Top 10 Best-Selling Wii Games - Sales

Nobody had a problem with the story. Most people preferred Melee because of the physics and how the game played. This was done to make it easier and accessible to newer players. In Smash 4, they created more of a balance between Melee and Brawl.

i couldn't agree more.

Half of these have sold more than PS4 and X1 too...

It was cheap. That was a good thing. And most of the games looked fine in 480p

*Quarter billion, I agree.

Add your reply...I wish - but I cannot see it doing 850k+ in 3 months!

you never know!

Those games were good for what they were. Compared to the shovelware that system had, Nintendo's casual games were actually well made. On this particular chart however, I would say that Wii Play is the weakest game.

wii play yes, but not wii fit. Most people did not buy wii fit because they wanted the balance board. Most people only used the board for wii fit. Winning system always got tons of shovelware. Wii had tons of good games.

To be fair, outside both Wii Sports none of those were bundled in a greater capacity than any other regular game. There were other bundles outside those featuring some of these games as well, and most late bundles like MK and NSMB were sold simultaneously.

Every game these days are being bundled by certain retailers.

By that logic, specific COD games wouldn't be allowed for 360's list (even though majority were individual), certain high-selling PS4 exclusives like MGSIV couldn't count, and on and on it goes. So many games have been lightly bundled at one point or another.

If a game sells over 10 million, it's gonna get bundled. That's just how bundling works, you bundle the games that are most popular, the ones that will move the most hardware. Yes, wii play is kind of silly because people just bought it for the controller mostly. Wii sports would have sold far less, but make no mistake it still probably would have been #1, or at least #2 on this list.

"Every game these days are being bundled by certain retailers."

Exactly. But not in case of the Wii. The Wii has been bundled with Nintendo games only except for a very few exception. CoD Bundles, Battlefront, TloU, Killzone, Knack, Watchdogs, Driveclub, Assassins, Fifa, Destiny ... i can think of more OFFICIAL PS4 Bundles now after two years of release than the Wii ever had in its whole lifetime.


"If a game sells over 10 million, it's gonna get bundled. That's just how bundling works, you bundle the games that are most popular"

The Wii sports resort number is way more impressive since you actually had to buy that one. Instead of being mass bundled but nice numbers I think Mario Kart was a true beast.

@Qwark well the all weel controller wheel thing was kinda great at the time (and it still is nowdays)

Same thing for Tetris on Game Boy, or Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt for NES. Some people buy the bundle who don't want the game, others buy it because of the game, and there is no way to tell. I bought a Wii very late in the game, when there were lots of bundle choices, and I specifically chose the Wii Sports + Resort one.

What you think is the best, what i think is the best, and what other people think is the best is different.

there's nothing wrong with any of the "games" (does wii fit count?) on the list. these are pieces of software that had widespread appeal, whether you like them or not. i was in college when wii came out and everyone was excited to play all of these.

lol, what? do you guys think twice before you write? so sales tell if a game is good or not?

anyone who claims graphics/physics arent significantly important doesnt know anything about videogames and reality.

If graphics are so significantly important, there wouldn't be a huge and growing market for indie games. Bravely Default wouldn't have give Square a profit. WoW wouldn't have dominated the MMO market. In terms of the whole package of what makes a game fun, graphics actually aren't as high on priority as the other parts of the whole. They still have to fit and do their part, but they aren't as significant as other things.

Yes it does. Wii Sports had always been sold separately in Japan and was eventually sold separately in the US. So unless you can come up with a way to get an exact count between how copies were bundled with the Wii and how many weren't, then you have to include all of them.

HAHA! 4 dislikes for stating the obvious. People like you are why Nintendo gets away with putting out garbage. So glad the casual fad is over.

tp sold 7 million skyward sword sold 3.5 million those numbers are nothing to smirk at.

Nah, it's more like claiming people who bought nearly 1 billion units of software aren't gamers because they don't have the same tastes in games as you.

Wii was not a success due to gamers buying the console. It was a success because parents thought it would be fun to play with their young children. Look I had a Wii and like 40 games. But it was at the end of the day the worst Nintendo console. They betrayed die hard Nintendo fans like me with it.

How did they betray the die hard Nintendo fans? There was plenty of games for die hard Nintendo fans like Metroid Prime 3, Metroid Other M which may not have been a masterpiece but was aimed at hardcore fans, 2 3D Mario Games, bringing back two classic series DKC Returns and 2D Mario games to consoles, 2 Zelda games, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Paper Mario, SSB, Mario Kart, 2 Kirby games, Pikmin 2, and plenty of 3rd party series like No More Heroes, Pandora's Tower, Sin and Punishment, Sonic Colors, The Last Story, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, etc.

Pikmin 2 was originally released on the Gamecube.

With Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword, Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 and several other instant classics, the Wii satisfied my Nintendo needs pretty well. It's WiiU that feels like the betrayal.

did Tatsunoko vs. Capcom come out in america? I remember wanting that game. Anyway they betrayed me with a weak console I basically paid more money for a new controller. Twilight princess and pikmin 2 are gamecube games. The other games you list are great games. You idiots are blinded by rage and not even understanding my point. Which is Wii was a success due to casual/non gamers buying it not true Nintendo fans and gamers like me.

I would hardly describe any of the people here as being "blinded with rage". Aside from you, everybody seems pretty calm and coherent.

Personally, I enjoyed the Wii more than any other Nintendo console. It had a great combination of games I could dive into by myself and games that I could play with family and friends who weren't as passionate about gaming as I am.

If you didn't enjoy the Wii, then that's your business. But claiming Nintendo "betrayed" you or people who bought it aren't "true" gamers makes you sound like a petulant child.

So basically your just mad over the power of the Wii. Most gamers were happy with having a lot of fun games to play but you choose to focus more on the power of the system to categorize it as the "worst Nintendo console."

@illdill1987 Tatsunoko vs. Capcom did come out in America.

@illdill1987 Tatsunoko vs. Capcom did come out in America.

Ummm. I didn't say I didn't enjoy they Wii I did I had a ton of games for it. But they did betray me. Nintendo used to be cutting edge up until then. Also saying the Wii was the worst Nintendo console is like saying the last season of game of thrones was the worst season... It was still good. Just stating the obvious that this system was only successful due to a casual non gaming audience that got caught up in a fad... And people who say power doesn't matter are lying to themselves.

Yeah, this isn't the kind of thing we want to see on our articles.

@illdill. Most of Nintendo's history is based on low-end disruption. The best example of that is the portable line, which was always graphically weaker but always beat the competition with fun games to play. The Wii did the same thing and it paid off, unfortunately it didn't pay off with the U, but some attribute that failure to the high console price (due to the cost of the gamepad), brand confusion (was it a Wii?), a pretty laggy OS at launch and high competition from tablets and smartphone apps.

Nintendo didn't abandon you, don't worry. They will keep making games which satisfy everyone, as long as everyone keeps buying what they like.