Nintendo reveals top selling Wii and DS games, Wii Sports becomes best selling game ever

By on Feb 2, 2009 at 6:41 PM
Gaming February 2, 2009

Nintendo just can’t seem to make an announcement regarding numbers without wowing us these days, and its recent financial call is no exception. Forgetting about the dollars and cents for the purposes of this post, Nintendo released a list of 26 games for the Wii and DS that have sold at least one million copies since April 2008, along with total sales for each title. Let’s have a look at the full list:

Wii

  • Wii Sports – 40.5 million
  • Wii Play – 20.91 million
  • Wii Fit – 14.01 million
  • Mario Kart Wii – 13.67 million
  • Super Smash Bros. Brawl – 8.1 million
  • Super Mario Galaxy – 7.66 million
  • Mario Party 8 – 6.28 million
  • Animal Crossing: City Folk – 3.22 million
  • Wii Music – 2.50 million
  • Link’s Crossbow Training – 2.44 million
  • Mario Super Sluggers – 1.21 million

Nintendo DS

  • Nintendogs – 21.67 million
  • New Super Mario Bros. – 17.63 million
  • Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day – 16.82 million
  • Pokemon Diamond/Pearl – 16.48 million
  • Mario Kart DS – 13.79 million
  • Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day – 13.27 million
  • Animal Crossing: Wild World: 10.57 million
  • Super Mario 64 DS – 7.16 million
  • Mario Party DS – 5.49 million
  • Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness – 4.4 million
  • Pokemon Platinum Version – 2.4 million
  • Kirby Super Star Ultra – 2.19 million
  • Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia – 1.80 million
  • Rhythm Heaven – 1.71 million
  • Personal Trainer: Cooking – 1.68 million

Did you catch that first one? “Wii Sports – 40.5 million.” Damn! Of course this includes game sales bundled with consoles, but this new figure pushes Wii Sports into the number one spot on the all-time best selling games list. Falling to number two is the title that many thought could sit atop the list forever: Super Mario Brothers – with 40.24 million copies sold. Propelled by ridiculous console sales rates, it took Wii Sports only 110 weeks to pass Mario, its seventh cousin four times removed, and 40mm will become 50mm before we know it. To be honest Wii Sports is probably still our favorite Wii game to date, though Resident Evil 4 certainly gave it a run for its money.

[Via DailyTech]

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  • celz

    nintendo is genius… not being having enough money to compete against two general tech companies for hd video games nintendo created its own next gen category and whipped both of them.. now nintendo has the money and momentum to jump into the hd field when the 360 gets updated.. even tho sony is getting killed the ps3 will probably be good enough to take on the new nintendo and xbox

  • celz

    er take out that being.. typing via t9 on opera mini sucks lol

  • cliff

    I love my wii. What I don’t love is all the damn accessories.

    Wii Fit = Balance Board
    Link’s Crossbow Training = Wii Zapper
    Animal Crossing = Wii speak
    Mario Kart = Wii Wheel (well not really, but I didn’t know that until after I purchased the game)

    All those accessories get really expensive. Currently though, I’m addicted to Call of duty. I think it’s so much more fun on the Wii.

  • Rosario

    And people wonder why the Wii keeps selling. Even though their is a shortage of good games, for a new person just getting the Wii, their are plenty if games to choose from. And if you can actually go through all the 3rd party crap, their are a lot of good games of there. I know I have enough games for me to play.

  • veks

    Just from the wii category I own 6 games from their best sellers. The kids love it too!

  • gobrowns

    Can they just unlock the DVD player already? I’m sick of having products with features I can’t use. Wii DVD player locked, Omnia GPS locked, parents liquor cabinet locked…

  • ivan

    The back door on your parents suv locked. Your backdoor maybe open!!!

  • celz

    lmao @ gobrowns

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    It’s ok to have a comment.

  • Djblois

    I think it is supposed to be the best selling “console” game of all time because The Sims already won that award. I also guess that maybe the “Sims” is the best selling Computer game of all time.

  • bluedevil

    The Sims holds the record for best selling franchise, which includes both games and all the expansion packs.

  • Rahil B

    so my take on this Nintendo comeback after talking to my Aunt and Uncle (who are in their late 40′s and early 50′s):

    They have a 16 year old son and a 10 year old son, they bought an xbox 360 for the older kid, and a Wii for the younger kid.

    The difference is they can play the Wii with their younger kid, they find the Xbox 360 complicated, the games too adult oriented, and lose patience with it.

    Nintendo is a genius…they recognized a niche and their philosophy was younger kids and parents can do something fun together. (I am an avid gamer…but i love playing Wii tennis) Simple, easy to use and a lot of fun. who would have thought that would have been a winning formula? :)

  • James

    I wonder how long it took Super Mario Brothers to sell 40.24 million copies.

  • http://www.addictive-games-online.com addictive games

    i love mario kart.

  • Inaccurate

    Best selling game ever – Windows Solitare.

  • alex-lukiki

    i can’t believe animal crossing made it on both lists! and im so glad on the wii u can play gamecube games! im serious, nobody i know appreciate gamecube games, but those games rock! DS is really great, it’s gone really far.it can play GBA games, and there’s already three versions of it. DS, DS Lite, and DSi. nintendo started off making trading cards, but now they’re the king of video games!

  • leslie delgado

    i like girls i rape them

  • Christopher buston

    super mario bros wii should be on there

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