Top 10 games in the US 1995-2002

[Drunk Hobbit]

1. Super Mario 64/5.9 million units/$307.2 million
2. Pokemon Yellow/5.1 million units/$128.5 million
3. Goldeneye 007/5.0 million units/$250.6 million
4. Pokemon Blue/5.0 million units/$134.3 million
5. Pokemon Red/4.8 million units/$128.9 million
6. Mario Kart 64/4.8 million units/$237.3 million
7. Pokemon Silver/3.8 million units/$105.0 million
8. Pokemon Gold/3.5 million units/$102.1 million
9. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time/3.5 million units/ $194.2 million
10. Grand Theft Auto 3/3.3 million units/$167.3 million

[Crono]

Pokemon Dominating the list? Not surprising. And its nice to see 90% of those are on a Nintendo console. :D

[Jonbo298]

Wow, I'm a little surprised to see GTA:3 at #10. But for some reason, I seriously think OoT sold more than 3.5 million units. But this goes to show that just because the '64 wasn't the greatest. It sold well in the games department. But I too am glad and not surprised Nintendo dominates the list. Im just thankful Pokemon didn't take down Mario.:D

*Edit* I also noticed Pokemon Yellow sold more than Blue or Red. Odd. Is there a source where you got this Danny? I would like to know.

[Jason1]

Pokemon selling more than Zelda is a national discrace. You people should be ashamed of yourselves.

But, this just proves the fact that nintendo really does make the best games, they just dont pump em out as fast as other consoles.

[Drunk Hobbit]

Source: http://www.bofasecurities.com/featuredresearch/content/docs/VG-6-7-02.pdf

Nintendo 64, good it did
Top Racing Game in US: Mario Kart 64
Top Fighting Game in US: Super Smash Bros.
Top Shooter Game in US: GoldenEye followed by Star Fox 64

[Joeiss]

I believe that Yellow beat Red and Blue. Why, you ask? Because Pokemon Red and Blue built up a big fan base. And then when yellow was released, lots and lots of people bought that.

[-apu-]

and then they were greatly dissappointed and no one bothered with silver and gold.....and crystal wuz just killing it again......all in all the best pokemon games were the first ones

[Drunk Hobbit]

Yeah, I never really became that attached to the new pokémon. The first 151 just couldn't be beat.

[GameKinG]

I think they ran out of good ideas after that.

[Crono]

Having 251 Pokemon was okay..but now with Ruby and Saphire...with more than 300...thats going too far.

[-apu-]

i heard about ruby but....Sapphire???
Someone put a bullet in my head or at least put an end to this line of CRAP!!!!

And Whats next? Diamond Super Platinum ultra over 3 billion pokemon mega topaz?:D

[Mushlafa]

Originally posted by -apu-
i heard about ruby but....Sapphire???
Someone put a bullet in my head or at least put an end to this line of CRAP!!!!

And Whats next? Diamond Super Platinum ultra over 3 billion pokemon mega topaz?:D

they jus gonna keep milking the franchise and making millions of dollars for sup bar games :p

[-apu-]

i mean this is really ticking me off:mad:

[Mushlafa]

Originally posted by -apu-
i mean this is really ticking me off:mad:

why? you dont buy every single game do you?

[Idiot]

Well, Nintendo aren't the only RPG makers milking a franchise. In fact, if Nintendo, SquareSoft, Enix etc. don't create another revoloutionary game of a caliber of Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy VII or Ocarina of Time, the genre could be heading for a dark age indeed.

[Joeiss]

Originally posted by Idiot
Well, Nintendo aren't the only RPG makers milking a franchise. In fact, if Nintendo, SquareSoft, Enix etc. don't create another revoloutionary game of a caliber of Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy VII or Ocarina of Time, the genre could be heading for a dark age indeed.


Kingdom Hearts.

[Idiot]

Do you mean Kingdom Hearts in the sense of evidence that the genre is dilapidated, or the game being revoloutionary?

[Smuggletrain]

Im shocked FF:VII didn't make the list. It was the reason I finally broke down and bought a PS1.

[TheGame]

Funny, GTA:Vice City will clock in at #7 on Pre-orders alone... no telling how for it will go after that.