Not gr8
Nintendo might not want to tell us how much its new Switch console will cost, but it is starting to close the book on the Wii U and its dedicated handhelds by announcing the top-selling Wii U and 3DS games.
These figures are through September 30, include digital and physical sales, and include games bundled with consoles. Unsurprisingly they are all Nintendo games, and notMaddenandCall of Duty.
Wii U:
1.Mario Kart 8— 8 million2.New Super Mario Bros. U— 5.45 million3.Super Mario 3D World— 5.19 million4.Nintendo Land— 5.13 million5.Super Smash Bros. Wii U— 4.99 million6.Splatoon— 4.57 million7.Super Mario Maker— 3.73 million8.New Super Luigi U— 2.74 million9.The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD— 1.98 million10.Mario Party 10— 1.94 million
Nintendo 3DS:
1.Pokemon X/Y— 15.64 million2.Mario Kart 7— 13.94 million3.Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire— 13.18 million4.Super Mario 3D Land— 10.98 million5.New Super Mario Bros. 2— 10.6 million6.Animal Crossing: New Leaf— 10.34 million7.Super Smash Bros. 3DS— 8.35 million8.Tomodachi Life— 5.3 million9.Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon— 5.03 million10.The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D— 4.52 million
I’m gladLuigi’s Mansion: Dark Moondid well. Lowkey one of my favorite 3DS games and favorite recent Nintendo games. It is weird to seeSmashsell so much better on 3DS than on Wii U, even if it’s because fewer people have a Wii U. If you add the numbers together, the newSmashoutsoldBrawl, but even the Wii U version is the lowest-selling consoleSmashever (Smash 64sold 5.55 million units).
Remember, though: the Wii U as a console only shipped 13.36 million units as of June 14, 2025; or, less than the two best-selling 3DSgames. So 8 millionMario Kart 8s looks kind of slim next to 14 millionMario Kart 7s, but the 3DS has sold somewhere around 60 million consoles. For reference, Nintendo sold about 32 million N64s, 22 million GameCubes, and 101 million Wiis. None of this means anything and we all die cold and alone.
