1. Wii Sports - 63.08 million sold

This game being here should surprise exactly no one. It's the single most influential piece of video game software this generation, partially or largely responsible for the success of the Wii, and often credited with opening up a whole new breed of gamers to interacting with the medium. It's sold over ten million since this list's progenitor, and at this point nobody's really surprised anymore.

In a way, this is the little game that could - universally panned by critics and often derided by core gamers, Wii Play has managed to claw its way into an unshaking number 2 spot through accessibility, ease of use, and being a nice deal for ten bucks. It's unclear if any other game will be able to shake it from this position in the foreseeable future.

I'll admit it: if you had told me that a dog simulator would be in the top three best-selling
games of the entire generation and probably stay there, I would have thought you were insane. Yet
Nintendogs has done just that, appealing to a lot of people who can't have dogs and apparently
a lot who can. In a way this game is the poster child of all the new gamers who had never played before.

This game has managed to hold onto its spot more or less since it released, though now that its sales have finally slowed to a stop we can expect it to begin to drop soon. Mario Kart Wii will pass it up before the summer's out, and from there there's a chance that it will be passed up by several more games.

Since the original list was made, this game has sold nearly five million additional copies, which is close to enough to have gotten it into this list all over again. Sales are slowing down, but it's not clear where it will stop - 25 million seems like it should be in the bag, but can it go higher?

It took forever for the game to get knocked out of the top five, but as it continues to show respectable sales it's unlikely that it will be knocked out of the top ten. This is the highest-selling Mario platformer since the original Super Mario Bros., and it does not look ready to give up that crown for a long time. New Super Mario Bros. Wii has its work cut out for it.

Good grief. This game has sold another million units since November, and may end up breaking 20 million before it's finally over and done with. This was the first game of the Touch Generation, and set the tone for Nintendo's return to software dominance. It's not clear if this will end up as its own franchise, but if sales mean anything then it probably should.

With combined SKUs, this is the fastest-selling game of all time. For a while it was doubtful whether or not any game would break Nintendo's stranglehold on the top 10: this game did it in less than eight months, and looks to stay for quite a while. One has to wonder how long it will take to reach 20 million and climb ever higher...

The second best-selling racing game of all time after its successor, it continues to sell a respectable amount of copies to this day. For a while the idea of it being pushed out of the top 10 would have seem ludicrous, but Wii Sports Resort and New Super Mario Bros. Wii may push it out within a year.

Diamond and Pearl are holding onto their top 10 spot by a comfortable margin of 2 million or so units, but that's not as big as it sounds when you consider tha its nearest competitor is selling over a hundred thousand units a week. Diamond and Pearl showed that the Pokemon franchise was still going strong, but it remains to be seen if Black and White will even begin to approximate its sale numbers.

This game has been climbing the charts steadily since its debut and will be in the top ten within the year. It sold fantastically as a standalone SKU, but now that it's been bundled with the Wii hardware the sky is the limit, and there's no telling how high it will climb.

The sequel to Brain Age didn't sell as well as the first one and will likely die off sooner, but if the worst thing you can say about a game is that it "only" managed to sell 15 million units then that game is doing pretty well for itself.

The fastest-selling single SKU piece of video game software of all time, it reached 10 million faster than any other SKU and will likely break 20 million at the same blistering rate. Whether or not it will outsell its predecessor is up in the air, but the game has been screaming up the list since it was released and won't stop until it's embedded deep in the top ten. Mario's back.

7.83 Xbox 360, 6.56 PS3

Once hailed as the game of the generation, its sales supported thihs claim for a long time. It's fallen out of the top ten since its release, but it holds doggedly onto its place in the top 20 and continues to sell to this day, passing up Modern Warfare since the last revision of this list. Grand Theft Auto may no longer be the poster child of the core gamer movement, but it's still an almost elemental force to be reckoned with.

8.3 million Xbox 360, 5.25 million PS3, 0.81 million DS

This is the game that broke the image of core gamers in the industry, bringing first person shooters to the forefront of consoles in a way that no other shooter franchise had ever done - up to and including Halo. It was passed up by Grand Theft Auto in the past few months but it continues to sell a few copies here and tere, and most likely won't fall out of the top 20 before the end of the generation.

The sequel to the best-selling fitness game has set a blistering pace for itself, continuing to sell very well after a year of release. Its chances of outselling its predecessor seem very low, but it's really hard to tell with games like this one. It should continue to climb the list, in either case.

