Super Nintendo Entertainment System (North America) with controller
The best-selling video game of all-time on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) console, known as the Super Famicom (SFC) in Japan, is Super Mario World. First released in Japan on November 21, 1990, it went on to sell over 20 million units worldwide.[1] The second Super Mario game on the SNES, Super Mario All-Stars (which features enhanced remakes of the four Super Mario games originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System), is the platform's second best-selling game, with sales in excess of 10.5 million copies.[1] Rare's Donkey Kong Country is the third best-selling game on the SNES, while its two follow-ups are also in the top ten.[2], then followed by Super Mario Kart, released in 1992 after Super Mario World, the fourth best selling SNES game of all time.
A total of 48 SNES/Super Famicom games have sold over a million units. Of those, twelve were developed by internal Nintendo development divisions. Aside from these, the developers with the most million-selling games are Capcom and Square, with nine games each in the list of 48. Nintendo published 20 of these 48 games. Other publishers with multiple million-selling titles include Capcom (nine titles), Square (eight titles), Enix (four titles) and Acclaim Entertainment (three titles). The most popular franchises on SNES include Super Mario (46.18 million combined units), Donkey Kong (17.96 million combined units) and Street Fighter (12.4 million combined units).
Video games[]
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Game was shipped with SNES consoles during its production period |
| No. | Title | Developer(s)[lower-alpha 1] | Publisher(s)[lower-alpha 1] | Release date | Sales | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super Mario World
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Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | November 21, 1990 | 20,610,000 | [1] |
| 2 | Super Mario All-Stars
|
Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | July 14, 1993 | 10,550,000 | [1] |
| 3 | Donkey Kong Country
|
Rare | Nintendo | November 21, 1994 | 9,300,000 | [2] |
| 4 | Super Mario Kart
|
Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | August 27, 1992 | 8,760,000 | [1] |
| 5 | Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
|
Capcom | Capcom | June 10, 1992 | 6,300,000 | [3] |
| 6 | Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest | Rare | Nintendo | November 20, 1995 | 5,150,000 | [2] |
| 7 | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
|
Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | November 21, 1991 | 4,610,000 | [4] |
| 8 | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
|
Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | August 5, 1995 | 4,120,000 | [5] |
| 9 | Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting | Capcom | Capcom | July 11, 1993 | 4,100,000 | [3] |
| 10 | Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! | Rare | Nintendo | November 22, 1996 | 3,510,000 | [2] |
| 11 | Final Fantasy VI | Square | Square | April 2, 1994 | 3,420,000 | [6] |
| 12 | Killer Instinct
|
Rare | Nintendo | August 30, 1995 | 3,200,000 | [7] |
| 13 | Dragon Quest VI | Heartbeat | Enix | December 9, 1995 | 3,200,000 | [8] |
| 14 | Star Fox
|
Nintendo EAD[lower-alpha 2] | Nintendo | February 21, 1993 | 2,990,000 | [2] |
| 15 | F-Zero
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Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | November 21, 1990 | 2,850,000 | [2] |
| 16 | Dragon Quest V | Chunsoft | Enix | September 27, 1992 | 2,800,000 | [8] |
| 17 | Final Fantasy V | Square | Square | December 6, 1992 | 2,450,000 | [9] |
| 18 | Mario Paint
|
Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | July 14, 1992 | 2,310,000 | [2] |
| 19 | Super Mario RPG | Square | Nintendo | March 9, 1996 | 2,140,000 | [2] |
| 20 | Chrono Trigger | Square | Square | March 11, 1995 | 2,030,000 | [9] |
| 21 | Super Street Fighter II | Capcom | Capcom | June 25, 1994 | 2,000,000 | [3] |
| 22 | SimCity | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | April 26, 1991 | 1,980,000 | [2] |
| 23 | Secret of Mana | Square | Square | August 6, 1993 | 1,830,000 | [8] |
| 24 | Disney's Aladdin | Capcom | Capcom | November 26, 1993 | 1,750,000 | [10] |
| 25 | Super Puyo Puyo | Compile | Banpresto | December 10, 1993 | 1,700,000 | [9] |
| 26 | Super Scope 6 | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | February 1992 | 1,650,000 | [2] |
| 27 | Mortal Kombat II | Sculptured Software | Acclaim Entertainment | September 9, 1994 | 1,510,000 | [11] |
| 28 | Romancing SaGa 2 | Square | Square | December 10, 1993 | 1,490,000 | [8] |
| 29 | Final Fight | Capcom | Capcom | December 21, 1990 | 1,480,000 | [3] |
