Best Selling Nintendo Entertainment System Games

Best Selling Nintendo Entertainment System Games

The successful launch of the NES catapulted Nintendo to the forefront of the video game industry. For the remainder of the 1980s, Nintendo was the undisputed king of the home video game market. Buoyed by the success of the system, NES game packs were similarly smashing sales records: Super Mario Bros. 3, released in 1988 in Japan, would gross well over US$500 million, selling over 7 million copies in America and 4 million copies in Japan, making it the most successful standalone home video game in history.This is a list of video games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies, including the top ten best-selling franchises.

RankGameCopies Sold 
1 Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros.40,230,000 
2 Super Mario Bros. 3 Super Mario Bros. 318,000,000 
3 Super Mario Bros. 2 Super Mario Bros. 210,000,000 
4 The Legend of Zelda The Legend of Zelda6,510,000 
5 Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Zelda II: The Adventure of Link4,380,000 
6 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles4,000,000 
7 Dragon Warrior III Dragon Warrior III3,800,000 
8 Dragon Warrior IV Dragon Warrior IV3,100,000 
9 Golf Golf2,460,000 
10 Dragon Warrior II Dragon Warrior II2,400,000 
11 Baseball Baseball2,350,000 
12 Mahjong Mahjong2,130,000 
13 Family Stadium Family Stadium2,050,000 
14 Tetris Tetris1,810,000 
15 Duck Tales Duck Tales1,670,000 
16 Ghosts 'n Goblins Ghosts 'n Goblins1,640,000 
17 Mario Bros. Mario Bros.1,630,000 
18 Excitebike Excitebike1,570,000 
19 Dr. Mario Dr. Mario1,530,000 
20 Soccer Soccer1,530,000 
21 F-1 Race F-1 Race1,520,000 
22 Mega Man 2 Mega Man 21,510,000 
23 Dragon Warrior Dragon Warrior1,500,000 
24 Lode Runner Lode Runner1,500,000 
25 Ninja Hattori Kun Ninja Hattori Kun1,500,000 
26 4 Players Mahjong 4 Players Mahjong1,450,000 
27 Kung-Fu Master Kung-Fu Master1,420,000 
28 Final Fantasy III Final Fantasy III1,400,000 
29 Family Stadium '87 Family Stadium '871,300,000 
30 Xevious Xevious1,260,000 
31 Dragon Ball Dragon Ball1,250,000 
32 Gegege no Kitaro: Youkai Daimakyou Gegege no Kitaro: Youkai Daimakyou1,250,000 
33 Tennis Tennis1,210,000 
34 Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers1,200,000 
35 Goemon Goemon1,200,000 
36 Twin Bee Twin Bee1,200,000 
37 Doraemon Doraemon1,150,000 
38 Commando Commando1,140,000 
39 Kid Icarus Kid Icarus1,090,000 
40 Mega Man 3 Mega Man 31,080,000 
41 Family Stadium '88 Family Stadium '881,080,000 
42 Famicom Jump: Eiyuu Retsuden Famicom Jump: Eiyuu Retsuden1,060,000 
43 Adventure Island Adventure Island1,050,000 
44 Kinniku Man: Muscle Tag Match Kinniku Man: Muscle Tag Match1,050,000 
45 Bomberman Bomberman1,000,000 
46 Gradius Gradius1,000,000 
47 Metal Gear Metal Gear1,000,000 
48 Metroid Metroid1,000,000 
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