List of best-selling Wii video games explained

This is a list of video games for the Wii video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. The best-selling game on the Wii is Wii Sports. First released in North America on November 19, 2006, it was a launch title for the system and was bundled with the Wii console in all regions except Japan and South Korea. The game went on to sell nearly 83 million units worldwide making it the fourth-best-selling video game of all time and is also the best-selling game released on a single console.[1] Mario Kart Wii is the second-best-selling game on the platform with sales of 37.38 million units. It is the second-best-selling iteration in the Mario Kart series behind Mario Kart 8. The third-best-selling game is Wii Sports Resort, a sequel to Wii Sports, with sales of 33.14million units. The console's top five is rounded out by New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which sold 30.32million units and Wii Play, which sold just over 28million units worldwide.

There are a total of 64 Wii games on this list which are confirmed to have sold or shipped at least one million units. Of these, 21 were developed by internal Nintendo development divisions. Other developers with the most million-selling games include Ubisoft Paris with five games and Capcom and Sega Sports R&D, with three games each on the list. Of the 64 games on this list, 42 were published in one or more regions by Nintendo. Other publishers with multiple million-selling games include Ubisoft with six games and Activision and Capcom with three games each. The best selling franchises on the Wii include the Wii video game series (157.53million combined units), Super Mario (53.77 million combined units), and The Legend of Zelda (16.96 million combined units).

By March 31, 2021, over 921.85million total copies of games had been sold for the Wii.[2] By December 31, 2007, sales of Virtual Console games had reached over 10million copies.[3] As of March 31, 2019, there are a total of 103 Wii games that have sold at least one million units.[1]

List

Key
†Game was bundled with Wii consoles during its lifetime
GameCopies soldRelease dateGenre(s)Developer(s)Publisher(s)
Wii Sports †million[4] SportsNintendo EAD (Group 2)Nintendo
Mario Kart Wii †millionRacingNintendo EAD (Group 1)Nintendo
Wii Sports Resort †millionSportsNintendo EAD (Group 2)Nintendo
New Super Mario Bros. Wii †millionPlatformNintendo EAD (Group 4)Nintendo
Wii PlaymillionPartyNintendo EAD (Group 2)Nintendo
Wii FitmillionExergamingNintendo EAD (Group 5)Nintendo
Wii Fit PlusmillionExergamingNintendo EAD (Group 5)Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. BrawlmillionFightingNintendo
Super Mario GalaxymillionPlatformNintendo EAD (Group 1)Nintendo
Just Dance 3million[5] RhythmUbisoft ParisUbisoft
Wii PartymillionPartyNintendo
Mario Party 8millionPartyHudson SoftNintendo
millionAction-adventureNintendo EAD (Group 3)Nintendo
Super Mario Galaxy 2million[6] PlatformNintendo EAD (Group 1)Nintendo
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Gamesmillion[7] SportsSega Sports R&D
Donkey Kong Country Returnsmillion[8] PlatformRetro StudiosNintendo
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Gamesmillion[9] SportsSega Sports R&D
Link's Crossbow TrainingmillionShooterNintendo EAD (Group 3)Nintendo
million[10] Action-adventureTraveller's TalesLucasArts
Just Dance 2million[11] RhythmUbisoft ParisUbisoft
millionLife simulationNintendo EAD (Group 2)Nintendo
Just Dancemillion[12] RhythmUbisoft ParisUbisoft
Super Paper MariomillionIntelligent SystemsNintendo
millionAction-adventureNintendo EAD (Group 3)Nintendo
millionNintendo EAD (Group 4)Nintendo
Mario Party 9millionPartyNd CubeNintendo
Wii MusicmillionMusicNintendo EAD (Group 2)Nintendo
Mario Strikers ChargedmillionSportsNext Level GamesNintendo
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Gamesmillion[13] SportsSega Sports R&D
millionNintendo
Mario Super SluggersmillionSportsNintendo
Super Mario All-Stars: 25th Anniversary Editionmillion[14] PlatformNintendo EADNintendo
Sonic Colors2.18 millionPlatformSonic TeamSega
million[15] Vicarious VisionsActivision
millionUbisoft ParisUbisoft
Resident Evil 4: Wii EditionmillionSurvival horrorCapcom
Deca Sportsmillion shipped[16] SportsHudson Soft
Epic Mickeymillion shipped[17] PlatformJunction Point StudiosDisney Interactive Studios
Game Partymillion shipped[18] PartyFarSight StudiosMidway Games
Mario Sports MixmillionSportsNintendo
Pokémon Battle RevolutionmillionFightingGenius SonorityNintendo
Kirby's Return to Dream Landmillion[19] PlatformHAL LaboratoryNintendo
Monster Hunter TrimillionAction role-playingCapcom Production Studio 1Capcom
Kirby's Epic YarnmillionPlatformNintendo
EA Sports Activemillion[20] FitnessEA CanadaElectronic Arts
New Play Control! Mario Power TennismillionSportsCamelot Software PlanningNintendo
Carnival Gamesmillion[21] PartyCat Daddy GamesGlobal Star Software
millionFirst-person action-adventureNintendo
Guitar Hero World Tourmillion[22] Vicarious VisionsActivision
million[23] Rail shooter
millionMinigame collectionVariousNintendo
millionAction-adventureCreatures Inc.
Rayman Raving Rabbidsmillion[24] PartyUbisoft MontpellierUbisoft
We Skimillion[25] SportsBandai Namco GamesBandai Namco Games
Big Beach Sportsmillion shipped[26] SportsHB StudiosTHQ
Punch-Out!!millionSportsNext Level GamesNintendo
millionPlatformGood-FeelNintendo
million[27] Exergamingh.a.n.d.Bandai Namco Games
million[28] First-person shooterTreyarchActivision
Red SteelmillionFirst-person shooterUbisoft ParisUbisoft
Rock Bandmillion[29] RhythmPi Studios
Zumba Fitnessmillion[30] FitnessPipeworks Software
Super Mario Bros. 3million[31] [32] PlatformNintendo EADNintendo
Game Party 2million shippedPartyFarSight StudiosMidway Games

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Notes and References

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