List of best-selling Game Boy video games
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This is a list of video games for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color video game consoles that have sold or shipped at least one million copies, including games whose sales figures were published, and games which received the Player's Choice label for selling a million units. The best-selling game on the Game Boy and Game Boy Color is Pokémon Red/Green/Blue/Yellow, which released in 1996 and sold over 46 million units worldwide.[1][2] The second best-selling title is Tetris; first released in Japan on June 14, 1989, Tetris was often bundled with the original Game Boy and went on to sell in excess of 35 million units worldwide.[3] It is followed by the best-selling Game Boy Color game, Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal, which sold over 29 million units in total.[2] The top five is rounded out by the platform's first Super Mario game, Super Mario Land, which sold over 18 million units worldwide,[4] and Dr. Mario with over 5.34 million units sold.[5]
There are a total of 67 Game Boy and Game Boy Color games on the list which are confirmed to have sold or shipped at least one million units. Of these, 20 were developed by internal Nintendo development divisions. Other developers with the most million-selling games include Capcom with seven games, as well as Game Freak, Rare, and Tose with five games each in the list of 66. Of the 66 games on this list, 48 were published in one or more regions by Nintendo. Other publishers with multiple million-selling games include Konami with three games and Bandai and Enix with two games each. The most popular franchises on Game Boy and Game Boy Color include Pokémon (84.54 million combined units), Tetris (38.12 million combined units), Super Mario (34.39 million combined units), Donkey Kong (12.55 million combined units), and Kirby (10.91 million combined units).
List
† | Game was bundled with Game Boy or Game Boy Color consoles during its lifetime |
Game | Developer(s)[a] | Publisher[a] | Platform | Release date[b] | Sales | Ref. |
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Pokémon Red / Green / Blue / Yellow | Game Freak | Nintendo | GB | February 27, 1996 | 46,020,000 | [1][2] |
Tetris † | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GB | June 14, 1989 | 35,000,000 | [3] |
Pokémon Gold / Silver / Crystal | Game Freak | Nintendo | GBC | November 21, 1999 | 29,490,000 | [2] |
Super Mario Land | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GB | April 21, 1989 | 18,140,000 | [4] |
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GB | October 21, 1992 | 11,180,000 | [4] |
Dr. Mario | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GB | July 27, 1990 | 5,340,000 | [5] |
Pokémon Pinball | Jupiter | Nintendo | GBC | April 14, 1999 | 5,310,000 | [6] |
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GB | January 21, 1994 | 5,190,000 | [6] |
Kirby's Dream Land | HAL Laboratory | Nintendo | GB | April 27, 1992 | 5,130,000 | [6] |
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | GBC | May 1, 1999 | 5,070,000 | [6] |
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages | Flagship | Nintendo | GBC | February 27, 2001 | 3,960,000 | [7] |
Donkey Kong Land | Rare | Nintendo | GB | June 26, 1995 | 3,910,000 | [6] |
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening † | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | GB | June 6, 1993 | 3,830,000 | [7] |
Pokémon Trading Card Game |
| Nintendo | GBC | December 18, 1998 | 3,720,000 | [6] |
F-1 Race | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GB | November 9, 1990 | 3,410,000 | [6] |
Yoshi | Game Freak | Nintendo | GB | December 14, 1991 | 3,120,000 | [6] |
Donkey Kong |
| Nintendo | GB | June 14, 1994 | 3,070,000 | [6] |
Tamagotchi (Game de Hakken!! Tamagotchi) | Bandai | Bandai | GB | 1997 | 3,000,000 | [8] |
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelists | Konami | Konami | GBC | December 7, 2000 | 2,500,000 | [9] |
Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories | Konami | Konami | GBC | July 13, 2000 | 2,396,518 | [c] |
Kirby's Dream Land 2 | HAL Laboratory | Nintendo | GB | March 21, 1995 | 2,360,000 | [6] |
