List of best-selling GameCube video games
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This is a list of video games for the GameCube video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. The best-selling game on the GameCube is Super Smash Bros. Melee. First released in Japan on November 21, 2001, it went on to sell just over 7.4 million units worldwide. The second best-selling game was Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, selling 6.96 million units. Super Mario Sunshine is the console's third best-selling game, with 6.28 million units.
There are a total of 35 GameCube games on this list which are confirmed to have sold or shipped at least one million units. Of these, eight were developed by internal Nintendo development divisions. Other developers with the most million-selling titles include Hudson Soft and Namco with four games each, and Capcom with three games. Of the 35 games on this list, 28 were published in one or more regions by Nintendo. Other publishers with multiple million-selling games include Capcom with three games, and Sega and The Pokémon Company both with two games. The most popular franchises on GameCube include Sonic the Hedgehog (3.1 million combined sales), Resident Evil (4.2 million combined sales), The Legend of Zelda (5.75 million combined sales), and most notably Mario (26.68 million combined sales).
By 2010, over 208.57 million total copies of games had been sold for the GameCube.[1]
List[]
No. | Game | Copies sold | Release date[a] | Genre(s) | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) |
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1 | Super Smash Bros. Melee | 7.41 million[2][3] | November 21, 2001 | Fighting | HAL Laboratory | Nintendo |
2 | Mario Kart: Double Dash | 6.96 million[2] | November 7, 2003 | Racing | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo |
3 | Super Mario Sunshine | 6.28 million[2] | July 19, 2002 | Platformer | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo |
4 | The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker | 4.43 million[4] | December 13, 2002 | Action-adventure | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo |
5 | Luigi's Mansion | 3.33 million[4][b] | September 14, 2001 | Action-adventure | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo |
6 | Metroid Prime | 2.84 million[4] | November 17, 2002 | Action-adventure | Retro Studios | Nintendo |
7 | Animal Crossing | 2.71 million[c][4] | December 14, 2001 | Social simulation | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo |
8 | Mario Party 4 | 2.46 million[4] | October 21, 2002 | Party | Hudson Soft | Nintendo |
9 | Pokémon Colosseum | 2.41 million[4] | November 21, 2003 | Role-playing | Genius Sonority | |
10 | Mario Party 5 | 2.17 million[4] | November 10, 2003 | Party | Hudson Soft | Nintendo |
11 | Mario Party 7 | 2.08 million[4] | November 7, 2005 | Party | Hudson Soft | Nintendo |
12 | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door | 1.91 million[4] | July 22, 2004 | Role-playing | Intelligent Systems | Nintendo |
13 | Star Fox Adventures | 1.82 million[4] | September 23, 2002 | Action-adventure | Rare | Nintendo |
14 | Sonic Adventure 2: Battle | 1.73 million[d] | December 20, 2001 | Platformer | Sonic Team USA | Sega |
15 | Mario Party 6 | 1.63 million[4] | November 18, 2004 | Party | Hudson Soft | Nintendo |
16 | Pikmin | 1.60 million[4] | October 26, 2001 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
Resident Evil 4 | 1.60 million[9] | January 11, 2005 | Survival horror | Capcom Production Studio 4 | Capcom | |
Super Mario Strikers | 1.60 million[4] | November 18, 2005 | Sports | Next Level Games | Nintendo | |
19 | F-Zero GX | 1.50 million[10] | July 25, 2003 | Racing | Amusement Vision | Nintendo |
20 | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | 1.43 million[4] | December 2, 2006 | Action-adventure | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo |
21 | Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness | 1.42 million[4] | August 4, 2005 | Role-playing | Genius Sonority | |
22 | Sonic Mega Collection | 1.37 million[e] | November 10, 2002 | Compilation | Sonic Team | Sega |
23 | Resident Evil | 1.35 million[9] | March 22, 2002 | Survival horror | Capcom Production Studio 4 | Capcom |
Kirby Air Ride | 1.35 million[4] | July 11, 2003 | Racing | HAL Laboratory | Nintendo | |
25 | Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles | 1.30 million[11] | August 8, 2003 | Action role-playing | The Game Designers Studio | Nintendo |
26 | Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour | 1.27 million[4][f] | July 28, 2003 | Sports | Camelot Software Planning | Nintendo |
27 | Resident Evil Zero | 1.25 million[9] | November 12, 2002 | Survival horror | Capcom | Capcom |
28 | Donkey Konga | 1.18 million[4] | December 12, 2003 | Music | Namco | Nintendo |
29 | Mario Power Tennis | 1.16 million[4] | October 28, 2004 | Sports | Camelot Software Planning | Nintendo |
30 | Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader | 1.13 million[h] | November 18, 2001 | Action | Factor 5 | LucasArts |
31 | Pikmin 2 | 1.12 million[4] | April 29, 2004 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
32 | Metroid Prime 2: Echoes | 1.10 million[4] | November 15, 2004 | Action-adventure | Retro Studios | Nintendo |
33 | Soulcalibur II | 1.09 million[i] | March 27, 2003 | Fighting | Namco | Namco |
34 | Star Fox: Assault | 1.06 million[13] | February 14, 2005 |
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Namco | Nintendo |
35 | Mario Superstar Baseball | 1.05 million[4] | July 21, 2005 | Sports | Namco | Nintendo |
Notes[]
- ^ Only the initial release date on this platform is listed.
- ^ Luigi's Mansion sales breakdown:
- ^ Animal Crossing sales breakdown:
- ^ Sonic Adventure 2: Battle sales breakdown:
- ^ Sonic Mega Collection sales breakdown:
- ^ Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour sales breakdown:
- ^ Erroneously listed as Star Wars: Battlefront II
- ^ Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader sales breakdown:
- ^ Soulcalibur II sales breakdown:
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