Data from VGChartz. Retail only

1. Pokemon X/Y- 13.87ml 3DS

2. Mario Kart 7- 12.03ml 3DS

3. Super Mario 3D Land- 10.75ml 3DS

4. Pokemon ORAS- 10.45ML 3DS

5. New Super Mario Bros 2- 9.71ml 3DS

6. Animal Crossing New Leaf- 8.96ml 3DS

7. Mario Kart 8- 6.86ml Wii U

8. New Super Mario Bros U- 5.15ml Wii U

9. Tomodachi Life- 5.01ml 3DS

10. Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon- 4.54ml 3DS

Now a list without handhelds.

1. Mario Kart 8- 6.86ml Wii U

2. New Super Mario Bros U- 5.15ml Wii U

3. Nintendo Land- 4.43ml WII U

4. Splatoon- 4.42ml Wii U

5. The Last of us- 4.38ml PS4

6. Uncharted The Nathan Drake Collection- 4.24ml PS4

7. Super Mario 3D World- 4.20ml Wii U

8. Halo 5 Guardian- 3.98ml XB1

9. Halo The Master Chief Collection- 3.11ml XB1

10. Super Mario Maker- 3.08ml Wii U

thoughts?

It's crazy how many some of those 8th gen exclusives are just pretty versions of 7th gen games. Oh well.

I'm assuming it's not accurate. Part of me is sure Uncharted 4 should be there by now.

Can we count the remasters/remakes as exclusives? I mean, if I can get a copy of the game for another system, is it really an exclusive?

Uncharted 4 probably is technically but it has yet to be updated by VGChartz (I assume that's what the OP is using for a point of reference)

the detail added by the OP stating that they were only counting physical copies sold too is relevant too, as something like Halo 5 for example  supposedly has sold a ton of digital copies

anyway, not a huge shocker, Nintendo obviously tends to do quite well with their first party software (which has been a big part of why third party developers get turned off from working with them. A third party like Rockstar is going to be more excited naturally to put their game on a Sony system and for it to be the star rather than release a game for a Nintendo console thats largely ignored in favor of Zelda/Pokemon

anyway

Yeah but they are exclusive to the 8th gen consoles and even without the remasters and remakes there are just more nintendo games so i sorta wanted to make it fair for the other 2 consoles. 

Handheld domination, no surprises there..

Nice to see Splatoon will take spot #3 for list not including handhelds

Not when you consider that two of those remasters were mass bundled with the best selling console of this gen. And there weren't too many alternatives available.

Nintendo systems have less competition for an open world sandbox game like GTA, Wii U just has two AC games, a Lego game, a late port of a Batman Arkham game and Watch Dogs while PlayStation also has Just Cause, Infamous, Saints Row, ELder Scrolls, Fallout, Witcher 3, Mad Max and so many others.

And when game releases are as sparse as on Wii U there is little reason to choose one over the other, you can have both unlike PlayStation where so many games are released every month that a new game can get lost in the crowd.

GTA games still have legs though and that's only due to their quality, or else GTA V wouldn't have continued to sell so well years after its release despite so many new releases, many of which are very good.

Nintendo exclusives have always sold well there is no reason for that to change. Although Uncharted can surpass MK8 with some luck.