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ALL TIME NINTENDO MILLION SELLERS

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163 Million Sellers, as of 31st Dec 2003 (Although numbers for MK: DD, MP5, SMA4 are updated as of 31st March 2004)

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Super Mario Bros	NES	             40.24 
Tetris	                GB	 30.26 
Duck Hunt	                NES	 28.31 
Super Mario World	SNES	 20.61 
Super Mario Land	GB	 18.14 
Super Mario Bros 3	NES	 17.28 
Pokemon Ruby / Sapphire	GBA	 12.78 
Super Mario 64	N64	 11.91 
Super Mario Land 2	GB	 11.18 
Super Mario Allstars	SNES	 10.55 
Mario Kart 64	N64	 9.87 
Donkey Kong Country	SNES	 9.30 
Super Mario Kart	SNES	 8.76 
GoldenEye 007	N64	 8.09 
The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time	N64	 7.60 
Super Mario Bros 2	NES	 7.46 
The Legend Of Zelda	NES	 6.51 
Tetris	NES	 5.58 
Super Smash Bros	N64	 5.55 
Pokemon Stadium	N64	 5.46 
Dr Mario	GB	 5.34 
Pokemon Pinball	GB	 5.31 
Donkey Kong 64	N64	 5.27 
Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land	GB	 5.19 
Donkey Kong Country 2	SNES	 5.15 
Kirby's Dream Land	GB	 5.13 
Super Mario Bros DX	GB	 5.07 
Diddy Kong Racing	N64	 4.88 
Dr Mario	NES	 4.85 
The Legend Of Zelda: Link To The Past	SNES	 4.61 
Mario Kart: Super Circuit	GBA	 4.46 
Smash Bros Melee	GC	 4.44 
Super Mario Advance	GBA	 4.41 
The Legend Of Zelda: Adventure Of Link	NES	 4.38 
Super Mario Advance 2	GBA	 4.36 
Super Mario Sunshine	GC	 4.19 
Excitebike	NES	 4.16 
Yoshi's Island	SNES	 4.12 
Golf	NES	 4.01 
Starfox 64	N64	 4.00 
The Legend Of Zelda: Oracle Of Ages / Seasons	GB	 3.98 
Donkey Kong Land	GB	 3.91 
The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening	GB	 3.83 
Pokemon Trading Card	GB	 3.70 
Banjo-Kazooie	N64	 3.65 
Pokemon Snap	N64	 3.63 
Mario Kart: Double Dash	GC	 3.58 
Donkey Kong Country 3	SNES	 3.51 
Kung Fu	NES	 3.50 
F1 Race	GB	 3.41 
The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask	N64	 3.36 
The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker	GC	 3.33 
Killer Instinct	SNES	 3.20 
Baseball	NES	 3.20 
Yoshi	GB	 3.12 
Star Wars Episode 1: Racer	N64	 3.10 
World Class Track Meet	NES	 3.08 
Donkey Kong	GB	 3.07 
Punch Out	NES	 3.02 
Starfox	SNES	 2.99 
Wave Race 64	N64	 2.94 
F-Zero	SNES	 2.85 
Yoshi's Story	N64	 2.85 
Metroid	NES	 2.73 
Mario Party	N64	 2.70 
Super Mario Bros 2	NES	 2.65 
Star Wars: Shadown Of The Empire	N64	 2.60 
Super Mario Advance 4	GBA	 2.59 
Pokemon Stadium 2	N64	 2.54 
Perfect Dark	N64	 2.52 
Mario Party 2	N64	 2.48 
Luigi's Mansion	GC	 2.46 
Ice Hockey	NES	 2.42 
Pro Wrestling	NES	 2.40 
Kirby's Dream Land 2	GB	 2.36 
Donkey Kong Land 2	GB	 2.35 
Mario Tennis 64	N64	 2.32 
Mario Paint	SNES	 2.31 
Mario Party 4	GC	 2.29 
Mario Bros	NES	 2.28 
The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX	GB	 2.22 
Warioland 3	GB	 2.20 
Kirby's Pinball Land	GB	 2.19 
Donkey Kong Country 2001	GB	 2.19 
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron	N64	 2.17 
Tennis	NES	 2.17 
Warioland 4	GBA	 2.16 
Super Mario Advance 3	GBA	 2.15 
Volleyball	NES	 2.15 
Super Mario RPG	SNES	 2.14 
RC Pro Am	  NES	 2.14 
Mah Jong	NES	 2.14 
Golf	GB	 2.12 
The Legend Of Zelda: Link To The Past	GBA	 2.07 
1080 Snowboarding	N64	 2.03 
Tennis	GB	 1.99 
Sim City	SNES	 1.98 
Soccer	NES	 1.96 
Rad Racer	NES	 1.96 
Alleyway	GB	 1.94 
Kirby: Nightmare In Dreamland	GBA	 1.92 
Mario Party 3	N64	 1.91 
Tetris DX	GB	 1.88 
Metroid Prime	GC	 1.87 
Pinball	NES	 1.85 
Hey You Pikachu	N64	 1.83 
Kirby 64	N64	 1.77 
Kid Icarus	NES	 1.76 
Kirby's Adventure	NES	 1.75 
Yoshi	NES	 1.75 
Cruisin USA	N64	 1.72 
Metroid 2: Return Of Samus	GB	 1.72 
Starfox Adventures	GC	 1.69 
Super Scope 6	SNES	 1.65 
Golden Sun	GBA	 1.64 
Mario Party 5	GC	 1.64 
Baseball	GB	 1.61 
F1 World Grand Prix	N64	 1.60 
Donkey Kong Classics	NES	 1.56 
Donkey Kong Country	GBA	 1.55 
Yoshi's Cookie	GB	 1.53 
F1 Race	NES	 1.52 
Pikmin	GC	 1.52 
Ice Climber	NES	 1.50 
Banjo-Tooie	N64	 1.49 
Nintendo World Cup	NES	 1.48 
Warioland 2	GB	 1.48 
Mario Golf 64	N64	 1.47 
4 Player Mah Jong	NES	 1.45 
Kirby Super Star	SNES	 1.44 
Super Metroid	SNES	 1.42 
Metroid Fusion	GBA	 1.39 
Pokemon Stadium JP	N64	 1.37 
Paper Mario	N64	 1.37 
Animal Crossing	GC	 1.34 
Gromite	NES	 1.32 
Yakuman	GB	 1.28 
Hogan's Alley	NES	 1.27 
Tetris 2	GB	 1.24 
Kirby Tilt N Tumble	GB	 1.23 
Game & Watch Gallery 2	GB	 1.22 
Game & Watch Gallery 3	GB	 1.22 
Solar Striker	GB	 1.20 
Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside	N64	 1.19 
Mario Tennis GB	GB	 1.18 
Jet Force Gemini	N64	 1.16 
Qix	GB	 1.15 
Super RC Pro Am	GB	 1.14 
Pilotwings	SNES	 1.14 
Donkey Kong	NES	 1.13 
Pilotwings 64	N64	 1.12 
Yoshi's Cookie	NES	 1.12 
Donkey Kong Jr	NES	 1.11 
F-Zero X	N64	 1.10 
Popeye	NES	 1.10 
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga	GBA	 1.10 
Pokemon Pinball: Ruby Sapphire	GBA	 1.09 
F-Zero: Maximum Velocity	GBA	 1.04 
Donkey Kong Land 3	GB	 1.03 
Wario Ware	GBA	 1.03 
Game & Watch Gallery	GB	 1.00 
NES Open Tournament Golf	NES	 1.00 
Golden Sun: Lost Age	GBA	 1.00
 
