Usually the three best selling games on a Nintendo home console are the 2D Marios, the Mario Karts and the Super Smashes.
NES
1. | Super Mario Bros. | 1985 | Platform | Nintendo | 29.08 | 3.58 | 6.81 | 0.77 | 40.24 |
3. | Super Mario Bros. 3 | 1988 | Platform | Nintendo | 9.54 | 3.44 | 3.84 | 0.46 | 17.28 |
4. | Super Mario Bros. 2 | 1988 | Platform | Nintendo | 5.39 | 1.18 | 0.70 | 0.19 | 7.46 |
SNES
1. | Super Mario World | 1990 | Platform | Nintendo | 12.78 | 3.75 | 3.54 | 0.55 | 20.61 |
2. | Super Mario All-Stars | 1993 | Platform | Nintendo | 5.99 | 2.15 | 2.12 | 0.29 | 10.55 |
4. | Super Mario Kart | 1992 | Racing | Nintendo | 3.54 | 1.24 | 3.81 | 0.18 | 8.76 |
N64
2. | Mario Kart 64 | 1996 | Racing | Nintendo | 5.55 | 1.94 | 2.23 | 0.15 | 9.87 |
5. | Super Smash Bros. | 1999 | Fighting | Nintendo | 2.95 | 0.60 | 1.97 | 0.04 | 5.55 |
(No 2D Mario)
GCube
1. | Super Smash Bros. Melee | 2001 | Fighting | Nintendo | 4.41 | 1.04 | 1.39 | 0.22 | 7.07 |
2. | Mario Kart: Double Dash!! | 2003 | Racing | Nintendo | 4.12 | 1.77 | 0.87 | 0.19 | 6.95 |
(No 2D Mario)
Wii
2. | Mario Kart Wii | 2008 | Racing | Nintendo | 15.59 | 12.65 | 3.78 | 3.26 | 35.27 |
5. | New Super Mario Bros. Wii | 2009 | Platform | Nintendo | 14.32 | 6.83 | 4.70 | 2.21 | 28.06 |
8. | Super Smash Bros. Brawl | 2008 | Fighting | Nintendo | 6.53 | 2.50 | 2.64 | 0.98 | 12.65 |
WiiU
1. | Mario Kart 8 | 2014 | Racing | Nintendo | 2.27 | 1.37 | 1.04 | 0.33 | 5.01 |
2. | New Super Mario Bros. U | 2012 | Action | Nintendo | 2.21 | 1.05 | 1.24 | 0.28 | 4.79 |
4. | Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS | 2014 | Fighting | Nintendo | 1.93 | 0.70 | 0.65 | 0.22 | 3.49 |
6. | New Super Luigi U | 2013 | Platform | Nintendo | 1.21 | 0.58 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 2.11 |
For the WiiU, it seems that MarioKart will take the crown of best selling WiiU title, but can Smash still reach or surpass NSMBU numbers?