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This is a list of video games for the Wii video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. The best-selling game on the Wii is Wii Sports. First released in North America on November 19, 2006, it was a launch title for the system and was 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 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

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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
[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
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
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
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
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
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

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  1. ^ Only the initial release date on this platform is listed.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Bundled with a popular accessory such as an additional Wii Remote, Wii MotionPlus, Wii Zapper, or Wii Wheel.
  3. ^ Development co-operation from Game Arts, Monolith Soft, Paon, Imageepoch, Intelligent Systems, and others.
  4. ^ Wii Play: Motion's twelve minigames were developed by several different developers alongside Nintendo: Arzest, Chunsoft, Good-Feel, Mitchell Corporation, NDcube, Nintendo, Prope, Skip Ltd., and Vanpool.
  5. ^ Virtual Console game

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