Top 10 Best-Selling Nintendo 3DS Games in 2016 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 11 February 2017 / 90,995 Views
Today we take a look at the top 10 best-selling Nintendo 3DS games in 2016. This series of articles will be taking a look at the top 10 best-selling games in 2016 by platform. Previously, we have looked at the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One.
The Nintendo 3DS in 2016 sold an estimated 7.03 million units, a four percent decrease year-over-year, to bring its lifetime sales to 63.33 million units. 51.74 million games were sold at retail on the Nintendo 3DS in 2016 and has now sold 276.55 million games lifetime.
The Nintendo 3DS proved most successful in USA, however, it also sold well in Europe and Japan. It sold 2.39 million units in the US, 2.09 million units in Europe, and 1.93 million units in Japan.
Eight games for the console in 2016 managed to sell over one million units and 21 games sold more than 500,000 units. Below we've compiled a list of the 10 best-selling Nintendo 3DS games:
10th. Monster Hunter X - 0.86 Million
9th. Yokai Watch - 0.88 million
8th. Kirby: Planet Robobot - 1.08 million
7th. Fire Emblem Fates: Black Kingdom/White Kingdom - 1.39 Million
6th. Yokai Watch 3 - 1.41 Million
5th. Mario Kart 7 - 1.53 Million
4th. Pokemon X/Y - 1.64 Million
3rd. Super Mario Maker on Nintendo 3DS - 1.93 Million
2nd. Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire - 2.14 Million
1st. Pokemon Sun/Moon - 12.03 Million
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Pokemon >>>>>>>>>> all games for nintendo
It will be the savior for the Switch!
Quite an exaggeration when there are 3 Mario games and 1 Animal Crossing game tah cross the 10 million mark on 3DS.
The official best-selling 3DS list from Nintendo already has Sun/Moon at #3, having sold 14.69 million worldwide as of December 31, 2016. It's right on Mario Kart 7's heels for #2, and that game was released in 2011.
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/sales/software/3ds.html
The little handheld that could. The software numbers are crazy.
The power of Pokemon Go to be an ad for the real games was greatly underestimated.
Nice chart, but I´m sure some of those games sold well on digital format too
2016 was a great year for 3ds
I knew Sun/Moon would be the best selling 3DS game in 2016, but it sold way faster than I expected. Also, out of the top 10 there are 5 "catch 'em all" kinda games, six if we count Monster Hunter. Why isn't this genre getting more franchises back into the fray?
Monster Hunter does not count. It is not a, "catch em all" game in the least.
Pokemon >>>>>>>>>> all games for nintendo