| 30 | Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden | Tose | Bandai | March 20, 1993 | 1,450,000 | [9] |
| 31 | Final Fantasy IV | Square | Square | July 19, 1991 | 1,440,000 | [9] |
| 32 | Kirby Super Star
|
HAL Laboratory | Nintendo | March 21, 1996 | 1,440,000 | [2] |
| 33 | Super Metroid | Nintendo R&D1 Intelligent Systems |
Nintendo | March 19, 1994 | 1,420,000 | [2] |
| 34 | Dragon Quest III | Heartbeat | Enix | December 6, 1996 | 1,400,000 | [9] |
| 35 | Romancing SaGa | Square | Square | January 28, 1992 | 1,320,000 | [8] |
| 36 | Romancing SaGa 3 | Square | Square | November 11, 1995 | 1,300,000 | [9] |
| 37 | The Lion King | Westwood Studios | Virgin Interactive | December 8, 1994 | 1,270,000 | [11] |
| 38 | NBA Jam | Iguana Entertainment | Acclaim Entertainment | March 4, 1994 | 1,220,000 | [11] |
| 39 | Mortal Kombat 3 | Sculptured Software | Acclaim Entertainment | October 13, 1995 | 1,220,000 | [11] |
| 40 | The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse | Capcom | Capcom | November 20, 1992 | 1,210,000 | [10] |
| 41 | Dragon Quest I & II | Chunsoft | Enix | December 18, 1993 | 1,200,000 | [12] |
| 42 | Derby Stallion III | ASCII Entertainment | Nintendo | January 20, 1995 | 1,200,000 | [9] |
| 43 | Mega Man X | Capcom | Capcom | December 17, 1993 | 1,160,000 | [3] |
| 44 | Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2 | Tose | Bandai | December 17, 1993 | 1,150,000 | [9] |
| 45 | Pilotwings | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | December 21, 1990 | 1,140,000 | [2] |
| 46 | Derby Stallion '96 | ASCII Entertainment | Nintendo | March 15, 1996 | 1,100,000 | [9] |
| 47 | Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts | Capcom | Capcom | October 4, 1991 | 1,090,000 | [3] |
| 48 | Final Fight 2 | Capcom | Capcom | May 22, 1993 | 1,030,000 | [3] |
See also[]
- List of best-selling Nintendo Entertainment System video games
- List of best-selling Game Boy video games
- List of best-selling Nintendo 64 video games
- List of best-selling GameCube video games
- List of best-selling Wii video games
- List of best-selling Wii U video games
- List of video games considered the best
- List of best-selling video games
- Lists of best-selling video games by platform
- List of best-selling video game franchises
- List of highest-grossing video game franchises
- List of video games by player count
- List of best-selling Sega Genesis video games
Footnotes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Only developers and publishers for the original release of each game are listed.
- ↑ Argonaut Software worked as additional developers on Star Fox.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 O'Malley, James (September 11, 2015). "30 Best-Selling Super Mario Games of All Time on the Plumber's 30th Birthday". Gizmodo. Univision Communications. Retrieved April 23, 2017.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 CESA Games White Papers. Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Platinum Titles". Capcom. Archived from the original on December 1, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2017. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> - ↑ "March 25, 2004". The Magic Box. Archived from the original on November 26, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20051126100623/http://www.the-magicbox.com/game032504.shtml. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
- ↑ Guinness World Records 2016: Gamer's Edition. Vancouver, British Columbia: Jim Pattison Group. September 10, 2015. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-9105610-8-9. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7s96CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
- ↑ Guinness World Records 2016: Gamer's Edition. Vancouver, British Columbia: Jim Pattison Group. September 10, 2015. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-9105610-8-9.
- ↑ "Killer Instinct – Behind The Scenes". NowGamer. Imagine Publishing. March 12, 2009. Retrieved April 23, 2017.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 "February 2, 2004 - February 4, 2004" (PDF). Square Enix. February 9, 2004. Retrieved April 23, 2017.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 "Japan Platinum Game Chart". The Magic Box. Retrieved April 23, 2017.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Platinum Titles". Capcom. Archived from the original on January 16, 2008. Retrieved April 23, 2017.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "US Platinum Game Chart". The Magic Box. Archived from the original on April 21, 2007. Retrieved April 23, 2017. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> - ↑ "Dragon Quest History". Planet Nintendo. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved April 23, 2017.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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