6.37 Xbox 360, 4.04 PS3, 1.49 Wii, 0.64 DS

Sort of the least-influential of the Call of Duty games in the post-Modern Warfare era, the fact that it still broke over 12 million copies while being set during World War 2 is a testament to the power of the brand and the appeal of the game's mechanics.

7.60 Wii, 4.79 DS

Oh man, do you guys remember when we laughed about SEGA predicting this game would sell four million combined? I remember. Don't pretend you don't remember! Since then it's gone on to more than triple SEGA's expectations, becoming the best-selling game htat Sonic has ever featured in and the best-selling game that SEGA has ever published. That's not something you say every day.

This is perhaps a testament to the power of ideas that are really hard for the average gamer to grasp. Animal Crossing isn't really about anything at all: you go around your town cleaning up and doing odd jobs, and there's no real set goal or enemies or anything! The simple relaxing simplicity of its setting, design, and gameplay have still managed to launch it into the top 20, and it continues to sell years after release. It's probably going to be knocked out of the top 20 before all's said and done - I'm just not sure by what.

Master Chief's last stand ended up being the best-selling game in the franchise by an almost ludicrous margin, and continues to hold the title of best-selling shooter on a single console. Modern Warfare 2 on the 360 will probably pass it up soon, but that does not detract from this game's enormous sales, which has translated into an enormous and very devoted community.

21. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - 10.78 million sold

4.40 million Wii, 4.39 million 360, 1.99 million PS3

The best-selling rhythm-based music game there is, Guitar Hero III defined music games on the current-gen consoles and its sales reflect that. This was the golden age of music games, and it will be remembered as such. With PS2 sales, this game eclipsed 15 million units. Yowza!

22. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga - 9.82 million sold

3.53 million Wii, 3.47 million DS, 1.59 million 360, 1.23 million PS3

This is the epitome of all LEGO games: simple, accessible, fun, dealing with a property that nearly everyone loves, and able to be played in multiplayer. The Complete Saga has sold much (much) more than the first game or the Original Trilogy, and continues to sell as a Hell of a deal - apparently, few can resist this gem for twenty bucks. The other two games might have made this list, except that they never saw a Wii release. Go figure.

Also, this is the best-selling Star Wars game of all time. Did I mention that? It is.

23. Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 9.48 million sold

What's that? A Smash Bros. game might break ten million units sold? You don't say. In spite of falling seven places since this list was created, Brawl continues to sell steadily just like its predecessors did, and ten million may not be the roof here. We'll see as time goes on.

24. Super Mario Galaxy - 8.67 million sold

WAHOO! For a lot of people, Super Mario Galaxy was a return to form for 3D Mario, the harbinger of a new golden age for console platformers. Now we have two 3D Marios and a 2D Mario all on one system, and Marioboys couldn't be happier. This game hasn't quite stalled out - it's sold another ~450k since the last edition of this list - but it's slowing down and will likely hit its final shipiments sometime in the next year. It's unknown if its sequel, Super Mario Galaxy 2, will be able to match its sales, but we'll all be watching.

25. Assassin's Creed - 8.61 million sold

4.86 million 360, 3.75 million PS3

Assassin's Creed is holding doggedly onto relevance, selling anothr 500,000 copies since its sequel was released. How's that for stayingn power? It's possible that Mario 64 DS will pass it up before too long, but time will tell.

26. Super Mario 64 DS - 8.37 million sold

What's that? A Nintendo game selling over eight million copies? Big deal. ...Wait, it's within a stone's throw of Mario Galaxy? And closing in? And it's a port of a game that was nearly a decade old when this came out!? Super Mario 64 DS is kind of the Cinderella story of the Nintendo DS: it had to get past crappy controls and a fragmented world system to do it, but it's gone on to stand proudly next to every single 3D Mario platformer. By the end of the gen it might be the second-best-selling of that line, with the best being the original Mario 64.

27. LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures - 7.84 million sold

3.54 million 360, 1.74 million DS, 1.73 million Wii, 0.83 million PSP, 0.68 million PS3

The smirk really says it all. The second major IP in the current-gen LEGO line, Indiana Jones was propelled into the top thirty thanks to some very savvy and aggressive 360 bundling during the 2008 holiday season. The best part? The game probably would have made it into the top 50 anyway. You go, Indy.

28. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver - 7.81

As Pokemon games go, Heart Gold and Soul Silver have quite a distance to walk before they can strut with the big boys, but for re-releases they've done all right. It's yet to be seen if they'll end up selling better than Fire Red and Leaf Green (3 million to go), but this is Pokemon we're talking about: anything can happen.

29. FIFA Soccer 10 - 7.75 million sold

3.31 million PS3, 2.54 million 360, 0.79 million Wii, 0.69 million PSP, 0.42 million DS

The best-selling futbol game on this list by a considerable margin, there should be no explanation necessary: thtisi s the most popular sport in the world, and it's going to continue to move video games until buyers get sick of it (which menas it iwll move games forever).

30. Guitar Hero: World Tour - 7.44 million sold

3.42 million Wii, 2.48 million 360, 1.54 PS3

In a way this is sort of a last hurrah for the rhythm-based music genre: all the innovation and teamwork-based appeal of the Rock Band franchise combined with the sheer brand power of Guitar Hero collided in a perfect storm to create one of the highest-grossing music games of all time. After this, most agree that the series went downhill, and some blame this on oversaturation but one also has to wonder: where else was there to go? With PS2 sales counted, this just barely misses the 9 million mark; I don't even wat to think about how much money that is.

31. Assassin's Creed II - 7.39 million sold

3.83 million 360, 3.56 million PS3

"We fixed everything wrong with the first game," Ubisoft said. Gamers said, "Oh. All right. I better get on buying that, then." It's yet to be seen if this can surpass the original in raw sales, but it's going to make a hell of a try at it.

32. Mario Party 8 - 7.07  million sold

The best-selling game in the Mario Party franchise may also be its last: with the announcement of Wii Party, it loks like Nintendo may be retiring the plumber's board game shenanigans altogether. As such, it's unlikely that it will ever be surpassed in its own franchise. It will be interesting to see whether or not Wii Party can surpass this game in terms of accolades and revenue.

33. LEGO Batman: The Videogame - 7.00 million sold

2.57 million 360, 1.61 million Wii, 1.53 million DS, 0.77 million PSP, 0.52 million PS3

Holy frijoles, Batman! Yet another LEGO SKU that's made it htis high at least partially due to aggressive bundling, LEGO Batman manages to hit a quirky middleground between 60's camp and modern seriousness in the guise of LEGO, which makes everything as safe and approachable as can be. It's the least-selling of the big three LEGO games this gen, but that's nothingn to sneeze at.

34. Pokemon Platinum - 6.96 million sold

Pokemon Platinum is one of those special Pokemon games that stand as a third pillar in any given generation - relegated to lower sales than Diamond and Pearl, it still manages to strut its stuff like nobody's business. It passed up Crystal as the second-best-selling Third Pillar in the franchise, but it has exactly no chance of ever passing up Yellow (which has more than double Platinum's sales).

35. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - 6.79 million sold

2.23 million 360, 1.58 million PS3, 1.47 million Wii, 0.78 million PSP, 0.73 million DS

You know what people love about Star Wars? Jedi. You know what this game let you do? Play as a Jedi. You could slice people and objects with your lightsaber, shoot lightning, throw TIE Fighters around, and watch two men hold a tenuous embrace as they spiral outward into cold oblivion. Its sales are, of course, no surprise.

36. Mario Party DS - 6.60 million sold

You know, it really says something when a single DS Mario Party outsells any other two games in this series from past generations. Do people just like Mario, or Parties, or what?

37. Big Brain Academy - 6.47 million sold

For being Brain Age Lite, this sold incredibly well. Actually, it sold incredibly well anyway. This is one of the best-selling and most unique games that's doomed to be forgotten next to a bigger, burlier, more intuitive cousin.

38. FIFA Soccer 08 - 6.15 million sold

1.69 million PS3, 1.46 million 360, 1.15 million PSP, 1.00 million Wii, 0.85 million DS

I don't know a lot about FIFA, or futbol, or anything like that. I know they sell a lot of games! This game sold a lot, you guys.

39. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories - 6.10 million sold

It's almost amazing how a side story collection of grand Theft Auto can still be a comparative sales titan. This is the only PSP exclusive on the list, and outsold every single PS3 exclusive, and all but one 360 exclusive. Pretty insane for a piece of hardware that traditionally has trouble moving software. With PS2 sales included, it's at around 9.5 million units.

