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This list covers the best-selling video games byNintendo that have sold at least 20 million units. Sales figures are compiled from publicly available reports and may not account for every possible release or sales update. For this reason, the order of the games is not indicative of sales ranking but reflects the available, well-documented information. The best-selling Nintendo video game is reported to beWii Sports, selling nearly 83 million units. It was released for theWii console and was bundled with it in most regions outside of Japan.[1][2]
Nintendo is well-known for bundling its games with consoles; for instance,Wii Sports with the Wii,Super Mario Bros. with theNintendo Entertainment System, andTetris with theGame Boy. Nintendo is regarded as one of the few gaming companies that consistently publishes detailed financial information about its video games. Unlike many other companies in the video game industry, which may release only selective figures or provide limited insights into their sales performance, Nintendo has regularly disclosed explicit data through its quarterly and annual reports.[3][4]
In 2009, according to a video games-related website,Destructoid, deciding the best-selling title betweenWii Sports andSuper Mario Bros. was controversial. They also contacted Nintendo for confirmation, but received no explicit response.[5] Similarly, around the same year, sales tracking websiteVGChartz published the list of the top ten best-selling video games, with reporters fromTechRadar andCNET observing thatWii Sports had surpassedSuper Mario Bros. as the best-seller.[6][7] However, VGChartz has been deemed questionable for the estimation it provides.[8]
Satoru Iwata, then-president of Nintendo, revealed in an interview ofIwata Asks thatSuper Mario Bros. was the company's best-selling title for over two decades until it was surpassed byWii Sports, although he was hesitant about the fact thatWii Sports sales were dependent on bundles.[9] Further emphasizing this bundling issue, gaming websiteGameSpot has used its own methodology to excludeWii Sports and instead have it replaced byMario Kart 8 Deluxe on theNintendo Switch for the top spot in their list of ten best-selling Nintendo titles from March 2024.[10]
| Title | Sales (millions) | Genre(s) | Platform(s) | Release year | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wii Sports | 82.9 | Sportssimulation | Wii | 2006 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | [11] |
| Mario Kart 8 /Deluxe | 78.02 | Kart racing | Multi-platform | 2014 | Nintendo EAD /Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [a] |
| Super Mario Bros. | 58 | Platformer | Multi-platform | 1985 | Nintendo R&D4 | Nintendo | [13] |
| Animal Crossing: New Horizons | 48.62 | Social simulation | Nintendo Switch | 2020 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [12] |
| Pokémon Red / Blue / Green / Yellow | 47 | Role-playing | Game Boy | 1996 | Game Freak | Nintendo | [14] |
| Wii Fit /Plus | 43.8 | Exergaming | Wii | 2007 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | [15] |
| Mario Kart Wii | 37.38 | Kart racing | Wii | 2008 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | [16] |
| Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 36.93 | Fighting | Nintendo Switch | 2018 | Bandai Namco Studios /Sora Ltd | Nintendo | [12] |
| Tetris | 35 | Puzzle | Game Boy | 1989 | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | [17] |
| The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | 34.84 | Action-adventure | Multi-platform | 2017 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [b] |
| Wii Sports Resort | 33.14 | Sports simulation | Wii | 2009 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | [11] |
| New Super Mario Bros. | 30.8 | Platformer | Nintendo DS | 2006 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | [11] |
| New Super Mario Bros. Wii | 30.32 | Platformer | Wii | 2009 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | [11] |
| Super Mario Odyssey | 29.84 | Platformer | Nintendo Switch | 2017 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [12] |
| Duck Hunt | 28.3 | Light-gun shooter | NES | 1984 | Nintendo R&D1 /Intelligent Systems | Nintendo | [19] |
| Wii Play | 28.02 | Party | Wii | 2006 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | [11] |
| Pokémon Scarlet / Violet | 27.61 | Role-playing | Nintendo Switch | 2022 | Game Freak | Nintendo /The Pokémon Company | [12] |
| Pokémon Sword / Shield | 26.96 | Role-playing | Nintendo Switch | 2019 | Game Freak | Nintendo / The Pokémon Company | [12] |
| New Super Mario Bros. U /Deluxe | 24.34 | Platformer | Multi-platform | 2012 | Nintendo EAD / Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [c] |
| Nintendogs | 23.96 | Pet-raising simulation | Nintendo DS | 2005 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | [11] |
| Pokémon Gold / Silver | 23.73 | Role-playing | Game Boy Color | 1999 | Game Freak | Nintendo | [20] |
| Mario Kart DS | 23.6 | Kart racing | Nintendo DS | 2005 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | [11] |
| The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | 22.15 | Action-adventure | Nintendo Switch | 2023 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [12] |
| Super Mario Party | 21.23 | Party | Nintendo Switch | 2018 | NDcube | Nintendo | [12] |
| Super Mario World | 20.61 | Platformer | SNES | 1990 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | [21] |