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- See also: Best selling game consoles
Platform | Year | Sales | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
Color TV-Game | 1977 | 3,000,000 | [1] |
Nintendo Entertainment System | 1983 | 61,910,000 | [2] |
Super Nintendo Entertainment System | 1990 | 49,100,000 | [2] |
Nintendo 64 | 1996 | 32,930,000 | [2] |
Nintendo GameCube | 2001 | 21,740,000 | [2] |
Wii | 2006 | 101,630,000 | [2] |
Wii U | 2012 | 13,560,000 | [2] |
NES Classic Edition | 2016 | 3,600,000 | [3] |
Super NES Classic Edition | 2017 | 5,280,000 | [4] |
Nintendo Switch | 2017 | 132,460,000 | [2] |
Handheld systems
- See also: Best selling handheld consoles
Platform | Year | Sales | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
Game & Watch | 1980 | 43,400,000 | [5] |
Game Boy / Game Boy Color | 1989 / 1998 | 118,690,000 | [2] |
Virtual Boy | 1995 | 770,000 | [6] |
Game Boy Advance | 2001 | 81,510,000 | [2] |
Nintendo DS and DSi | 2004 | 154,020,000 | [2] |
Nintendo 3DS family | 2011 | 75,940,000 | [2] |
Peripherals
Hardware | Year | Sales (est.) | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
Beam Gun | 1970 | 2,000,000 | [7][8] |
Shooting Gallery (Magnavox Odyssey) | 1972 | 20,000 | [9][10] |
Coleco Telstar components | 1978 | 700,000 | [11][12][13] |
Software
Best-selling franchises
This list includes all Nintendo franchises that have crossed the 5 million mark. Sales data mostly based on Nintendo’s official sales data.
- Mario (826.38 million)
- Super Mario (396.80 million)
- Mario Kart (166.41 million)
- Mario Party (68.87 million)
- Mario Sports (59.57 million)
- Mario RPGs (28.84 million)
- Pokémon (480.00 million)
- Wii Series (215.44 million)
- The Legend of Zelda (163.34 million)
- Animal Crossing (78.98 million)
- Super Smash Bros (73.74 million)
- Donkey Kong (65.00 million)*
- Kirby (50.76 million)
- Game & Watch (43.40 million)
- Brain Age (35.51 million)
- Yoshi (29.34 million)
- Splatoon (29.22 million)
- Nintendogs (28.65 million)
- Duck Hunt (28.31 million)
- Luigi’s Mansion (23.10 million)
- Wario (22.81 million)
- Metroid (21.45 million)
- Fire Emblem (20.70 million)
- Ring Fit Adventure (15.38 million)[14]
- Tomodachi (13.49 million)
- Star Fox (11.67 million)
- Big Brain Academy (11.43 million)
- Pikmin (10.45 million)
- Xenoblade Chronicles (8.74 million)
- Clubhouse Games (7.21 million)
- Excite (6.02 million)
- Style Savvy (5.87 million)
- F-Zero (5.85 million)
- Nintendo Land (5.21 million)[15]
- Rhythm Heaven (5.18 million)
*Not counting licensed ports of the arcade Donkey Kong games to none Nintendo hardware and the Donkey Kong version of Game & Watch
Best-selling games
This list includes the top 50 Nintendo games, all of which have crossed the 10 million mark. For rereleases and remasters of the same game, the sales data is combined.
- Wii Sports — Wii — 82.90 million
- Mario Kart 8 — Wii U/Switch — 65.47 million
- Pokémon Red/Green/Blue/Yellow — GB/GBA/VC — 59.52 million
- Super Mario Bros. — NES/GBC/GBA/3DS(VC) — 48.24 million
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons — Switch — 43.38 million
- Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal — GBC/DS — 42.21 million
- Pokémon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum — DS/Switch — 40.34 million
- Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald — GBA/3DS — 37.88 million
- Mario Kart Wii — Wii — 37.38 million
- Tetris — NES/GB — 35.84 million
- Wii Sports Resort — Wii — 33.14 million
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild — Switch/Wii U — 32.85 million
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate — Switch — 32.44 million
- New Super Mario Bros. — DS — 30.80 million
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii — Wii — 30.32 million
- Duck Hunt — NES — 28.31 million
- Wii Play — Wii — 28.02 million
- Super Mario Odyssey — Switch — 26.95 million
- Super Mario World — SNES/GBA — 26.30 million
- Pokémon Sword and Shield — Switch — 26.02 million
- New Super Mario Bros. U — Wii U/Switch — 25.59 million
- Pokémon Sun & Moon — 3DS — 25.09 million
- Nintendogs — DS — 23.96 million
- Super Mario Bros. 3 — NES/GBA — 23.71 million
- Mario Kart DS — DS — 23.60 million
- Super Mario 64 — N64/DS — 22.97 million
- Wii Fit — Wii — 22.67 million
- Pokémon Scarlet and Violet — Switch — 22.10 million
- Wii Fit Plus — Wii — 21.13 million
- Super Mario Party — Switch — 19.66 million
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 19.50 million
- Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! — DS — 19.01 million
- Mario Kart 7 — 3DS — 18.98 million
- Super Mario 3D World — Wii U/Switch — 18.47 million
- Super Mario Land — GB — 18.14 million
- Pokémon X & Y — 3DS — 16.72 million
- Pokémon Black & White — DS — 15.64 million
- Ring Fit Adventure — Switch — 15.38 million
- Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! & Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! — Switch — 15.07 million
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/WiiU — 3DS/Wii U — 14.99 million
- Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! — DS — 14.88 million
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus — Switch — 14.83 million
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — N64/3DS — 13.82 million
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 — 3DS — 13.37 million
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl — Wii — 13.32 million
- Donkey Kong Country — SNES/GBC/GBA — 13.31 million
- Splatoon 2 — Switch — 13.60 million
- Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA) — NES/GBA — 13.03 million
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf — 3DS — 13.05 million
- Luigi’s Mansion 3 — Switch — 12.82 million