Oh, and the list doesn't include the original Pokemon Games (Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Gold, Silver, Crystal) which have sold 76 million combined.
 
Grubdog said:
Whoa, when did this happen? I thought it only sold around 400,000 in Japan and bombed hard everywhere else?
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I'm guessing around 675k in Japan, 200k US, rest elsewhere...

I might be getting a breakdown of the figures (ie Japan, US, other) soon...
 
Wowow @ Golden Sun numbers. I had no idea that both games sold over 2 million.

Animal Crossing even sold over a million. Wow!
 
Not sure how you sourced this but some of those numbers look pretty unbelievable. Did Duck Hunt really sell 20mil?

And Wario Ware 1 mil? I'd love to believe that as true but find it difficult to. Are these figures heavily rounded off?
 
Grubdog said:
Oh, shipment numbers? That makes sense then... I guess.
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Nintendo shipment numbers are always very accurate, as can be seen by the fact that they usually creep up by 50k or whatever year on year. For example, Zelda Wind Waker had sold 2.02M by Mar 2002, 3.25M by Dec 2003 and 3.33M by Mar 2004.

Therefore, if there's a need to keep shipping more copies, it's obviously sold out- i.e. there aren't half a million copies sitting on shelves somewhere.
 
etiolate said:
So there is 40 milllion super mario bros carts out there? That's a lot of radioactive sprites.
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Think of all the goombas and koopas that means.
Billions of them marching forward.
 
