List of best-selling Nintendo 3DS video games

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This is a list of Nintendo 3DS video games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies, sorted in order of copies sold. This includes games sold at retail locations and digitally on the Nintendo eShop. Additionally, games that were included in bundle packs with Nintendo 3DS systems are also counted.

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Nintendo 3DS games which have sold or shipped at least one million copies

Title	Total copies sold	Sales Breakdown	Release date	Genre	Developer	Publisher
Pokémon X and Y	14.70 million[1]	N/A	^WW October 12, 2013	Role-playing	Game Freak	Nintendo
Mario Kart 7	13.26 million[1]	N/A	^JP December 1, 2011 ^EU December 2, 2011 ^AUS December 3, 2011 ^NA December 4, 2011	Racing	Nintendo EAD and Retro Studios	Nintendo
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire	11.84 million[1]	N/A	^JP November 21, 2014 ^NA November 21, 2014 ^EU November 28, 2014 ^AUS November 21, 2014	Role-playing	Game Freak	Nintendo
Super Mario 3D Land	10.73 million[1]	1.88 million in Japan[2] 3.85 million in US[3]	^JP November 3, 2011 ^NA November 13, 2011 ^EU November 18, 2011 ^AUS November 24, 2011	Platform	Nintendo EAD	Nintendo
New Super Mario Bros. 2	10.25 million[1]	N/A	^JP July 28, 2012 ^EU August 17, 2012 ^AUS August 18, 2012 ^NA August 19, 2012	Platform	Nintendo EAD	Nintendo
Animal Crossing: New Leaf	10 million[1]	N/A	^JP November 8, 2012 ^NA June 9, 2013 ^EU June 14, 2013 ^AUS June 15, 2013	Life simulation	Nintendo EAD	Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS	8.12 million[1]	N/A	^JP September 13, 2014 ^NA October 3, 2014 ^EU October 3, 2014 ^AUS October 4, 2014	Fighting	Sora Ltd. and Bandai Namco Entertainment	Nintendo
Tomodachi Life	4.98 million[1]	N/A	^JP April 18, 2013 ^NA June 6, 2014 ^EU June 6, 2014 ^AUS June 7, 2014	Life simulation	Nintendo SPD	Nintendo
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon	4.82 million[1]	0.83 million in Japan 1.92 million overseas[4]	^NA March 24, 2013 ^JP March 20, 2013 ^EU March 28, 2013 ^AUS March 28, 2013	Action-adventure	Nintendo SPD and Next Level Games	Nintendo
Monster Hunter 4	4.1 million[5]	4 million in Japan[6]	^JP September 14, 2013	Action role-playing	Capcom	Capcom
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D	4.04 million[1]	1 million in US[3]	^JP June 16, 2011 ^EU June 17, 2011[7] ^NA June 19, 2011 ^AUS June 30, 2011[8]	Action-adventure	Nintendo EAD and Grezzo	Nintendo
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate	4 million[9]	2.7 million[5]in Japan 1 million overseas[10]	^NA February 13, 2015 ^EU February 13, 2015 ^AUS February 14, 2015 ^JP October 11, 2014	Action role-playing	Capcom	Capcom
Nintendogs + Cats	3.96 million[1]	N/A	^JP February 26, 2011 ^NA March 27, 2011 ^EU March 25, 2011	Pet-raising simulation	Nintendo EAD	Nintendo
Monster Hunter X	3.2 million[11]	3.2 million in Japan	^JP November 28, 2015	Action role-playing	Capcom	Capcom
Yo-Kai Watch 2: Ganso and Honke	3.1 million[12]	3.1 million in Japan	^JP July 10, 2014	Role-playing	Level-5	Level-5
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer	3.04 million[13]	1.45 million in Japan 1.48 million overseas	^NA September 25, 2015 ^JP July 2, 2015 ^EU October 2, 2015	Life simulation	Nintendo	Nintendo
Yo-Kai Watch 2: Shin'uchi	2.61 million[14]	2.61 million in Japan	^JP December 13, 2014	Role-playing	Level-5	Level-5
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds	2.51 million[15]	0.47 million in Japan[15] 2.04 million overseas[15]	^NA November 22, 2013 ^EU November 22, 2013 ^AUS November 23, 2013 ^JP December 26, 2013	Action-adventure	Nintendo EAD	Nintendo
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate	2.5 million[5]	N/A	^JP December 10, 2011 ^NA March 19, 2013 ^EU March 22, 2013	Action role-playing	Capcom and Eighting	Capcom
