List of best-selling Wii video games

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Wii console with Wii Remote

This is a list of video games for the

bundled with the Wii console in all regions except Japan and South Korea. The game went on to sell nearly 83 million units worldwide making it the fourth-best-selling video game of all time and is also the best-selling game released on a single console.[1] Mario Kart Wii is the second-best-selling game on the platform with sales of 37.38 million units, it is the second-best-selling iteration in the Mario Kart series, behind 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

Mario & Sonic
(16.02 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
No. Game Copies sold Release date[a] Genre(s) Developer(s) Publisher(s)
1 Wii Sports 82.90 million[4] November 19, 2006
Sports
Nintendo EAD
(Group 2)
Nintendo
2 Mario Kart Wii 37.38 million[4][b] April 10, 2008
Racing
Nintendo EAD
(Group 1)
Nintendo
3 Wii Sports Resort 33.14 million[4][b] June 25, 2009
Sports
Nintendo EAD
(Group 2)
Nintendo
4 New Super Mario Bros. Wii 30.32 million[4] November 12, 2009
Platform
Nintendo EAD
(Group 4)
Nintendo
5 Wii Play 28.02 million[4][b] December 2, 2006
Party
Nintendo EAD
(Group 2)
Nintendo
6 Wii Fit 22.67 million[4][b] December 1, 2007
Exergaming
Nintendo EAD
(Group 5)
Nintendo
7
Wii Fit Plus
21.13 million[4] October 1, 2009
Exergaming
Nintendo EAD
(Group 5)
Nintendo
8 Super Smash Bros. Brawl 13.32 million[4] January 31, 2008 Fighting
  • Sora Ltd.
  • ad hoc development team
[c]
Nintendo
9 Super Mario Galaxy 12.80 million[4] November 1, 2007
Platform
Nintendo EAD
(Group 1)
Nintendo
10 Just Dance 3 9.92 million[5] October 7, 2011 Rhythm
Ubisoft Paris
Ubisoft
11 Wii Party 9.35 million[4] July 8, 2010
Party
  • Nintendo SPD
    (Group 4)
Nintendo
12 Mario Party 8 8.85 million[6] May 29, 2007
Party
Hudson Soft Nintendo
13 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 7.50 million[7] November 19, 2006 Action-adventure
Nintendo EAD
(Group 3)
Nintendo
14 Super Mario Galaxy 2 7.41 million[6] May 23, 2010
Platform
Nintendo EAD
(Group 1)
Nintendo
15 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 7.09 million[8] November 6, 2007
Sports
Sega Sports R&D
16 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
18 Link's Crossbow Training 5.79 million[9] November 19, 2007 Shooter
Nintendo EAD
(Group 3)
Nintendo
19 Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga 5.51 million[11] November 6, 2007 Action-adventure Traveller's Tales
LucasArts
20 Just Dance 2 5 million[12] October 12, 2010 Rhythm
Ubisoft Paris
Ubisoft
21 Animal Crossing: City Folk 4.32 million[9] November 16, 2008 Life simulation
Nintendo EAD
(Group 2)
Nintendo
22 Just Dance 4.3 million[13] November 17, 2009 Rhythm
Ubisoft Paris
Ubisoft
23 Super Paper Mario 4.23 million[9] April 9, 2007
  • platform
Intelligent Systems Nintendo
24 The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword 3.67 million[9] November 18, 2011 Action-adventure
Nintendo EAD
(Group 3)
Nintendo
25 Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree 3.34 million[9] April 26, 2007
Nintendo EAD
(Group 4)
Nintendo
26 Mario Party 9 3.11 million[9] March 2, 2012
Party
Nd Cube
Nintendo
27 Wii Music 2.86 million[9] October 16, 2008 Music
Nintendo EAD
(Group 2)
Nintendo
28 Mario Strikers Charged 2.6 million[9] May 25, 2007
Sports
Next Level Games Nintendo
29 Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games 2.4 million[14] November 15, 2011
Sports
Sega Sports R&D
30 WarioWare: Smooth Moves 2.35 million[9] December 2, 2006
Nintendo
31 Mario Super Sluggers 2.32 million[9] June 19, 2008
Sports
Nintendo
32 Super Mario All-Stars: 25th Anniversary Edition 2.24 million[15] October 21, 2010
Platform
Nintendo EAD
Nintendo
33 Sonic Colors 2.18 million November 16, 2010 Platform Sonic Team Sega
34 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
37 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
40 Mario Sports Mix 1.98 million[9] November 25, 2010
Sports
  • Nintendo SPD
    (Group 4)
Nintendo
41 Pokémon Battle Revolution 1.95 million[9] December 14, 2006 Fighting Genius Sonority Nintendo
42 Kirby's Return to Dream Land 1.93 million[7] October 24, 2011
Platform
HAL Laboratory Nintendo
43 Monster Hunter Tri 1.9 million[17] August 1, 2009 Action role-playing
Capcom Production Studio 1
Capcom
44 Kirby's Epic Yarn 1.85 million[9] October 14, 2010
Platform
Nintendo
45 EA Sports Active 1.8 million[21] May 19, 2009 Fitness
EA Canada
Electronic Arts
46
New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis
1.79 million[9] January 15, 2009
Sports
Camelot Software Planning Nintendo
47 Carnival Games 1.5 million[22] August 27, 2007
Party
Cat Daddy Games
Global Star Software
48 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption 1.41 million[9] August 27, 2007 First-person action-adventure Nintendo
49 Guitar Hero World Tour 1.33 million[23][b] October 26, 2008
Vicarious Visions
Activision
50 Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles 1.3 million[17] November 13, 2007 Rail shooter
  • Nintendo Australia
51 Wii Play: Motion 1.26 million[9] June 13, 2011 Minigame collection Various[d] Nintendo
52 PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure 1.25 million[9] December 5, 2009 Action-adventure
Creatures Inc.
53 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
55 Big Beach Sports 1.2 million shipped[26] June 24, 2008
Sports
HB Studios THQ
56 Punch-Out!! 1.14 million[9] July 23, 2009
Sports
Next Level Games Nintendo
57 Wario Land: Shake It! 1.06 million[9] July 24, 2008
Platform
Good-Feel Nintendo
58 Active Life: Outdoor Challenge 1.03 million[27] May 29, 2008
Exergaming
h.a.n.d.
Bandai Namco Games
59 Call of Duty: World at War >1 million[28] November 10, 2008 First-person shooter Treyarch Activision
60 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
64 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. , and others.
  4. .
  5. ^ Virtual Console game

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