This is a list of video games for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color handheld video game consoles that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. It includes games with publicly available sales figures as well as those that received the Player's Choice label for surpassing one million units sold.
The best-selling title is the first generation of Pokémon (Red/Blue and Yellow), released in 1996, with combined sales of approximately 46 million units worldwide. The second best-selling game is Tetris, originally released in Japan on June 14, 1989. Frequently bundled with the Game Boy, over 35 million copies of Tetris were shipped worldwide. It is followed by the best-selling Game Boy Color game, the second generation of Pokémon (Gold/Silver and Crystal), which collectively sold 29 million units. Rounding out the top five are Super Mario Land, the first Super Mario title on the platform, with over 18 million units sold, and Dr. Mario, which surpassed 5.34 million copies. The most successful franchises on the Game Boy and Game Boy Color include Pokémon (84.54million combined units), Tetris (38.12million), Super Mario (34.39million), Donkey Kong (12.55million), and Kirby (10.91million).
In total, 67 Game Boy and Game Boy Color games have been confirmed to have sold or shipped at least one million units. Of these, 20 were developed by Nintendo's internal studios. Capcom follows with seven million-selling titles, while Game Freak, Rare, and Tose each have five. Other publishers with multiple million-selling games include Konami (three titles) and both Bandai and Enix (two titles each). List + Key † Game was bundled with Game Boy or Game Boy Color consoles during its lifetime † Game is part of a series, total sales listed above
Game Developer(s) Publisher Platform Release date Sales Pokémon Generation I Game Freak NintendoGB 45,900,000 Pokémon Red, Green and Blue Game Freak NintendoGB 31,300,000 Pokémon Yellow Game Freak NintendoGB 14,600,000 Tetris † Nintendo R&D1 NintendoGB 35,000,000 Pokémon Generation II Game Freak NintendoGBC 30,000,000 Pokémon Gold and Silver Game Freak NintendoGBC 23,700,000 Pokémon Crystal Game Freak NintendoGBC 6,300,000Super Mario Land † Nintendo R&D1 NintendoGB 18,140,000Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins † Nintendo R&D1 NintendoGB 11,180,000 Dr. Mario Nintendo R&D1 NintendoGB 5,340,000 Pokémon Pinball NintendoGBC 5,310,000 Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Nintendo R&D1 NintendoGB 5,190,000 Kirby's Dream Land HAL Laboratory NintendoGB 5,130,000 Super Mario Bros. Deluxe Nintendo R&D2 NintendoGBC 5,070,000 The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages Flagship NintendoGBC 3,990,000 Donkey Kong Land Rare NintendoGB 3,910,000 The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening † Nintendo EAD NintendoGB 3,830,000 Pokémon Trading Card Game NintendoGBC 3,720,000 F1 Race Nintendo R&D1 NintendoGB 3,410,000 Yoshi Game Freak NintendoGB 3,120,000 Donkey Kong NintendoGB 3,070,000 Game de Hakken!! Tamagotchi Bandai BandaiGB 3,000,000 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelists Konami KonamiGBC 2,500,000 Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories Konami KonamiGBC 2,396,518 Kirby's Dream Land 2 HAL Laboratory NintendoGB 2,360,000 Donkey Kong Land 2 Rare NintendoGB 2,350,000 Dragon Warrior Monsters Tose EnixGBC 2,350,000 The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX Nintendo EAD NintendoGBC 2,220,000 Wario Land 3 Nintendo R&D1 NintendoGBC 2,200,000 Kirby's Pinball Land HAL Laboratory NintendoGB 2,190,000 Donkey Kong Country Rare NintendoGBC 2,190,000 Golf Nintendo NintendoGB 2,120,000 Tennis Nintendo R&D1 NintendoGB 1,990,000 Alleyway NintendoGB 1,940,000 Tetris DX Nintendo R&D1 NintendoGBC 1,880,000 Metroid II: Return of Samus Nintendo R&D1 NintendoGB 1,720,000 Baseball Nintendo R&D1 NintendoGB 1,610,000 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Konami KonamiGB 1,610,000 Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 Tose EnixGBC 1,570,000 Yoshi's Cookie Bullet-Proof Software NintendoGB 1,530,000 Wario Land II Nintendo R&D1 NintendoGB 1,480,000 Game de Hakken!! Tamagotchi 2 Bandai BandaiGB 1,450,000 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark Duel Stories Konami KonamiGBC 1,450,000 DuckTales Capcom CapcomGB 1,430,000 The Final Fantasy Legend Square SquareGB 1,370,000 Yakuman Intelligent Systems NintendoGB 1,280,000 Tetris 2 NintendoGB 1,240,000 Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble Nintendo R&D2 NintendoGBC 1,230,000 Game & Watch Gallery 2 Tose NintendoGBC 1,220,000 Game & Watch Gallery 3 Tose NintendoGBC 1,220,000 Solar Striker Minakuchi Engineering NintendoGB 1,200,000 Mario Tennis Camelot Software Planning NintendoGBC 1,180,000 Qix Minakuchi Engineering NintendoGB 1,150,000 Super R.C. Pro-Am Rare NintendoGB 1,140,000 Donkey Kong Land III Rare NintendoGB 1,030,000 The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle Kemco KemcoGB 1,000,000 The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2 Kemco KemcoGB 1,000,000 Mickey's Dangerous Chase Now Production CapcomGB 1,000,000 The Little Mermaid Capcom CapcomGB 1,000,000 Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge Minakuchi Engineering CapcomGB 1,000,000 Mega Man II Japan System House CapcomGB 1,000,000 Wave Race NintendoGB 1,000,000 Star Wars NMS Software CapcomGB 1,000,000 DuckTales 2 Make Software CapcomGB 1,000,000 Mortal Kombat Probe Software AcclaimGB 1,000,000 Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands! Kemco KemcoGB 1,000,000 Space Invaders Taito NintendoGB 1,000,000 The Smurfs Bit Managers InfogramesGB 1,000,000 Street Fighter II Sun L NintendoGB 1,000,000 Game & Watch Gallery Tose NintendoGB 1,000,000 James Bond 007 Saffire NintendoGB 1,000,000
See also List of best-selling Nintendo video games
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