Some interesting comparisons:

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Mario Kart 64	                N64	 9.87 
Super Mario Kart	                SNES	 8.76 
Mario Kart: Super Circuit	GBA	 4.46 
Mario Kart: Double Dash	GC	 3.58

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Super Mario Bros	NES	             40.24 
Super Mario World	SNES	 20.61 
Super Mario Land	GB	 18.14 
Super Mario Bros 3	NES	 17.28 
Super Mario 64	N64	 11.91 
Super Mario Land 2	GB	 11.18 
Super Mario Allstars	SNES	 10.55 
Super Mario Bros 2	NES	 7.46 
Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land	GB	 5.19 
Super Mario Bros DX	GB	 5.07 
Super Mario Advance	GBA	 4.41 
Super Mario Advance 2	GBA	 4.36 
Super Mario Sunshine	GC	 4.19 
Super Mario Bros 2	NES	 2.65 
Super Mario Advance 4	GBA	 2.59 
Super Mario Advance 3	GBA	 2.15

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The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time	N64	 7.60 
The Legend Of Zelda	NES	 6.51 
The Legend Of Zelda: Link To The Past	SNES	 4.61 
The Legend Of Zelda: Adventure Of Link	NES	 4.38 
The Legend Of Zelda: Oracle Of Ages / Seasons	GB	 3.98 
The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening	GB	 3.83 
The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask	N64	 3.36 
The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker	GC	 3.33 
The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX	GB	 2.22 
The Legend Of Zelda: Link To The Past	GBA	 2.07

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Super Smash Bros	N64	 5.55 
Smash Bros Melee	GC	 4.44

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Donkey Kong Country	SNES	 9.30 
Donkey Kong 64	N64	 5.27 
Donkey Kong Country 2	SNES	 5.15 
Diddy Kong Racing	N64	 4.88 
Donkey Kong Land	GB	 3.91 
Donkey Kong Country 3	SNES	 3.51 
Donkey Kong	GB	 3.07 
Donkey Kong Land 2	GB	 2.35 
Donkey Kong Country 2001	GB	 2.19 
Donkey Kong Classics	NES	 1.56 
Donkey Kong Country	GBA	 1.55 
Donkey Kong	NES	 1.13 
Donkey Kong Jr	NES	 1.11 
Donkey Kong Land 3	GB	 1.03

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Kirby's Dream Land	GB	 5.13 
Kirby's Dream Land 2	GB	 2.36 
Kirby's Pinball Land	GB	 2.19 
Kirby: Nightmare In Dreamland	GBA	 1.92 
Kirby 64	N64	 1.77 
Kirby's Adventure	NES	 1.75 
Kirby Super Star	SNES	 1.44 
Kirby Tilt N Tumble	GB	 1.23

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Metroid	NES	 2.73 
Metroid Prime	GC	 1.87 
Metroid 2: Return Of Samus	GB	 1.72 
Super Metroid	SNES	 1.42 
Metroid Fusion	GBA	 1.39

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Starfox 64	N64	 4.00 
Starfox	SNES	 2.99 
Starfox Adventures	GC	 1.69

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F-Zero	SNES	 2.85 
F-Zero X	N64	 1.10 
F-Zero: Maximum Velocity	GBA	 1.04

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Mario Party	N64	 2.70 
Mario Party 2	N64	 2.48 
Mario Party 4	GC	 2.29 
Mario Party 3	N64	 1.91 
Mario Party 5	GC	 1.64

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Super Mario RPG	SNES	 2.14 
Paper Mario	N64	 1.37 
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga	GBA	 1.10

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Yoshi's Island	SNES	 4.12 
Yoshi	GB	 3.12 
Yoshi's Story	N64	 2.85 
Yoshi	NES	 1.75 
Yoshi's Cookie	GB	 1.53 
Yoshi's Cookie	NES	 1.12

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Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land	GB	 5.19 
Warioland 3	GB	 2.20 
Warioland 4	GBA	 2.16 
Warioland 2	GB	 1.48 
Wario Ware	GBA	 1.03

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Banjo-Kazooie	N64	 3.65 
Banjo-Tooie	N64	 1.49

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Mario Tennis 64	N64	 2.32
Mario Golf 64	N64	 1.47
Mario Tennis GB	GB	 1.18

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Star Wars Episode 1: Racer	N64	 3.10 
Star Wars: Shadown Of The Empire	N64	 2.60 
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron	N64	 2.17

