List of best-selling Wii video games

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This is a list of Wii video games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies, sorted in order of copies sold. As of March 2011, there are 103 Wii video games that have sold over 1 million units.[1]

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Nintendo Wii games which have sold or shipped at least one million copies
Title Total copies sold Sales breakdown Release date Genre Developer Publisher
Wii Sports 81.64 million[2][b] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 2) Nintendo
Mario Kart Wii 34.01 million[2][a][b] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 1) Nintendo
Wii Sports Resort 31.54 million[2][a][b] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 2) Nintendo
Wii Play 28.02 million[3][4][a] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 2) Nintendo
New Super Mario Bros. Wii 27.61 million[2][b] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 4) Nintendo
Wii Fit 22.67 million[3][a] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 5) Nintendo
Wii Fit Plus 20.48 million[5] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 5) Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. Brawl 10.79 million[3] N/A Ad hoc development team Nintendo
Super Mario Galaxy 10.68 million[5] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 1) Nintendo
Wii Party 7.94 million[5] N/A Nd Cube, Nintendo SPD (Group 4) Nintendo
Mario Party 8 7.6 million[6] N/A Hudson Soft Nintendo
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 7.09 million[7] N/A Sega Sports R&D Nintendo (Japan)
Sega (North America, Europe)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 6.36 million[8] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 1) Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 5.82 million[9] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 3) Nintendo
Just Dance 2 5 million[10] N/A Ubisoft Paris Ubisoft
Donkey Kong Country Returns 4.98 million[8] N/A Retro Studios, Nintendo Nintendo
Link's Crossbow Training 4.80 million[4][a] N/A Nintendo EAD Nintendo
Just Dance 4.3 million[11] N/A UbiSoft Paris UbiSoft
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword 3.52 million[5] N/A Nintendo EAD Nintendo
Animal Crossing: City Folk 3.38 million[12][a] N/A
Mario Party 9 2.73 million[2] N/A
Wii Music 2.65 million[12] N/A
Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games 2.4 million[13] N/A
Super Paper Mario 2.28 million[14] N/A
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree 2.26 million[14] N/A
Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary Edition 2.24 million[8] N/A
Sonic and the Secret Rings 2 million[15] N/A
Michael Jackson: The Experience 2 million[10] N/A
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock 2 million[16][a] N/A
Deca Sports 2 million shipped[17] N/A
Disney Epic Mickey 2 million shipped[18] N/A
Game Party 2 million shipped[19] N/A
Monster Hunter Tri 1.9 million[20] N/A
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition 1.9 million[20] N/A
Punch-Out!! 1.86 million[21] N/A
WarioWare: Smooth Moves 1.82 million[22] N/A
EA Sports Active 1.8 million[23] N/A
Mario Strikers Charged 1.77 million[14] N/A
Kirby's Epic Yarn 1.59 million[8] N/A
Mario Sports Mix 1.54 million[8] N/A
Carnival Games 1.5 million[24] N/A
Guitar Hero World Tour 1.334 million[25][a] N/A
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption 1.31 million[14] N/A
Mario Super Sluggers 1.26 million[12] N/A
Wii Play: Motion 1.26 million[5] N/A
Kirby's Return to Dream Land 1.31 million[5] N/A
Pokémon Battle Revolution 1.202 million
  • 850,000 in North America and Western Europe[26]
  • 352,123 in Japan[27]
Rayman Raving Rabbids 1.2 million[28] N/A
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles 1.2 million[20] N/A
We Ski 1.2 million[29] N/A
Big Beach Sports 1.2 million shipped[30] N/A
Active Life: Outdoor Challenge 1.03 million[31] N/A
Call of Duty: World at War over 1 million[32] N/A
Red Steel 1 million[28] N/A
Rock Band 1 million[33] N/A
Game Party 2 1 million shipped[19] N/A
  • ^ a: Bundled with a popular accessory (e.g. additional Wii-mote, MotionPlus, Wii Zapper, Wii Wheel).
  • ^ b: Bundled with a version of the console. The white console was commonly bundled with Wii Sports at launch; since the release of MotionPlus, the Wii Sports bundle with either the white or black console also includes Wii Sports Resort. In addition, since the launch of the corresponding games, the white console has been commonly bundled with Mario Kart Wii (and the Wii Wheel), and the black console has been commonly bundled with New Super Mario Brothers Wii.

Total Wii games sold as of March 31, 2013: 869.06 million.[34]

Total Virtual Console games sold as of December 31, 2007: over 10 million[35]

References [edit]

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