
  96. Enter the Matrix - 283,738
  97. Medal of Honor: Rising Sun - 280,150
  98. NBA Live 2005 - 279,142
  99. NBA Street - 278,218
  100. Madden NFL 2003 - 276,573
Best-selling GameCube games in the US by dollar sales[29]
  1. Super Smash Bros. Melee
  2. Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
  3. Super Mario Sunshine
  4. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
  5. Luigi’s Mansion
  6. Metroid Prime
  7. Animal Crossing
  8. Sonic Adventure 2 Battle
  9. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
  10. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Charts[]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ↑ Luigi's Mansion sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 348,918[14]
    • United Kingdom – 100,000[15]
    • United States – 2.19 million[16]
  2. ↑ Animal Crossing sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 641,300 (original)[14] and 386,258 (e+)[17]
    • United States – 1.68 million[16]
  3. ↑ Sonic Mega Collection sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 72,967[14]
    • United States – 1.30 million[16]
  4. ↑ Erroneously listed as Star Wars: Battlefront II
  5. ↑ Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader sales breakdown:
    • United Kingdom – 100,000[15]
    • United States – 1.03 million[24][n 4]
  6. ↑ Soulcalibur II sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 99,256[14]
    • United States – 1 million[24]

References[]

  1. ↑ http://www.gamesradar.com/f/console-codenames-before-they-were-famous/a-2008081310145746097/p-2
  2. ↑ http://www.gamersmark.com/news/2002/06/1/1497/
  3. ↑ http://forum.pcvsconsole.com/viewthread.php?tid=968
  4. ↑ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2008/080730e.pdf
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120531073814/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2006/10/wii-2/
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20121022203837/https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2006/05/6710-2/
  7. ↑ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Innovation_in_the_Cultural_and_Creative/KvK-DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20071011071020/https://seekingalpha.com/article/22075-seventh-generation-gaming-consoles-thinking-outside-the-box
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20080910032515/www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/library/historical_data/pdf/consolidated_sales_e0806.pdf
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  11. ↑ "Mario Kart 8 sells more than 1.2 million units worldwide over first weekend". Nintendo of Europe AG. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  12. ↑ "Six Months Financial Results Briefing/ Corporate Management Policy Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ending March 2024 (Online) - Presentation Material" (PDF). Nintendo. November 8, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  13. ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 2020CESAゲーム白書 (2020 CESA Games White Papers). Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. 2020. p. 241. ISBN 978-4-902346-42-8.
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  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "US Platinum Videogame Chart". The Magic Box. 2007-12-27. Archived from the original on 2007-04-21. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
  17. ↑ "Game Search". Game Data Library. Famitsu. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  18. ↑ https://gamerant.com/gamecube-best-selling-games-ranked/
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 2023CESAゲーム白書 (2023 CESA Games White Papers). Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. 2023. p. 203. ISBN 978-4-902346-47-3.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 "Platinum Titles". Capcom. 2008-09-30. Archived from the original on 2008-07-14. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  21. ↑ Brown, Nathan (October 2018). "Collected Works: Toshihiro Nagoshi". Edge. No. 323. Future plc. p. 89. Archived from the original on 2019-01-02. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  22. ↑ 『小さな王様と約束の国 ファイナルファンタジー・クリスタルクロニクル』がWiiウェアのダウンロード専用コンテンツとして登場 (in Japanese). Famitsu. 2007-10-10. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  23. ↑ "Nintendo software and hardware sales data from 1983 to present". Install Base. Archived from the original on 30 January 2025.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 "The Magic Box - US Platinum (archived as of October 3, 2020)". The Magic Box. Archived from the original on 2020-10-03. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  25. ↑ Tales
  26. ↑ https://nichebarrier.com/console/gamecube
  27. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20260119234944/https://forum.onpsx.de/index.php?threads/verkaufszahlen-thread.457/page-16#post-63248
  28. ↑ https://www.installbaseforum.com/forums/threads/npd-circana-2006-full-year-results-discussion-thread.3011/#post-275822
  29. ↑ https://nintendoeverything.com/top-10-best-selling-gamecube-games-in-the-us/

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