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Pokemon Stadium	N64	 5.46 
Pokemon Pinball	GB	 5.31 
Pokemon Trading Card	GB	 3.70
Pokemon Snap	N64	 3.63
Pokemon Stadium 2	N64	 2.54 
Pokemon Stadium JP	N64	 1.37
Pokemon Pinball: Ruby Sapphire	GBA	 1.09
 
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GoldenEye 007	N64	 8.09 
Perfect Dark	N64	 2.52

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Tetris	GB	 30.26 
Tetris	NES	 5.58 
Dr Mario	GB	 5.34 
Dr Mario	NES	 4.85 
Tetris DX	GB	 1.88 
Yoshi's Cookie GB	 1.53 
Tetris 2	GB	 1.24 
Yoshi's Cookie NES	 1.12
 
Nintendo moved games at an unmatched clip during the NES era. Wow.
Too bad it went gradually downhill from there system to system. They still have great sales for their games though. I'd like to see Sony's million sellers...
 
AniHawk said:
It was bundled with the system. Same with GB Tetris.
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And NES Duck Hunt as well. Still doesn't take away fromt the fact that 40M people have bought a NES bundled with SMB though (and probably paid more than just for a NES on it's own)....

Still very impressive

Nintendo moved games at an unmatched clip during the NES era. Wow.
Too bad it went gradually downhill from there system to system. They still have great sales for their games though. I'd like to see Sony's million sellers...
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There were a number of very strong sellers in the N64 and SNES days as well though...
 
The Legend Of Zelda: Oracle Of Ages / Seasons GB 3.98

The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening GB 3.83
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It's remarkable that OoS/OoA was able to out-sell LA, especially considering LA has seen a DX release, and OoS/OoA were released towards the end of the GBC life cycle.
 
Tritroid said:
It's remarkable that OoS/OoA was able to out-sell LA, especially considering LA has seen a DX release, and OoS/OoA were released towards the end of the GBC life cycle.
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The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time	N64	 7.60 
The Legend Of Zelda	NES	 6.51 
The Legend Of Zelda: Link To The Past	SNES	 4.61 
The Legend Of Zelda: Adventure Of Link	NES	 4.38 
The Legend Of Zelda: Oracle Of Ages / Seasons	GB	 3.98 
The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening	GB	 3.83 
The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask	N64	 3.36 
The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker	GC	 3.33 
The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX	GB	 2.22 
The Legend Of Zelda: Link To The Past	GBA	 2.07

LA DX also sold 2.22.
 
I'm surprised at that too. I bought a GBC for Pokémon Red and Link's Awakening DX.. the only games I ever bought for it.
 
Nice to see Metroid Prime doing well- it's a shame that the Metroid Series hasn't been all that successful over the years.

Also don't forget that these sales are only until the end of Dec 2003. Smash Bros Melee for example has sold another 300k in the US alone since then. Expect GC and GBA numbers to keep creeping up, especially with drops to Player's Choice etc.

I'd expect Smash Bros Melee to hit 6M before it's through, and MK: DD and Mario Sunshine to cross 5M without too much trouble. Still down on the big N64 games though...
 
Both Golden Suns over a million? *cry*

And is a Mario game still the highest selling non-pack-in game ever? The list is showing me that 3 isn't it anymore so I'm not sure which
 
Breakdown by format. Looking at these figures, you realise that Nintendo actually had much more success with their self-published games on the N64 than on the SNES.

The N64 was a big money-earner for Nintendo's own software.

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Super Mario Bros	NES	 40.24 
Duck Hunt	NES	 28.31 
Super Mario Bros 3	NES	 17.28 
Super Mario Bros 2	NES	 7.46 
The Legend Of Zelda	NES	 6.51 
Tetris	NES	 5.58 
Dr Mario	NES	 4.85 
The Legend Of Zelda: Adventure Of Link	NES	 4.38 
Excitebike	NES	 4.16 
Golf	NES	 4.01 
Kung Fu	NES	 3.50 
Baseball	NES	 3.20 
World Class Track Meet	NES	 3.08 
Punch Out	NES	 3.02 
Metroid	NES	 2.73 
Super Mario Bros 2	NES	 2.65 
Ice Hockey	NES	 2.42 
Pro Wrestling	NES	 2.40 
Mario Bros	NES	 2.28 
Tennis	NES	 2.17 
Volleyball	NES	 2.15 
RC Pro Arm	NES	 2.14 
Mah Jong	NES	 2.14 
Soccer	NES	 1.96 
Rad Racer	NES	 1.96 
Pinball	NES	 1.85 
Kid Icarus	NES	 1.76 
Kirby's Adventure	NES	 1.75 
Yoshi	NES	 1.75 
Donkey Kong Classics	NES	 1.56 
F1 Race	NES	 1.52 
Ice Climber	NES	 1.50 
Nintendo World Cup	NES	 1.48 
4 Player Mah Jong	NES	 1.45 
Gromite	NES	 1.32 
Hogan's Alley	NES	 1.27 
Donkey Kong	NES	 1.13 
Yoshi's Cookie	NES	 1.12 
Donkey Kong Jr	NES	 1.11 
Popeye	NES	 1.10 
NES Open Tournament Golf	NES	 1.00 
		
