The list of best-selling Nintendo Entertainment System video games totals 75 games with sales or shipments of at least one million copies. The Family Computer (Famicom) video game console was first released in 1983 and later redesigned as the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1985. Its best-selling game is Super Mario Bros., first released in Japan on September 13, 1985, with sales of more than 40million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling video games of all time. Two sequels are within the top five best-selling NES games: Super Mario Bros. 2 ranks fourth at 7.46million units, and Super Mario Bros. 3 ranks third at 18million units. The remaining top five are Duck Hunt with 28million units and The Legend of Zelda with 6.5million units.

Of these 87 games, 31 were developed by internal Nintendo development divisions, and 41 were published by Nintendo. Other developers with the most million-selling games include Capcom with seven games, and Konami, Hudson Soft, and Tose, with six games each. Other publishers include Capcom with seven games, Konami with six games, Bandai and Hudson Soft with five games each, and Enix and Namco with four games each. The most popular franchises on NES include Super Mario with 67.63million combined units, Dragon Quest with 11.475million combined units, and The Legend of Zelda with 10.89million combined units.

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+ Key Game was bundled with console during its lifetime

Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Release date Sales Super Mario Bros. Nintendo R&D4 Nintendo 40,240,000 Duck Hunt Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo 28,310,000 Super Mario Bros. 3 Nintendo R&D4 Nintendo 18,000,000 Tetris Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo 8,000,000 Super Mario Bros. 2 (international version) Nintendo R&D4 Nintendo 7,460,000 The Legend of Zelda Nintendo R&D4 Nintendo 6,510,000 Dr. Mario Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo 4,850,000 Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Nintendo R&D4 Nintendo 4,380,000 Excitebike Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo 4,160,000 Golf Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo 4,010,000 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Konami 4,000,000 Dragon Quest III Chunsoft Enix 3,895,000 Kung Fu Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo 3,500,000 Baseball Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo 3,200,000 Dragon Quest IV Chunsoft Enix 3,180,000 World Class Track Meet TRY Co. Nintendo 3,080,000 Punch-Out!! Nintendo R&D3 Nintendo 3,000,000 Metroid Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo 2,730,000 Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese version) Nintendo R&D4 Nintendo 2,650,000 Dragon Quest II Chunsoft Enix 2,550,000 Ice Hockey Nintendo R&D2 Nintendo 2,420,000 Pro Wrestling Nintendo R&D3 Nintendo 2,400,000 Mario Bros. Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo 2,280,000 Tennis Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo 2,170,000 Volleyball Nintendo R&D3 Nintendo 2,150,000 Mah-Jong Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo 2,140,000 R.C. Pro-Am Rare Nintendo 2,140,000 Pro Yakyū Family Stadium (R.B.I. Baseball) Namco Namco 2,050,000 Dragon Quest Chunsoft 2,000,000 Top Gun Konami Konami 2,000,000 Soccer Intelligent Systems Nintendo 1,960,000 Rad Racer Square 1,960,000 Pinball Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo 1,850,000Ninja GaidenTecmoTecmo1,800,000 Kid Icarus Nintendo 1,760,000 Yoshi Game Freak Nintendo 1,750,000 Kirby's Adventure HAL Laboratory Nintendo 1,750,000 DuckTales Capcom Capcom 1,670,000 Ghosts 'n Goblins Capcom 1,640,000 Bases Loaded Tose Jaleco 1,580,000 Donkey Kong Classics Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo 1,560,000 Tecmo Bowl Tecmo Tecmo 1,530,000 F1 Race HAL Laboratory Nintendo 1,520,000 Mega Man 2 Capcom Capcom 1,510,000 Lode Runner Hudson Soft 1,500,000 Xevious Namco 1,500,000 Ice Climber Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo 1,500,000 Ninja Hattori-kun Hudson Soft Hudson Soft 1,500,000 Mighty Bomb Jack Tecmo Tecmo 1,500,000 Nintendo World Cup Technōs Japan 1,480,000 4 Nin Uchi Mahjong Hudson Soft Nintendo 1,450,000 Final Fantasy III Square Square 1,400,000 Gyromite Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo 1,320,000 Final Fantasy Square Square 1,300,000 Pro Yakyū Family Stadium '87 Namco Namco 1,300,000 Hogan's Alley Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo 1,270,000 Ninja Kid Tose Bandai 1,250,000 Dragon Power Tose Bandai 1,250,000 Battletoads Rare Tradewest 1,250,000 TwinBee Konami Konami 1,200,000 Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū Konami Konami 1,200,000 Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers Capcom Capcom 1,200,000 Tecmo Super Bowl Tecmo Tecmo 1,190,000 Doraemon Hudson Soft Hudson Soft 1,150,000 Commando Capcom Capcom 1,140,000 Donkey Kong Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo 1,130,000 Yoshi's Cookie Tose Nintendo 1,120,000 Donkey Kong Jr. Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo 1,110,000 Popeye Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo 1,100,000 Pro Yakyū Family Stadium '88 Namco Namco 1,080,000 Mega Man 3 Capcom Capcom 1,080,000 Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden Tose Bandai 1,060,000 Tag Team Match: MUSCLE Tose Bandai 1,050,000 Adventure Island Hudson Soft Hudson Soft 1,050,000 WWF WrestleMania Rare Acclaim Entertainment 1,042,408 Ninja JaJaMaru-kun Jaleco 1,000,000 1942 Capcom 1,000,000 Bomberman Hudson Soft Hudson Soft 1,000,000 Hydlide T&E Soft 1,000,000 Gradius Konami Konami 1,000,000 Tiger Heli Micronics 1,000,000 Momotarō Densetsu Hudson Soft Hudson Soft 1,000,000 Metal Gear Konami 1,000,000 NES Open Tournament Golf Nintendo R&D2 Nintendo 1,000,000 Castlevania Konami Konami 1,000,000https://retrocdn.net/images/e/e1/Edge_UK_032.pdf#page=54 Fester's Quest Sunsoft Sunsoft 1,000,000 Mickey Mousecapade Hudson Soft 1,000,000

See also List of best-selling Nintendo video games

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