Nintendo's Best-Selling Wii Games: Six First-Party Million Sellers

Nintendo revealed six first party-published Wii games that have sold over a million copies worldwide on October 26. IGN reports five out of the six:

1. Wii Sports: 11.1 million
2. Wii Play: 6.3 million
3. Mario Party 8: 2.9 million
4. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree: 1.8 million
5. Mario Strikers Charged: 1.3 million

IGN has apparently made an error and omitted the sixth title. According to user comments at IGN and Wikipedia, the missing title could be either The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (3.61 million), Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (1.82 million), or Super Paper Mario (1.74 million).

[TheMART]

Wiisports isn't a real seperate sales number, bundled with Wii's you can't choose for the game.

Furthermore, 6 games that sold more then a million. If I am right, the 360 had 14 games that sold a million or more after a year. It just proves that the Wii doesn't have many good games to sell, although those that sell, sell very well.

[DeckUKold]

what a dissapointment

[Bathyj]

Ummm, no ones talking about Xbox you douche.

I swear you could read a toaster review and then say, "But the Xbox has a nicer white finish and you can buy faceplates. Xbox is better than that toaster."

Grow up Mart, your sh*ts so old.

[eclipsegryph]

Actually, MART, Wii Sports isn't bundled ALL over the world. Some people have to purchase it. So it's a valid sales figure.

[ITR]

Wii Sports is not bundled in Japan. It sells for around $40 US over there.

[TruthbeTold]

For one, Wii Sports isn't packaged with the Wii in Japan. Two, who cares about what the 360 did? This is a Nintendo article. If your chosen system is doing so well, then why act so threatened? Why not just be happy about how great your system is and leave others to enjoy their own choices? There doesn't seem to be a single positive story on this site for any system, where haters visit without leaving an unnecessary pile of crap.

"OMG, Teh suckz Wii had somethin nise sed about it! I shud go an talk crapzorz!"

Pathetic.

[unsunghero28]

You're absolutely right. Gaming should go back to being about the games.

Everyone who disagreed with you is a douche.

Have a bubble for being one of the rare people around here with a brain.

[Jack Bauer]

take any bad game idea, put mario in it...and whoa!!! it's magically a million seller!!!!

[Ares84]

It's 100% correct!! You could sell a steaming pile of cr@p if it had Mario written on it!

[Wii60PS3DSPSP]

Just like you could sell a giant turd with the playstation name on it... Oh snap! lol had to do it.

[unsunghero28]

Because I like Nintendo and Sony, but I STILL thought Gen16's comment was hilarious!

[forum_crawler]

That every game with the name Mario in it will most likely have lots of action, and it would be fun to play. Take Strikers, Mario Kart and Party. Those games are super fun to play, and not because they try to be simulators, no, it is because when the name Mario is associated with a game, you know there will be turtles coming at you out of every angle, there will be banana peels, big fire balls, you name it. The Mario universe is extensive enough to offer all kinds of thrills to those who play Mario games.

But if flak cannons, grenades, sniper riffles, and what not is what you consider fun (I do too. UT forever!!!), and only that, do not go on and call Mario games bad games just because they don't offer what you are interested in. There are millions of gamers out there who would disagree with your opinion. I for one am one of them.

Yes, I am a hardcore gamer too, but I use my PC for that. When I want to play fun games, I play wii games. Strikers, Metroid, RE4, and Zelda (Yes I realize that RE4, Metroid, Zelda et.al. are for hardcore gamers too :)).

[DeckUKold]

since Nintendo packed in wii sports in it

[pwnsause]

there are some territories that the wii is not packaged with Wii Sports

[otherZinc]

Wii Sports & Wii play doesn't count, they're pack-ins.

So Nintendo has 4 world wide million sellers.

[DeckUKold]

but if it wasn't for the remote i would of never brought it Nintendo has a good marketing scheme and wii sports the guy explain to me is not packed in japan and some other territories

[eclipsegryph]

Regardless of the fact that Wii Play comes with a Wii Remote, people had to actually purchase the game to get the remote. It's simply called good marketing. You'll see the same thing happen with the Wii Zapper, and the included game "Link's Crossbow Training", only in reverse - people will buy the peripheral only to get the game. Nothing wrong with that from a business perspective.

That, and Wii Sports isn't included in the Wii boxed set all over the globe. Some people have to go out and purchase it.

[unsunghero28]

It's almost funny how idiotic people sound if they don't even bother reading the whole intro.

Like, I dunno, the last paragraph?

[djt23]

no J ass people have to buy it

[eclipsegryph]

Well then I guess that would technically mean that Nintendo already has 8 first party million selling games. I'm impressed!

[Wii60PS3DSPSP]

Might as well add Super Mario Galaxy and Super Smash Bros to that list while your at it.

[calderra]

-They're probably counting pack-in Wii Sports with the rest. That's crap. The number should at least be revised for actual copies sold, and not including pack-in. Does Microsoft get to include all the free copies of Hexic from the original Pro bundle in Hexic's sales?
-And Wii Play is the only source of an extra controller for a lot of people. That's also a very cheap stat.

[Gahigiddy]

Strikers flopped SO hard in Japan, overshipped by 100k I believe.
Wii Sports is bundled almost everywhere, Wii Play is only bought for the Wiimote.

Smooth Moves and Brain Academy and Mario Party 8 are trash, SPM is a made for Gamecube port, and the only third party million sellers are Rayman Raving Rabbids and Red Steel, sending a message out that trash can easily sell, especially to Ubisoft.

That's why Wii will not get good 3rd party software. You bought Wii? Live with spin-offs of our favourite franchises. HAHAHAHA

[MK_Red]

Top Wii sellers: All casual. Hope Metroid Prime 3 and Zack & Wiki both reach sell millions.

[Gahigiddy]

Z&W just flopped at Xbox 360 levels in Japan - 6000 first day sales, typically 25% of lifetime sales as Japanese games are frontloaded.
It'll be lucky to reach 18k actually.