[B]Total		 183.25 [/B]
		
Pokemon Series (not Ruby / Sapphire)	GB	 76.00 
Tetris	GB	 30.26 
Super Mario Land	GB	 18.14 
Super Mario Land 2	GB	 11.18 
Dr Mario	GB	 5.34 
Pokemon Pinball	GB	 5.31 
Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land	GB	 5.19 
Kirby's Dream Land	GB	 5.13 
Super Mario Bros DX	GB	 5.07 
The Legend Of Zelda: Oracle Of Ages / Seasons	GB	 3.98 
Donkey Kong Land	GB	 3.91 
The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening	GB	 3.83 
Pokemon Trading Card	GB	 3.70 
F1 Race	GB	 3.41 
Yoshi	GB	 3.12 
Donkey Kong	GB	 3.07 
Kirby's Dream Land 2	GB	 2.36 
Donkey Kong Land 2	GB	 2.35 
The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX	GB	 2.22 
Warioland 3	GB	 2.20 
Kirby's Pinball Land	GB	 2.19 
Donkey Kong Country 2001	GB	 2.19 
Golf	GB	 2.12 
Tennis	GB	 1.99 
Alleyway	GB	 1.94 
Tetris DX	GB	 1.88 
Metroid 2: Return Of Samus	GB	 1.72 
Baseball	GB	 1.61 
Yoshi's Cookie	GB	 1.53 
Warioland 2	GB	 1.48 
Yakuman	GB	 1.28 
Tetris 2	GB	 1.24 
Kirby Tilt N Tumble	GB	 1.23 
Game & Watch Gallery 2	GB	 1.22 
Game & Watch Gallery 3	GB	 1.22 
Solar Striker	GB	 1.20 
Mario Tennis GB	GB	 1.18 
Qix	GB	 1.15 
Super RC Pro Am	GB	 1.14 
Donkey Kong Land 3	GB	 1.03 
Game & Watch Gallery	GB	 1.00 
		
[B]Total		 227.31 [/B]
		
Super Mario World	SNES	 20.61 
Super Mario Allstars	SNES	 10.55 
Donkey Kong Country	SNES	 9.30 
Super Mario Kart	SNES	 8.76 
Donkey Kong Country 2	SNES	 5.15 
The Legend Of Zelda: Link To The Past	SNES	 4.61 
Yoshi's Island	SNES	 4.12 
Donkey Kong Country 3	SNES	 3.51 
Killer Instinct	SNES	 3.20 
Starfox	SNES	 2.99 
F-Zero	SNES	 2.85 
Mario Paint	SNES	 2.31 
Super Mario RPG	SNES	 2.14 
Sim City	SNES	 1.98 
Super Scope 6	SNES	 1.65 
Kirby Super Star	SNES	 1.44 
Super Metroid	SNES	 1.42 
Pilotwings	SNES	 1.14 
		
[B]Total		 87.73 [/B]
		
Super Mario 64	N64	 11.91 
Mario Kart 64	N64	 9.87 
GoldenEye 007	N64	 8.09 
The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time	N64	 7.60 
Super Smash Bros	N64	 5.55 
Pokemon Stadium	N64	 5.46 
Donkey Kong 64	N64	 5.27 
Diddy Kong Racing	N64	 4.88 
Starfox 64	N64	 4.00 
Banjo-Kazooie	N64	 3.65 
Pokemon Snap	N64	 3.63 
The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask	N64	 3.36 
Star Wars Episode 1: Racer	N64	 3.10 
Wave Race 64	N64	 2.94 
Yoshi's Story	N64	 2.85 
Mario Party	N64	 2.70 
Star Wars: Shadown Of The Empire	N64	 2.60 
Pokemon Stadium 2	N64	 2.54 
Perfect Dark	N64	 2.52 
Mario Party 2	N64	 2.48 
Mario Tennis 64	N64	 2.32 
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron	N64	 2.17 
1080 Snowboarding	N64	 2.03 
Mario Party 3	N64	 1.91 
Hey You Pikachu	N64	 1.83 
Kirby 64	N64	 1.77 
Cruisin USA	N64	 1.72 
F1 World Grand Prix	N64	 1.60 
Banjo-Tooie	N64	 1.49 
Mario Golf 64	N64	 1.47 
Pokemon Stadium JP	N64	 1.37 
Paper Mario	N64	 1.37 
Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside	N64	 1.19 
Jet Force Gemini	N64	 1.16 
Pilotwings 64	N64	 1.12 
F-Zero X	N64	 1.10 
		