40. Gears of War - 6.06 million sold

I love me some Gears. A lot of people do. Before Halo 3, this was the game to own on the system, the game that, for better or worse, helped shaped the public perception of the game for a couple of years. It's still appreciated for its highly polished co-op mode, continues to sell in small amounts to this day. Nearly four years after its launch it may finally be coming to a rest, but that's all right: it did everything it needed to do.

41. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games - 6.00 million sold

3.31 million Wii, 2.69 million DS

The sequel to the megahit Mario and Sonic hasn't set the world on fire to the same degree that its predecessor did, but this is the kind of game that should have legs enough to keep climbing the ranks. Who would have thought over a concept almost no one initially took seriously? I mean, it's sporting events, and one of them is Sonic.

42. Resident Evil 5 - 5.98 million sold

3.23 million PS3, 2.75 million 360

What do people love? They love Resident Evil. What else do people love? Co-op shooters. How much do people love co-op Resident Evil shooters? Enough for it to sell about six million copies, chump! Not as universally praised as its predecessor, Resident Evil 5 still lit the charts on fire for obvious reaosns.

43. FIFA Soccer 09 - 5.96 million sold

2.43 million PS3, 2.06 million 360, 1.04 million PSP, 0.43 mllion DS

You know, every single FIFA game that released primarily on current-gen systems made this list. What does that say? Something about loving futbol.

44. Gears of War 2 - 5.73 million sold

It was Gears of War, only moreso. We were promised a game that was bigger, badder, and more bad-ass, and we got exactly that. With a third game announced, it will be interesting to see if the series's momentum can carry through another iteration, and whether or not Gears 2 can stay in the top 50 over time. We'll probably know by the end of the year.

45. Madden NFL 10 - 5.63 million sold

2.46 million 360, 1.94 million PS3, 0.68 million Wii, 0.55 million PSP

This game is the sole representative of the gridiron on this list, which is still mighty impressive considering how much fewer people watch American football. This game won't remain in the top 50 by gen's end, and then the list will be sadly empty of good old fashioned American pig-skin.

46. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 5.56 million sold

This game may not have captured people's imaginations to the same degree as Mario Galaxy, but by God it's managed to do enough. It's clung tenaciously to the top 50 list for the entire length of its release in November of 2006, and even though its eventual fall from the list is a foregone conclusion it may be able to hold on for a few more months if it sees a boost in the wake of the Zelda Wii announcement. A more interesting question might be whether or not Zelda Wii can tap into the mainstream that Zelda has always just barely missed, bringing the series to new heights. This game, when counting Gamecube sales, has sold 7.12 million copies, making it the second-best-selling game in the franchise.

47. Need for Speed: ProStreet - 5.51 million sold

2.08 million 360, 1.79 million PS3, 0.93 million Wii,  0.60 million PSP, 0.11 million DS

Vroom vroom! This is the only non-Mario Kart racing title on the entire list, which is saying a lot in a generation dominated by shooters, platformers, and party games. Its fall is inevitable, but it will most likely be replaced by Gran Turismo 5 whenever that hits.

48. Kung Fu Panda - 5.48 million sold

3.08 million 360, 1.16 million DS, 0.82 million Wii, 0.42 million PS3

Aggressive bundling is the name of the game for some unlikely properties, and Kung Fu Panda is the one that wouldn't have made the list without it. Its meteoric rise up the charts was answered by a tepid leveling off, and it will be pushed off the list very soon.

49. Final Fantasy XIII - 5.43 million sold

4.05 million PS3, 1.38 million 360

Okay, darth! It made it. Just barely. This is the best-selling tv-connected-console RPG of the generation, and te only representative of its franchise on this list. As first Final Fantasy entries in a generation go its performance has been relatively poor, but it may nont be fair to compare it to Final Fantasies VII and X. It will continue to sell for some time, easily waltzing past 6 million sales, and should stay in the top 50 for at least another year or so.

50. Fallout 3 - 5.27 million sold

3.12 million 350, 2.15 million PS3

The other best-selling console RPG of the generation, this game just barely edges out Halo 3: ODST for the 50th spot. It's not going to stay, but that's more of a testament to the ferocity of this generation's sales environment than it is a slight against the game, which has performed beyond all expectations. God's speed, Pip Boy. God's speed.

Reserved - also, stay classy, Bobo.

You guys can post now.

Mine would go:

1. Super Mario Galaxy

2. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver

3. Super Smash Bros Brawl

4. Bioshock

5. New Super Smash Bros Brawl