List of best-selling GameCube video games

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This is a list of video games for the GameCube video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. The best-selling game on the GameCube is Super Smash Bros. Melee. First released in Japan on November 21, 2001, it went on to sell just over 7.4 million units worldwide.^[1][2] The second best-selling game was Mario Kart: Double Dash, selling 6.88 million units. Super Mario Sunshine is the console's third best-selling game, with 5.91 million units.^[3]

GameCube with controller

There are a total of 36 GameCube games on this list which are confirmed to have sold or shipped at least one million units. Of these, eight were developed by internal Nintendo development divisions. Other developers with the most million-selling titles include Hudson Soft and Namco with four games each, and Capcom with three games. Of the 36 games on this list, 26 were published in one or more regions by Nintendo. Other publishers with multiple million-selling games include Sega with five games, Capcom with three games, and The Pokémon Company with two games.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]} The best-selling franchises on GameCube include Resident Evil (4.2 million combined sales),^[10][11][12] The Legend of Zelda (5.75 million combined sales),^{[13][14][15][16]} Sonic the Hedgehog (7.1 million combined sales),^{[17][18][19][20][21][22][23]} and most notably Mario (26.68 million combined sales).^[24]

By June 30, 2024, 208.58 million total copies of games had been sold for the GameCube.^[25] Despite coming in at 3rd place during the 6th generation of video game consoles, it has the highest attach rate of any Nintendo console at 9.59.^[26][27]

List

Game	Copies sold	Release date[a]	Developer(s)	Publisher(s)
Super Smash Bros. Melee	7.41 million[1][28]	November 21, 2001	HAL Laboratory	Nintendo
Mario Kart: Double Dash	6.88 million[1][29]	November 14, 2003	Nintendo EAD	Nintendo
Super Mario Sunshine	5.91 million[1][3]	July 19, 2002	Nintendo EAD	Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker	4.43 million[1][2]	December 13, 2002	Nintendo EAD	Nintendo
Luigi's Mansion	3.33 million[1][2][b]	September 14, 2001	Nintendo EAD	Nintendo
Metroid Prime	2.84 million[2]	November 18, 2002	Retro Studios	Nintendo
Animal Crossing	2.71 million[c][2]	December 14, 2001	Nintendo EAD	Nintendo
Mario Party 4	2.46 million[2]	October 21, 2002	Hudson Soft	Nintendo
Pokémon Colosseum	2.41 million[2]	November 21, 2003	Genius Sonority	Nintendo The Pokémon Company
Mario Party 5	2.17 million[2]	November 10, 2003	Hudson Soft	Nintendo
Mario Party 7	2.08 million[2]	November 7, 2005	Hudson Soft	Nintendo
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door	1.91 million[2]	July 22, 2004	Intelligent Systems	Nintendo
Star Fox Adventures	1.82 million[2]	September 23, 2002	Rare	Nintendo
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle	1.73 million[d]	December 20, 2001	Sonic Team USA	Sega
Mario Party 6	1.63 million[2]	November 18, 2004	Hudson Soft	Nintendo
Pikmin	1.60 million[2]	October 26, 2001	Nintendo EAD	Nintendo
Resident Evil 4	1.60 million[34]	January 11, 2005	Capcom Production Studio 4	Capcom
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut	1.60 million[35]	June 18, 2003	Sonic Team	Sega
Super Mario Strikers	1.60 million[2]	November 18, 2005	Next Level Games	Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	1.43 million[2]	December 2, 2006	Nintendo EAD	Nintendo
Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness	1.42 million[2]	August 4, 2005	Genius Sonority	Nintendo The Pokémon Company
Sonic Heroes	1.42 million[35]	December 30, 2003	Sonic Team	Sega
Sonic Mega Collection	1.37 million[e]	November 10, 2002	Sonic Team	Sega
Resident Evil	1.35 million[34]	March 22, 2002	Capcom Production Studio 4	Capcom
Kirby Air Ride	1.35 million[2]	July 11, 2003	HAL Laboratory	Nintendo
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles	1.30 million[36]	August 8, 2003	The Game Designers Studio	Nintendo
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour	1.27 million[2][f]	July 28, 2003	Camelot Software Planning	Nintendo
Resident Evil Zero	1.25 million[34]	November 12, 2002	Capcom	Capcom
Donkey Konga	1.18 million[2]	December 12, 2003	Namco	Nintendo
Mario Power Tennis	1.16 million[2]	October 28, 2004	Camelot Software Planning	Nintendo
Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader	1.13 million[h]	November 18, 2001	Factor 5	LucasArts
Pikmin 2	1.12 million[2]	April 29, 2004	Nintendo EAD	Nintendo
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes	1.10 million[2]	November 15, 2004	Retro Studios	Nintendo
Soulcalibur II	1.09 million[i]	March 27, 2003	Namco	Namco
Mario Superstar Baseball	1.05 million[2]	July 21, 2005	Namco	Nintendo
Sonic Gems Collection	1 million[21][22]	August 11, 2005	Sonic Team	Sega

Notes

1. Only the initial release date on this platform is listed.
2. Luigi's Mansion sales breakdown:

   • Japan – 348,918^[30]
   • United Kingdom – 100,000^[31]
   • United States – 2.19 million^[32]
3. Animal Crossing sales breakdown:

   • Japan – 641,300 (original)^[30] and 386,258 (e+)^[33]
   • United States – 1.68 million^[32]
4. Sonic Adventure 2: Battle sales breakdown:

   • Japan – 192,186^[30]
   • United Kingdom – 100,000^[31]
   • United States – 1.44 million^[32]
5. Sonic Mega Collection sales breakdown:

   • Japan – 72,967^[30]
   • United States – 1.30 million^[32]
6. Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour sales breakdown:

   • Japan – 192,802^[30]
   • United States – 1.03 million^[37]
7. Erroneously listed as Star Wars: Battlefront II
8. Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader sales breakdown:

   • United Kingdom – 100,000^[31]
   • United States – 1.03 million^[37][g]
9. Soulcalibur II sales breakdown:

   • Japan – 99,256^[30]
   • United States – 1 million^[37]