[B]Total		 120.62 [/B]
		
Pokemon Ruby / Sapphire	GBA	 12.78 
Mario Kart: Super Circuit	GBA	 4.46 
Super Mario Advance: Super Mario Bros 2	GBA	 4.41 
Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World	GBA	 4.36 
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros 3	GBA	 2.59 
Warioland 4	GBA	 2.16 
Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island	GBA	 2.15 
The Legend Of Zelda: Link To The Past	GBA	 2.07 
Kirby: Nightmare In Dreamland	GBA	 1.92 
Golden Sun	GBA	 1.64 
Donkey Kong Country	GBA	 1.55 
Metroid Fusion	GBA	 1.39 
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga	GBA	 1.10 
Pokemon Pinball: Ruby Sapphire	GBA	 1.09 
F-Zero: Maximum Velocity	GBA	 1.04 
Wario Ware	GBA	 1.03 
Golden Sun: Lost Age	GBA	 1.00 
		
[B]Total		 46.74 [/B]
		
Smash Bros Melee	GC	 4.44 
Super Mario Sunshine	GC	 4.19 
Mario Kart: Double Dash	GC	 3.58 
The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker	GC	 3.33 
Luigi's Mansion	GC	 2.46 
Mario Party 4	GC	 2.29 
Metroid Prime	GC	 1.87 
Starfox Adventures	GC	 1.69 
Mario Party 5	GC	 1.64 
Pikmin	GC	 1.52 
Animal Crossing	GC	 1.34 
		
[B]Total		 28.35 [/B]
 
belgurdo said:
And is a Mario game still the highest selling non-pack-in game ever? The list is showing me that 3 isn't it anymore so I'm not sure which
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I think so. SMW, SMB, Duck Hunt, and Tetris were all pack-ins. Don't know about Super Mario Land, but it might've been at one point in time.
 
belgurdo said:
Both Golden Suns over a million? *cry*

And is a Mario game still the highest selling non-pack-in game ever? The list is showing me that 3 isn't it anymore so I'm not sure which
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Yeah, Mario Bros 3 is at 17.3 M

I think GTA:Vice city is the highest non-nintendo game, about 11 M maybe?
 
Scrow said:
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The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time	N64	 7.60 
The Legend Of Zelda	NES	 6.51 
The Legend Of Zelda: Link To The Past	SNES	 4.61 
The Legend Of Zelda: Adventure Of Link	NES	 4.38 
The Legend Of Zelda: Oracle Of Ages / Seasons	GB	 3.98 
The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening	GB	 3.83 
The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask	N64	 3.36 
The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker	GC	 3.33 
The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX	GB	 2.22 
The Legend Of Zelda: Link To The Past	GBA	 2.07

LA DX also sold 2.22.
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Ah, didn't catch that. NM then.
 
I wonder why OoS and OoA are counted as the same game. Are the sales combined for both games, or are they that much each? Either way, I think they should be separate.
 
Few Questions....

Is this list USA or worldwide?
At very least Mario Land wasn't reguarly packed in, so I think we coudl call it the best selling non-pack in. Mario 3 was packed in for a bit.

What's the highest selling game ever NOT made by Nintendo (Be interested to see how many of these games are in front of it).
 
Broshnat said:
That's combined. They sold pretty much 50-50, so about 2M each.
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No, 4M each. It was pretty clear from Nintendo GDC presentation.

The funny fact is, like Pokemon games, both games did sell the same amount of units.
 
The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time N64 7.60
The Legend Of Zelda NES 6.51
The Legend Of Zelda: Link To The Past SNES 4.61
The Legend Of Zelda: Adventure Of Link NES 4.38
The Legend Of Zelda: Oracle Of Ages / Seasons GB 3.98
The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening GB 3.83
The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask N64 3.36
The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker GC 3.33
The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX GB 2.22
The Legend Of Zelda: Link To The Past GBA 2.07
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures GC: around 325,000
The Legend of Zelda NES Classics GBA: around 200,000?

