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This is a list of video games for the Wii U video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. The best-selling game on the Wii U is Mario Kart 8. First released in Japan on May 29, 2014, it went on to sell over 8.4 million units worldwide.

There are a total of 16 Wii U games on this list which are confirmed to have sold or shipped at least one million units. Of these, eleven were developed by internal Nintendo development divisions. Of the 16 games on this list, 15 were published in one or more regions by Nintendo.

By March 31, 2020, over 103.10 million total copies of games had been sold for the Wii U.[1]

List

Key
† Game was bundled with Wii U consoles during its lifetime
No. Game Copies sold Release date[a] Genre(s) Developer(s) Publisher(s)
1 Mario Kart 8 † 8.45 million[2] May 29, 2014 Racing Nintendo EAD Group No. 1 Nintendo
2 Super Mario 3D World † 5.84 million[2] November 21, 2013 Platform
Nintendo
3 New Super Mario Bros. U † 5.80 million[2] November 18, 2012 Platform Nintendo EAD Nintendo
4 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U † 5.37 million[2] November 21, 2014 Fighting
Nintendo
5 Nintendo Land † 5.20 million[2] November 18, 2012 Party Nintendo EAD Group No. 2 Nintendo
6 Splatoon † 4.95 million[2] May 28, 2015 Third-person shooter Nintendo EAD Nintendo
7 Super Mario Maker † 4.01 million[2] September 11, 2015
Nintendo EAD Nintendo
8 New Super Luigi U † 3.05 million[2] June 19, 2013[b] Platform Nintendo EAD Nintendo
9 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD † 2.31 million[2] September 20, 2013 Action-adventure Nintendo EAD Group No. 3 Nintendo
10 Mario Party 10 2.23 million[2] March 20, 2015 Party
Nintendo
11 Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze 1.98 million[3] February 21, 2014 Platform Retro Studios Nintendo
12 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 1.67 million[4][5] March 3, 2017 Action-adventure Nintendo EPD Nintendo
13 Wii Party U † 1.58 million[6] October 25, 2013 Party
Nintendo
14 Yoshi's Woolly World 1.37 million[7] July 16, 2015 Platform Good-Feel Nintendo
15 Hyrule Warriors 1 million[8] August 14, 2014 Hack and slash
Pokkén Tournament † 1 million[9] March 18, 2016 Fighting Bandai Namco Studios The Pokémon Company

Notes

  1. ^ Only the initial release date on this platform is listed.
  2. ^ Initial release was as downloadable content for New Super Mario Bros. U; a stand-alone retail version was released in the following months.

References

  1. ^ "Dedicated Video Game Sales Units". Nintendo. March 31, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Top Selling Software Sales Units". Nintendo. March 31, 2019. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Switch Officially Outsells Wii U Version". Nintendo Soup. Nintendo Soup. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  4. ^ Sahdev, Ishaan (7 May 2020). "Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Splatoon 2 Helped Push Nintendo Switch Sales Past 55 Million". Siliconera. Siliconera. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  5. ^ Arif, Shabana. "Super Mario Odyssey Hits 10 Million Sales". IGN. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  6. ^ "Archived from October 28, 2015: Best-Selling Wii U titles (as of September 30, 2015)". Nintendo. Web Archive. 28 October 2015. Archived from the original on 28 October 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  7. ^ "14 Titles Across Wii U and 3DS Were Million Sellers in the Last Year". Nintendo Life. 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  8. ^ "Hyrule Warriors Ships 1 Million Units Worldwide". 27 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Bandai Namco Press Release" (PDF). 18 August 2016.
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