top 5 gaming franchises

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1. The Legend of Zelda
2. Super Smash Brothers
3. Mario Kart
4. Super Mario platformers
5. Pokemon

Honorable mentions: Fire Emblem, Golden Sun, James Bond, Mario Tennis, Mario Golf, and more.

Oh, and for sales list, I made this 2 months ago, it's a bit dated, but should be ok.

1. Mario - 302M - http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=Mario&console=&publisher=&sort=Total

2. Pokemon - 152M - http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=Pokemon&console=&publisher=&sort=Total

3. Grand Theft Auto - 61,5M - http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?
name=Grand+theft+auto&console=&publisher=&sort=Total

4. Final Fantasy - 57M - http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=Final+Fantasy&console=&publisher=&sort=Total

5. The legend of Zelda - 55,8M - http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=The+legend+of+Zelda&console=&publisher=&sort=Total

6. The Sims - 55,5 M http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=The+sims&console=&publisher=&sort=Total

7. Gran Turismo - 46,9M http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=Gran+turismo&console=&publisher=&sort=Total

8. Tetris - 46,5M - http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=Tetris&console=&publisher=&sort=Total

9. Donkey Kong - 45M - http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=Donkey+Kong&console=&publisher=&sort=Total

10. Dragon quest 42,4 - http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=Dragon+Quest&console=&publisher=&sort=Total

That's all the ones I care to link. For the rest, you will have to search million sellers yourself.

11. Sonic 39,6M

12 Madden 36,5M

13. Wii Series: 31.3M

14, Crash Bandicoot 29,3M

15. Resident evil - 27,1M

( Wii series - 26,35M) (as of 13th January 2008)

16. Pro evo soccer - 25,6M

17. Tekken 24,4M

18. Kirby 22,9M

19. Fifa 22,5M

20. Tomb Raider - 21,8M

21. Halo 21,4M

22. Brain Training - 20,9M

23. Medal of Honour 17,4M

24. Spyro 17,4M

25. Nintendogs 16,7M.

26. Metal Gear 16,1M

27. Warcraft 16,1M


Zelda has been re-adjusted, so this number is wrong. Link: http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=14326