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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 104 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 Release date Genre Developer Publisher
Wii Sports 82.79 million[2][b]
  • NA: November 19, 2006
  • JP: December 2, 2006
  • AU: December 7, 2006
  • EU: December 8, 2006
 Sports Nintendo EAD (Group 2) Nintendo
Mario Kart Wii 36.83 million[2][a][b]
  • EU: April 11, 2008
  • AUS: April 24, 2008
  • NA: April 27, 2008
  • SK: April 30, 2009
 Racing Nintendo EAD (Group 1) Nintendo
Wii Sports Resort 32.99 million[2][a][b]
Sports Nintendo EAD (Group 2) Nintendo
New Super Mario Bros. Wii 29.90 million[2][b] Platform Nintendo EAD (Group 4) Nintendo
Wii Play 28.02 million[2][a] Nintendo EAD (Group 2) Nintendo
Wii Fit 22.67 million[2][a] Fitness Nintendo EAD (Group 5) Nintendo
Wii Fit Plus 21.12 million[2] Fitness Nintendo EAD (Group 5) Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. Brawl 13.15 million[2] Fighting, action, platform Ad hoc development team Nintendo
Super Mario Galaxy 12.72 million[2]
  • JP: November 1, 2007
  • NA: November 12, 2007
  • EU: November 16, 2007[21]
  • AU: November 29, 2007
 Platform Nintendo EAD (Group 1) Nintendo
Wii Party 9.24 million[2] Nd Cube, Nintendo SPD (Group 4) Nintendo
Mario Party 8 8.85 million[22]
  • UK: July 13, 2007
 Party Hudson Soft Nintendo
Super Mario Galaxy 2 7.67 million[24]
Platform Nintendo EAD (Group 1) Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 7.26 million[29]
  • NA: November 19, 2006
  • JP: December 2, 2006
  • AU: December 7, 2006
  • EU: December 8, 2006
 Action-adventure Nintendo EAD (Group 3) Nintendo
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 7.09 million[30]
  • AUS/JP: November 22, 2007
 Sports Sega Sports R&D
Donkey Kong Country Returns 6.53 million[24] Platform Retro Studios, Nintendo Nintendo
Link's Crossbow Training 5.79 million[31][a] Shooter Nintendo EAD (Group 3) Nintendo
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games 5.67 million[30]
Sports Sega Sports R&D
Just Dance 2 5 million[36] Ubisoft Paris Ubisoft
Animal Crossing: City Folk 4.32 million[37][a]
  • USA: November 16, 2008
  • CAN: November 17, 2008
  • SK: January 28, 2010
 Life simulation Nintendo EAD (Group 2) Nintendo
Just Dance 4.3 million[38] Ubisoft Paris Ubisoft
Super Paper Mario 4.23 million[39]
  • NA: 2007-04-09
  • JP: 2007-04-19
  • EU: 2007-09-14
  • AU: 2007-09-20
 Action RPG Intelligent Systems Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword 3.93 million[40][a]
Action-adventure Nintendo EAD (Group 3) Nintendo
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree 3.79 million[39] Puzzle, Educational Nintendo EAD (Group 4) Nintendo
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games 3.70 million[45] Sports Sega Sports Japan
Wii Music 3.24 million[37] Nintendo
Mario Party 9 3.11 million[46]
  • HKG: June 29, 2012
  • KOR: April 11, 2013
 Party Nd Cube Nintendo
Super Mario All-Stars: 25th Anniversary Edition 2.55 million[24] Platform Nintendo
Sonic Colors 2.18 million[49] Platform Sonic Team, Dimps Sega
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock 2 million[50][a]
  • NA: October 28, 2007[51]
  • AU: November 7, 2007
  • EU: November 23, 2007
  • JP: May 22, 2008
 Music, Rhythm Vicarious Visions Activision
Michael Jackson: The Experience 2 million[36] Ubisoft
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition 2 million[52] Survival horror Capcom
Deca Sports 2 million shipped[53] Sports Hudson Soft
Epic Mickey 2 million shipped[55]
  • AU: 2010-11-25
  • EU: 2010-11-26
  • NA: 2010-11-30
  • JP: 2011-08-04
 Platform Junction Point Studios Disney Interactive Studios
Game Party 2 million shipped[56]
Monster Hunter Tri 1.9 million[52] Action RPG Capcom Production Studio 1 Capcom
Kirby's Epic Yarn 1.85 million[24] Platform Good-Feel, HAL Laboratory Nintendo
WarioWare: Smooth Moves 1.82 million[64] Party Nintendo SPD (Group 1), Intelligent Systems Nintendo
EA Sports Active 1.8 million[65] Electronic Arts
Kirby's Return to Dream Land 1.79 million[40] Platform HAL Laboratory Nintendo
Mario Strikers Charged 1.77 million[39] Sports Next Level Games Nintendo
Mario Sports Mix 1.54 million[24]
  • UK: February 4, 2011
 Sports Square Enix, Nintendo SPD (Group 4) Nintendo
Carnival Games 1.5 million[75]
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption 1.41 million[39] First-person action-adventure Retro Studios, Nintendo Nintendo
Guitar Hero World Tour 1.334 million[76][a]
  • NA: October 26, 2008
  • EU: November 7, 2008
  • AU: November 12, 2008
 Music, Rhythm Vicarious Visions Activision
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles 1.3 million[52] Rail shooter Capcom, Cavia
Mario Super Sluggers 1.26 million[37] Sports Namco Bandai Games, Now Production Nintendo
Wii Play: Motion 1.26 million[40] Nintendo
Pokémon Battle Revolution 1.202 million
  • 850,000 in North America and Western Europe[78]
  • 352,123 in Japan[79]
 Fighting Genius Sonority Nintendo
Rayman Raving Rabbids 1.2 million[80] Party Ubisoft Montpellier Ubisoft
We Ski 1.2 million[81] Sports Namco Bandai Games Namco Bandai Games
Big Beach Sports 1.2 million shipped[84]
Active Life: Outdoor Challenge 1.03 million[85]
Call of Duty: World at War over 1 million[86] Activision
Red Steel 1 million[80] Ubisoft
Rock Band 1 million[87] Rhythm Pi Studios MTV Games, Electronic Arts
Game Party 2 1 million shipped[56]
  • ^ 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 Bros. Wii.

Total Wii games sold as of March 31, 2014: 895.22 million.[91]

Total Virtual Console games sold as of December 31, 2007: over 10 million[92]

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