List of best-selling Wii U video games

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This is a list of video games for the Wii U video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. The best-selling game on the Wii U is Mario Kart 8 . First released in Japan on May 29, 2014, it went on to sell over 8.4 million units worldwide.

Contents

There are a total of 20 Wii U games on this list which are confirmed to have sold or shipped at least one million units. Of these, 14 were developed by internal Nintendo development divisions. All of them were published in one or more regions by Nintendo.

By March 31, 2024, over 103.60 million total copies of games had been sold for the Wii U. [1]

List

Key
†Game was bundled with Wii U consoles during its lifetime
*Game was eventually ported to the Nintendo Switch
#Game was eventually ported to the Nintendo 3DS
GameCopies soldAs ofRelease date [lower-alpha 1] Genre(s)Developer(s)Publisher(s)
Mario Kart 8 † *8.46 million [2] March 31, 2024May 29, 2014 Kart racing Nintendo EAD Nintendo
Super Mario 3D World † *5.89 million [2] March 31, 2024November 21, 2013 Platform Nintendo
New Super Mario Bros. U † *5.82 million [2] March 31, 2024November 18, 2012 Platform Nintendo EAD Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U †5.38 million [2] March 31, 2024November 21, 2014 Fighting Nintendo
Nintendo Land †5.21 million [2] March 31, 2024November 18, 2012 Party Nintendo EAD Nintendo
Splatoon †4.95 million [2] March 31, 2024May 28, 2015 Third-person shooter Nintendo EAD Nintendo
Super Mario Maker † #4.02 million [2] March 31, 2024September 11, 2015 Nintendo EAD Nintendo
New Super Luigi U † *3.07 million [2] March 31, 2024June 19, 2013 [lower-alpha 2] Platform Nintendo EAD Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD †2.37 million [2] March 31, 2024September 20, 2013 Action-adventure Nintendo EAD Nintendo
Mario Party 10 2.27 million [2] March 31, 2024March 12, 2015 Party Nintendo
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze *2.02 million [3] December 31, 2020February 21, 2014 Platform Retro Studios Nintendo
Wii Party U †1.79 million [3] December 31, 2020October 25, 2013 Party Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild *1.70 million [3] December 31, 2020March 3, 2017 Action-adventure Nintendo EPD Nintendo
Yoshi's Woolly World #1.57 million [3] December 31, 2020June 25, 2015 Platform Good-Feel Nintendo
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker * #1.37 million [3] December 31, 2020November 13, 2014 Action puzzle Nintendo EAD Nintendo
Pikmin 3 *1.28 million [4] December 31, 2022July 13, 2013 Nintendo EAD Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD 1.17 million [4] December 31, 2022March 4, 2016 Action-adventure Tantalus Media Nintendo
Lego City Undercover *1.15 million [4] December 31, 2022March 18, 2013 Action-adventure TT Fusion Nintendo
Hyrule Warriors * #1 million [5] January 27, 2015August 14, 2014 Hack and slash
Pokkén Tournament † *1 million [6] August 18, 2016March 18, 2016 Fighting Bandai Namco Studios

Notes

  1. ↑ Only the initial release date on this platform is listed.
  2. ↑ Initial release was as downloadable content for New Super Mario Bros. U; a stand-alone retail version was released in the following months.

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References

  1. ↑ "Dedicated Video Game Sales Units". Nintendo . March 31, 2024. Archived from the original on April 13, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Top Selling Title Sales Units". Nintendo. March 31, 2024. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 2021CESAゲーム白書 (2021 CESA Games White Papers). Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. 2021. ISBN   978-4-902346-43-5.
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  5. ↑ "Hyrule Warriors Ships 1 Million Units Worldwide". 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Bandai Namco Press Release" (PDF). 18 August 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 February 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
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