Average: 3.26 million

Super Mario Bros NES 40.24
Super Mario World SNES 20.61
Super Mario Land GB 18.14
Super Mario Bros 3 NES 17.28
Super Mario 64 N64 11.91
Super Mario Land 2 GB 11.18
Super Mario Allstars SNES 10.55
Super Mario Bros 2 NES 7.46
Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land GB 5.19
Super Mario Bros DX GB 5.07
Super Mario Advance GBA 4.41
Super Mario Advance 2 GBA 4.36
Super Mario Sunshine GC 4.19
Super Mario Bros 2 NES 2.65
Super Mario Advance 4 GBA 2.59
Super Mario Advance 3 GBA 2.15
Super Mario Bros. NES Classics GBA: around 700,000 ?

Average: 9.922 million

I am absolutely shocked SMS has done so well up to this point. I had no idea it broke 4 million.

Donkey Kong Country SNES 9.30
Donkey Kong 64 N64 5.27
Donkey Kong Country 2 SNES 5.15
Diddy Kong Racing N64 4.88
Donkey Kong Land GB 3.91
Donkey Kong Country 3 SNES 3.51
Donkey Kong GB 3.07
Donkey Kong Land 2 GB 2.35
Donkey Kong Country 2001 GB 2.19
Donkey Kong Classics NES 1.56
Donkey Kong Country GBA 1.55
Donkey Kong NES 1.13
Donkey Kong Jr NES 1.11
Donkey Kong Land 3 GB 1.03
Donkey Konga GC: 375,000

Average: 3.092 million

Good GOD. DKC has sold 13.04 million copies to date.

Metroid NES 2.73
Metroid Prime GC 1.87
Metroid 2: Return Of Samus GB 1.72
Super Metroid SNES 1.42
Metroid Fusion GBA 1.39
Metroid Zero Mission GBA: 450,000?

Average: 1.597 million

MP must've done pretty damn well in Europe. If you take away Japanese sales, Metroid Prime has performed the best of the series.

Mario Party N64 2.70
Mario Party 2 N64 2.48
Mario Party 4 GC 2.29
Mario Party 3 N64 1.91
Mario Party 5 GC 1.64

Average: 2.204 million

Pokemon Stadium N64 5.46
Pokemon Pinball GB 5.31
Pokemon Trading Card GB 3.70
Pokemon Snap N64 3.63
Pokemon Stadium 2 N64 2.54
Pokemon Stadium JP N64 1.37
Pokemon Pinball: Ruby Sapphire GBA 1.09
Pokemon Colosseum GC: 1.3
Pokemon RuSa GBA: 12.78
Pokemon FiLe: 2.5
Pokemon Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Gold, Silver, Crystal: 76 million

Average (counting RBGY as Pokemon 1, GSC as Pokemon 2, and RuSa as Pokemon 3): 9.64 million

Average (counting every game type): 6.088 million
 
DrForester said:
Few Questions....

Is this list USA or worldwide?
At very least Mario Land wasn't reguarly packed in, so I think we coudl call it the best selling non-pack in. Mario 3 was packed in for a bit.

What's the highest selling game ever NOT made by Nintendo (Be interested to see how many of these games are in front of it).
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Worldwide.

I don't think Mario Bros 3 was ever packed-in. I think Mario Land 3 was moreso...

I'm not sure on this one, but as I said before- GTA:VC has a good chance at being the highest non-Nintendo game.

A few other figures I have collected (not 100% sure of the accuracy of all these though):

Capcom Million Sellers Worldwide (taken from their last yearly report)

Code: 
Street Fighter 2	SNES	 6.30 
Resident Evil 2	PS	 4.96 
Street Fighter 2 Turbo	SNES	 4.10 
Resident Evil 3	PS	 3.50 
Resident Evil	PS	 2.75 
Dino Crisis	PS	 2.40 
Devil May Cry	PS2	 2.16 
Onimusha	PS2	 2.02 
Super Street Fighter 2	SNES	 2.00 
Onimusha 2	PS2	 1.99 
Aladdin	SNES	 1.75 
Duck Tales	NES	 1.67 
Street Fighter 2 Plus	MD	 1.67 
Ghosts N' Goblins	NES	 1.64 
Megaman 2	NES	 1.51 
Devil May Cry 2	PS2	 1.50 
Final Fight	SNES	 1.48 
Duck Tales	GB	 1.43 
Resident Evil: Code Veronica X	PS2	 1.32 
Resident Evil	GC	 1.24 
Magical Quest Starring Mickey	SNES	 1.21 
Resident Evil: DC Dual Shock	PS	 1.20 
Chip N' Dale	NES	 1.20 
Resident Evil 0	GC	 1.19 
Dino Crisis 2	PS	 1.19 
Megaman X	SNES	 1.17 
Resident Evil: Code Veronica	DC	 1.14 
Commando	NES	 1.14 
Resident Evil: DC	PS	 1.13 
Super Ghouls & Ghosts	SNES	 1.09 
Megaman 3	NES	 1.08 
Final Fight 2	SNES	 1.03 
Street Fighter Alpha 3	PS	 1.00

Note that this list counts games like RE, RE: DS. RE: DC seperatly.

