List of best-selling Wii video games

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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The third-best-selling game is Wii Sports Resort, a sequel to Wii Sports, with sales of 33.14 million units. The console's top five is rounded out by New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which sold 30.32 million units and Wii Play
, which sold just over 28 million 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 include

Ubisoft Paris with five games and Capcom and Sega 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 include Ubisoft with six games and Activision and Capcom with three games each. The best selling franchises on the Wii include the Wii video game series (157.53 million combined units), Super Mario (53.77 million combined units), and The Legend of Zelda
(16.96 million combined units).

By March 31, 2021, over 921.85 million total copies of games had been sold for the Wii.[2] By December 31, 2007, sales of Virtual Console games had reached over 10 million copies.[3] As of March 31, 2019, there are a total of 103 Wii games that have sold at least one million units.[1]

List

Key
† Game was
bundled with Wii consoles
during its lifetime
Game Copies sold Release date[a] Genre(s) Developer(s) Publisher(s)
Wii Sports † 82.90 million[4] November 19, 2006
Sports
Nintendo EAD
(Group 2) 		Nintendo
Mario Kart Wii † 37.38 million[4][b] April 10, 2008
Racing
Nintendo EAD
(Group 1) 		Nintendo
Wii Sports Resort † 33.14 million[4][b] June 25, 2009
Sports
Nintendo EAD
(Group 2) 		Nintendo
New Super Mario Bros. Wii † 30.32 million[4] November 12, 2009
Platform
Nintendo EAD
(Group 4) 		Nintendo
Wii Play 28.02 million[4][b] December 2, 2006 Party
Nintendo EAD
(Group 2) 		Nintendo
Wii Fit 22.67 million[4][b] December 1, 2007
Exergaming
Nintendo EAD
(Group 5) 		Nintendo
Wii Fit Plus
 		21.13 million[4] October 1, 2009
Exergaming
Nintendo EAD
(Group 5) 		Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. Brawl 13.32 million[4] January 31, 2008 Fighting
  • Sora Ltd.
  • ad hoc development team
[c] 		Nintendo
Super Mario Galaxy 12.80 million[4] November 1, 2007
Platform
Nintendo EAD
(Group 1) 		Nintendo
Just Dance 3 9.92 million[5] October 7, 2011 Rhythm
Ubisoft Paris
 Ubisoft
Wii Party † 9.35 million[4] July 8, 2010 Party
  • Nintendo SPD
    (Group 4)
 Nintendo
Mario Party 8 8.85 million[6] May 29, 2007 Party Hudson Soft Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 7.50 million[7] November 19, 2006 Action-adventure
Nintendo EAD
(Group 3) 		Nintendo
Super Mario Galaxy 2 7.41 million[6] May 23, 2010
Platform
Nintendo EAD
(Group 1) 		Nintendo
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 7.09 million[8] November 6, 2007
Sports
 Sega Sports R&D
Donkey Kong Country Returns 6.53 million[9] November 21, 2010
Platform
 Retro Studios Nintendo
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games 6.53 million[10] November 5, 2009
Sports
 Sega Sports R&D
Link's Crossbow Training 5.79 million[9] November 19, 2007 Shooter
Nintendo EAD
(Group 3) 		Nintendo
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga 5.51 million[11] November 6, 2007 Action-adventure Traveller's Tales
LucasArts
Just Dance 2 5 million[12] October 12, 2010 Rhythm
Ubisoft Paris
 Ubisoft
Animal Crossing: City Folk 4.32 million[9] November 16, 2008 Life simulation
Nintendo EAD
(Group 2) 		Nintendo
Just Dance 4.3 million[13] November 17, 2009 Rhythm
Ubisoft Paris
 Ubisoft
Super Paper Mario 4.23 million[9] April 9, 2007
  • platform
 Intelligent Systems Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword 3.67 million[9] November 18, 2011 Action-adventure
Nintendo EAD
(Group 3) 		Nintendo
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree 3.34 million[9] April 26, 2007
Nintendo EAD
(Group 4) 		Nintendo
Mario Party 9 3.11 million[9] March 2, 2012 Party