Donkey Kong Land 2 | Rare | Nintendo | GB | September 23, 1996 | 2,350,000 | [6] |
Dragon Warrior Monsters | Tose | Enix | GBC | September 25, 1998 | 2,350,000 | [12] |
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | GBC | December 12, 1998 | 2,220,000 | [7] |
Wario Land 3 | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GBC | March 21, 2000 | 2,200,000 | [6] |
Kirby's Pinball Land | HAL Laboratory | Nintendo | GB | November 27, 1993 | 2,190,000 | [6] |
Donkey Kong Country | Rare | Nintendo | GBC | November 4, 2000 | 2,190,000 | [6] |
Golf | Nintendo | Nintendo | GB | November 28, 1989 | 2,120,000 | [6] |
Tennis | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GB | May 29, 1989 | 1,990,000 | [6] |
Alleyway | Nintendo | GB | April 21, 1989 | 1,940,000 | [6] | |
Tetris DX | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GBC | October 21, 1998 | 1,880,000 | [6] |
Metroid II: Return of Samus | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GB | November 1991 | 1,720,000 | [6] |
Baseball | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GB | April 21, 1989 | 1,610,000 | [6] |
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters | Konami | Konami | GB | December 16, 1998 | 1,610,000 | [13] |
Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 | Tose | Enix | GBC | March 9, 2001 | 1,570,000 | [12] |
Yoshi's Cookie | Bullet-Proof Software | Nintendo | GB | November 21, 1992 | 1,530,000 | [6] |
Wario Land II | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GB | March 1, 1998 | 1,480,000 | [6] |
Game de Hakken!! Tamagotchi 2 | Bandai | Bandai | GB | 1997 | 1,450,000 | [9] |
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark Duel Stories | Konami | Konami | GBC | July 8, 1999 | 1,450,000 | [9] |
DuckTales | Capcom | Capcom | GB | September 21, 1990 | 1,430,000 | [14] |
The Final Fantasy Legend | Square | Square | GB | December 15, 1989 | 1,370,000 | [12] |
Yakuman | Intelligent Systems | Nintendo | GB | April 21, 1989 | 1,280,000 | [6] |
Tetris 2 |
| Nintendo | GB | December 1993 | 1,240,000 | [6] |
Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble | Nintendo R&D2 | Nintendo | GBC | August 23, 2000 | 1,230,000 | [6] |
Game & Watch Gallery 2 | Tose | Nintendo | GBC | September 27, 1997 | 1,220,000 | [6] |
Game & Watch Gallery 3 | Tose | Nintendo | GBC | April 8, 1999 | 1,220,000 | [6] |
Solar Striker | Minakuchi Engineering | Nintendo | GB | January 26, 1990 | 1,200,000 | [6] |
Mario Tennis | Camelot Software Planning | Nintendo | GBC | November 1, 2000 | 1,180,000 | [6] |
Qix | Minakuchi Engineering | Nintendo | GB | April 13, 1990 | 1,150,000 | [6] |
Super R.C. Pro-Am | Rare | Nintendo | GB | June 1991 | 1,140,000 | [6] |
Donkey Kong Land III | Rare | Nintendo | GB | October 27, 1997 | 1,030,000 | [6] |
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle | Kemco | Kemco | GB | September 5, 1989 | 1,000,000 | [15] |
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2 | Kemco | Kemco | GB | April 26, 1991 | 1,000,000 | [15] |
Mickey's Dangerous Chase | Now Production | Capcom | GB | May 15, 1991 | 1,000,000 | [15] |
The Little Mermaid | Capcom | Capcom | GB | July 19, 1991 | 1,000,000 | [15] |
Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge | Minakuchi Engineering | Capcom | GB | July 26, 1991 | 1,000,000 | [15] |
Mega Man II | Japan System House | Capcom | GB | December 20, 1991 | 1,000,000 | [15] |
Wave Race |
| Nintendo | GB | July 1, 1992 | 1,000,000 | [15] |
Star Wars | NMS Software | Capcom | GB | November 1992 | 1,000,000 | [15] |
DuckTales 2 | Make Software | Capcom | GB | April 23, 1993 | 1,000,000 | [15] |
Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands! | Kemco | Kemco | GB | December 22, 1993 | 1,000,000 | [15] |
Space Invaders | Taito | Nintendo | GB | 1994 | 1,000,000 | [15] |
The Smurfs | Bit Managers | Infogrames | GB | 1994 | 1,000,000 | [15] |
Street Fighter II | Sun L | Nintendo | GB | August 11, 1995 | 1,000,000 | [15] |
Game & Watch Gallery | Tose | Nintendo | GB | February 1, 1997 | 1,000,000 | [6] |
James Bond 007 | Saffire | Nintendo | GB | January 29, 1998 | 1,000,000 | [15] |
Notes
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External links
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