And MGS numbers from Konami:

Code: 
Metal Gear Solid PS                     5.51
Metal Gear Solid Integral PS         1.27

Metal Gear Solid 2 PS2                 5.60
Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance PS2 1.36

They are on Konami's own site, along with some Yu-gi-oh Games

http://www.konamijpn.com/corporate/index_e.html

I can't seem to find any more- Tekken? Gran Turismo? Crash series? Ridge Racer?
 
I don't think this 40 mill number should apply.... I mean you were not actually buying the game...... there is no way to tell.

Plus this are shipped numbers....
 
Super Mario Bros NES 40.24
Super Mario World SNES 20.61
Super Mario Bros 3 NES 17.28
Super Mario 64 N64 11.91
Super Mario Bros 2 NES 7.46
Super Mario Sunshine GC 4.19
Super Mario Bros 2 NES 2.65 (I'm assuming this is the JP version?)

In comparison to other original console Mario games, SMS hasn't done so well.
 
sohka88 said:
I don't think this 40 mill number should apply.... I mean you were not actually buying the game...... there is no way to tell.
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There were different NES bundles as far back as 1986 in the USA iirc, and Super Mario Bros wasn't included in all of them. Consumers had options, just like they didn't have to buy a GC with Mario Sunshine or PS2 with GT3 if they chose not too.


human5892 said:
In comparison to other original console Mario games, SMS hasn't done so well.
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Nope but it also hasn't done too badly either... in fact it's pretty close to Halo's total (around 4.5M). I bet Mario Sunshine would be well over 5M had it been a launch game.
 
sohka88 said:
When it first came out it was the only thing you can get.
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Nope, SMB wasn't bundled until 1986 iirc (and then there were other bundles available, like Gyromite or the core set with no game). It also wasn't ever bundled with Famicom or FDS iirc.
 
sohka88 said:
When it first came out it was the only thing you can get.
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It's still 40 million copies of a game though.

6.81 million comes from Japan straight away- and they are not packed-in games.
 
human5892 said:
Super Mario Bros 2 NES 7.46
Super Mario Bros 2 NES 2.65 (I'm assuming this is the JP version?)
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Yes, it is. The US version was differnt from the Jap version as you remember. Combine the two (if you wish) and you get 10.11 million...
 
Just looked it up, Super Mario Bros wasn't bundled with NES until late 1988....

-Core Set (Super Mario Bros) Nov 1988
-Action Set Super Mario Bros + Duck Hunt) Nov 1988
-Power Set (Super Mario Bros + Duck Hunt + World Class Track Meet) Dec 1990

...but you could always buy a NES without Mario. :)
 
Estimates for Pokemon:

Red/Blue/Green 29.0
Yellow 15.0
Gold/Silver 23.0
Crystal 9.0

Total 76.0

And they are all stand alone games.


jarrod said:
Just looked it up, Super Mario Bros wasn't bundled with NES until late 1988....

-Core Set (Super Mario Bros) Nov 1988
-Action Set Super Mario Bros + Duck Hunt) Nov 1988
-Power Set (Super Mario Bros + Duck Hunt + World Class Track Meet) Dec 1990

...but you could always buy a NES without Mario. :)
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Yep, and that explains the high numbers for Duck Hunt as well.
 
Here's a question.

"Million seller" seems ot have long been considered the watermark of a game being successful. However, for profits on a given title and whether those profits did indeed make the development of that game profitable and worthwhile (and so for example, might support more enteries in a series), what's the real threshold for sales? Obviously it's going to depend on the cost of the game's development. But does there seem to be a general line past which a game is considered "in the black" as opposed to "tanked"?
 
Kaijima said:
Here's a question.

"Million seller" seems ot have long been considered the watermark of a game being successful. However, for profits on a given title and whether those profits did indeed make the development of that game profitable and worthwhile (and so for example, might support more enteries in a series), what's the real threshold for sales? Obviously it's going to depend on the cost of the game's development. But does there seem to be a general line past which a game is considered "in the black" as opposed to "tanked"?
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It also depends how long the game stayed at full price.
 
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