Nd Cube
 Nintendo
Wii Music 2.86 million[9] October 16, 2008 Music
Nintendo EAD
(Group 2) 		Nintendo
Mario Strikers Charged 2.6 million[9] May 25, 2007
Sports
 Next Level Games Nintendo
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games 2.4 million[14] November 15, 2011
Sports
 Sega Sports R&D
WarioWare: Smooth Moves 2.35 million[9] December 2, 2006
Nintendo
Mario Super Sluggers 2.32 million[9] June 19, 2008
Sports
Nintendo
Super Mario All-Stars: 25th Anniversary Edition 2.24 million[15] October 21, 2010
Platform
Nintendo EAD
 Nintendo
Sonic Colors 2.18 million November 16, 2010 Platform Sonic Team Sega
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock 2 million[16][b] October 28, 2007
Vicarious Visions
 Activision
Michael Jackson: The Experience 2 million[12] November 6, 2010
Ubisoft Paris
 Ubisoft
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition 2 million[17] May 31, 2007 Survival horror Capcom
  • Nintendo Australia
Deca Sports 2 million shipped[18] April 16, 2009
Sports
 Hudson Soft
Epic Mickey 2 million shipped[19] November 25, 2010
Platform
 Junction Point Studios Disney Interactive Studios
Game Party 2 million shipped[20] November 27, 2007 Party FarSight Studios Midway Games
Mario Sports Mix 1.98 million[9] November 25, 2010
Sports
  • Nintendo SPD
    (Group 4)
 Nintendo
Pokémon Battle Revolution 1.95 million[9] December 14, 2006 Fighting Genius Sonority Nintendo
Kirby's Return to Dream Land 1.93 million[7] October 24, 2011
Platform
 HAL Laboratory Nintendo
Monster Hunter Tri 1.9 million[17] August 1, 2009 Action role-playing
Capcom Production Studio 1
 Capcom
Kirby's Epic Yarn 1.85 million[9] October 14, 2010
Platform
Nintendo
EA Sports Active 1.8 million[21] May 19, 2009 Fitness
EA Canada
 Electronic Arts
New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis
 		1.79 million[9] January 15, 2009
Sports
 Camelot Software Planning Nintendo
Carnival Games 1.5 million[22] August 27, 2007 Party Cat Daddy Games
Global Star Software
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption 1.41 million[9] August 27, 2007 First-person action-adventure
Nintendo
Guitar Hero World Tour 1.33 million[23][b] October 26, 2008
Vicarious Visions
 Activision
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles 1.3 million[17] November 13, 2007 Rail shooter
  • Nintendo Australia
Wii Play: Motion 1.26 million[9] June 13, 2011 Minigame collection Various[d] Nintendo
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure 1.25 million[9] December 5, 2009 Action-adventure Creatures Inc.
Rayman Raving Rabbids 1.2 million[24] November 19, 2006 Party Ubisoft Montpellier Ubisoft
We Ski 1.2 million[25] January 31, 2008
Sports
Bandai Namco Games
Bandai Namco Games
Big Beach Sports 1.2 million shipped[26] June 24, 2008
Sports
 HB Studios THQ
Punch-Out!!
 		1.14 million[9] July 23, 2009
Sports
 Next Level Games Nintendo
Wario Land: Shake It! 1.06 million[9] July 24, 2008
Platform
 Good-Feel Nintendo
Active Life: Outdoor Challenge 1.03 million[27] May 29, 2008
Exergaming
 h.a.n.d.
Bandai Namco Games
Call of Duty: World at War >1 million[28] November 10, 2008 First-person shooter Treyarch Activision
Red Steel 1 million[24] November 19, 2006 First-person shooter
Ubisoft Paris
 Ubisoft
Rock Band 1 million[29] June 22, 2008 Rhythm Pi Studios
Zumba Fitness 1 million[30] November 18, 2010 Fitness
Pipeworks Software
Super Mario Bros. 3[e] 1 million[31][32] November 5, 2007
Platform
Nintendo EAD
 Nintendo
Game Party 2 1 million shipped[20] October 6, 2008 Party FarSight Studios Midway Games

Notes

  1. ^ Only the initial release date on this platform is listed.
  2. ^
    Wii Wheel
  3. Paon, Imageepoch, Intelligent Systems
    , and others
  4. NDcube, Nintendo, Prope, Skip Ltd., and Vanpool
    .
  5. ^ Virtual Console game

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