List of best-selling GameCube video games

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.

GameCube with controller

There are a total of 30 GameCube games on this list which are confirmed to have sold or shipped at least one million units. Of these, seven were developed by internal Nintendo development divisions. Other developers with the most million-selling titles include Hudson Soft with four games, Capcom with three games, and Namco, Sonic Team, and Genius Sonority, each with two games. Of the 30 games on this list, 23 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 (4.39 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[lower-alpha 1] Genre(s) Developer(s) Publisher(s)
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 3.07 million[4] December 13, 2002 Action-adventure Nintendo EAD Nintendo
5 Luigi's Mansion 3.03 million[lower-alpha 2] September 14, 2001 Action-adventure Nintendo EAD Nintendo
6 Animal Crossing 2.71 million[lower-alpha 3] December 14, 2001 Social simulation Nintendo EAD Nintendo
7 Mario Party 4 2 million[lower-alpha 4] October 21, 2002 Party Hudson Soft Nintendo
Metroid Prime 2 million[9] November 17, 2002 Action-adventure Retro Studios Nintendo
9 Mario Party 7 1.86 million[10] November 7, 2005 Party Hudson Soft Nintendo
10 Pokémon Colosseum 1.80 million[lower-alpha 5] November 21, 2003 Role-playing Genius Sonority
11 Star Fox Adventures 1.75 million[11][lower-alpha 6] September 23, 2002 Action-adventure Rare Nintendo
12 Sonic Adventure 2: Battle 1.73 million[lower-alpha 7] December 20, 2001 Platformer Sonic Team USA Sega
13 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door 1.63 million[lower-alpha 8] July 22, 2004 Role-playing Intelligent Systems Nintendo
14 Resident Evil 4 1.60 million[13] January 11, 2005 Survival horror Capcom Production Studio 4 Capcom
15 F-Zero GX 1.50 million[14] July 25, 2003 Racing Amusement Vision Nintendo
Mario Party 5 1.50 million[lower-alpha 9] November 10, 2003 Party Hudson Soft Nintendo
17 Sonic Mega Collection 1.37 million[lower-alpha 10] November 10, 2002 Compilation Sonic Team Sega
18 Resident Evil 1.35 million[13] March 22, 2002 Survival horror Capcom Production Studio 4 Capcom
19 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 1.32 million[16] December 2, 2006 Action-adventure Nintendo EAD Nintendo
20 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles 1.30 million[17] August 8, 2003 Action role-playing The Game Designers Studio Nintendo
21 Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness 1.25 million[10] August 4, 2005 Role-playing Genius Sonority
Resident Evil Zero 1.25 million[13] November 12, 2002 Survival horror Capcom Capcom
23 Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour 1.22 million[lower-alpha 11] July 28, 2003 Sports Camelot Software Planning Nintendo
24 Super Mario Strikers 1.20 million[10] November 18, 2005 Sports Next Level Games Nintendo
25 Pikmin 1.18 million[lower-alpha 12] October 26, 2001 Nintendo EAD Nintendo
26 Kirby Air Ride 1.17 million[lower-alpha 13] July 11, 2003 Racing HAL Laboratory Nintendo
27 Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader 1.13 million[lower-alpha 15] November 18, 2001 Action Factor 5 LucasArts
28 Soulcalibur II 1.09 million[lower-alpha 16] March 27, 2003 Fighting Namco Namco
29 Star Fox: Assault 1.06 million[11] November 29, 2004 Namco Nintendo
30 Mario Party 6 1 million[20][21][5] November 18, 2004 Party Hudson Soft Nintendo

Notes

  1. Only the initial release date on this platform is listed.
  2. Luigi's Mansion sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 348,918[5]
    • United Kingdom – 100,000[6]
    • United States – 2.19 million[7]
  3. Animal Crossing sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 641,300 (original)[5] and 386,258 (e+)[8]
    • United States – 1.68 million[7]
  4. Mario Party 4 sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 902,827[5]
    • United States – 1.1 million[7]
  5. Pokémon Colosseum sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 656,270[5]
    • United States – 1.15 million[7]
  6. Star Fox Adventures sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 259,067[5]
    • United States – 1.2 million[12]
  7. Sonic Adventure 2: Battle sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 192,186[5]
    • United Kingdom – 100,000[6]
    • United States – 1.44 million[7]
  8. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 409,600[5]
    • United States – 1.23 million[7]
  9. Mario Party 5 sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 697,462[5]
    • United States – 807,331[15]
  10. Sonic Mega Collection sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 72,967[5]
    • United States – 1.30 million[7]
  11. Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 192,802[5]
    • United States – 1.03 million[18]
  12. Pikmin sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 507,011[5]
    • United States – 680,000[19]
  13. Kirby Air Ride sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 422,311[5]
    • United States – 750,000[12]
  14. Erroneously listed as Star Wars: Battlefront II
  15. Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader sales breakdown:
  16. Soulcalibur II sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 99,256[5]
    • United States – 1 million[18]

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