List of best-selling Wii video games
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This is a list of video games for theWiivideo game consolethat have sold or shipped at least one million copies. The best-selling game on the Wii isWii Sports.First released in North America on November 19, 2006, it was a launch title for the system and wasbundledwith the Wii console in all regions except Japan and South Korea. The game went on to sell nearly 83 million units worldwide making it thefourth-best-selling video game of all timeand is also the best-selling game released on a single console.[1]Mario Kart Wiiis the second-best-selling game on the platform with sales of 37.38 million units. It is the second-best-selling iteration in theMario Kartseries behindMario Kart 8.The third-best-selling game isWii Sports Resort,a sequel toWii Sports,with sales of 33.14million units. The console's top five is rounded out byNew Super Mario Bros. Wii,which sold 30.32million units andWii 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 includeUbisoft Pariswith five games andCapcomandSega 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 includeUbisoftwith six games andActivisionand Capcom with three games each. The most popular franchises on Wii include theWiivideo game series(157.53million combined units),Super Mario(53.77 million combined units),Wii Fit(43.8million combined units),Mario Kart(37.38million units), andMario & Sonic(16.02million 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 ofVirtual Consolegames 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]
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† | Game wasbundled with Wii consolesduring its lifetime |
Notes[edit]
- ^Only the initial release date on this platform is listed.
- ^abcdefBundled with a popular accessory such as an additionalWii Remote,Wii MotionPlus,Wii Zapper,orWii Wheel.
- ^Development co-operation fromGame Arts,Monolith Soft,Paon,Imageepoch,Intelligent Systems,and others.
- ^Wii Play: Motion's twelve minigames were developed by several different developers alongsideNintendo:Arzest,Chunsoft,Good-Feel,Mitchell Corporation,NDcube,Nintendo,Prope,Skip Ltd.,andVanpool.
- ^Virtual Consolegame
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