Paper Mario: Sticker Star	2.21 million[16]	0.54 million in Japan[17] 1.28 million overseas[17]	^NA November 11, 2012 ^JP December 6, 2012 ^EU December 7, 2012 ^AUS December 8, 2012	Role-playing	Nintendo SPD, Intelligent Systems and Vanpool	Nintendo
Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team and White Dog Squad	2.2 million[18]	2.2 million in Japan	^JP July 11, 2015	Role-playing	Level-5	Nintendo
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team	2.08 million[15]	0.47 million in Japan[15] 1.61 million overseas[15]	^EU July 12, 2013 ^AUS July 13, 2013 ^JP July 18, 2013 ^NA August 11, 2013	Role-playing	AlphaDream and Good-Feel	Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D	2.03 million[19]	N/A	^NA February 13, 2015 ^EU February 13, 2015 ^JP February 14, 2015 ^AUS February 14, 2015	Action-adventure	Nintendo EAD and Grezzo	Nintendo
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright and Conquest	1.84 million[20]	N/A	^JP June 25, 2015 ^NA February 19, 2016 ^EU May 20, 2016 ^AUS May 21, 2016	Tactical role-playing	Intelligent Systems and Nintendo SPD	Nintendo
Fire Emblem Awakening	1.79 million[21]	N/A	^JP April 19, 2012 ^NA February 4, 2013 ^EU April 19, 2013 ^AUS April 20, 2013	Tactical role-playing	Intelligent Systems and Nintendo SPD	Nintendo
Kirby: Triple Deluxe	1.78 million[19]	N/A	^NA May 2, 2014 ^EU May 16, 2014 ^JP January 11, 2014	Platform	HAL Laboratory	Nintendo
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D	1.52 million[15]	0.37 million in Japan[15] 1.16 million overseas[15]	^NA May 24, 2013 ^EU May 24, 2013 ^AUS May 25, 2013 ^JP June 13, 2013	Platform	Retro Studios and Monster Games	Nintendo
Puzzle & Dragons Z: Pazudora Z	1.5 million[22]	N/A	^JP December 12, 2013	Puzzle	GungHo Online Entertainment	GungHo Online Entertainment
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance	1.32 million[23]	N/A	^JP March 29, 2012 ^EU July 20, 2012 ^AUS July 26, 2012 ^NA July 31, 2012	Action role-playing	Square Enix	Square Enix
Yo-Kai Watch	1.29 million[24]	1.29 million in Japan	^JP July 11, 2013 ^NA November 6, 2015 ^EU 2016 ^AUS 2016	Role-playing	Level-5	Nintendo
Dragon Quest VII	1.23 million[25]	1.23 million in Japan	^JP February 7, 2013	Role-playing	Heartbeat and ArtePiazza	Square Enix
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon	1.22 million[26]	N/A	^JP September 17, 2015 ^NA November 20, 2015 ^EU February 19, 2016 ^AUS February 20, 2016	Roguelike	Spike Chunsoft	Nintendo and The Pokémon Company
Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins	1.2 million[15]	1.19 million overseas[15]	^NA April 21, 2013 ^EU April 26, 2013 ^AUS April 27, 2013 ^JP March 5, 2015	Action-adventure	TT Fusion	Nintendo
Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition	1.2 million[5]	N/A	^JP February 26, 2011[27] ^EU March 25, 2011[27] ^NA March 27, 2011[27] ^AUS March 31, 2011	Fighting	Capcom and Dimps	Capcom
Kid Icarus: Uprising	1.18 million[28]	N/A	^NA March 23, 2012 ^JP March 22, 2012 ^EU March 23, 2012 ^AUS March 29, 2012	Third-person shooter, shoot 'em up	Project Sora and Sora Ltd.	Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes	1.14 million[29]	N/A	^NA October 23, 2015 ^JP October 22, 2015 ^EU October 23, 2015 ^AUS October 24, 2015	Action-adventure	Nintendo and Grezzo	Nintendo
Mario Party: Island Tour	1.14 million[15]	0.82 million overseas[15] 0.32 million in Japan[15]	^NA November 22, 2013 ^EU January 17, 2014 ^AUS January 18, 2014 ^JP March 20, 2014	Party	Nd Cube	Nintendo
Mario Tennis Open	1.11 million[17]	0.34 million in Japan[17] 0.74 million overseas[17]	^NA May 20, 2012 ^JP May 24, 2012 ^AUS May 24, 2012 ^EU May 25, 2012	Sports	Camelot Software Planning	Nintendo
Bravely Default	1 million[30]	0.4 million in Japan 0.6 million overseas	^NA February 7, 2014 ^JP October 11, 2012 ^EU December 6, 2013 ^AUS December 7, 2013	Role-playing	Silicon Studio and Square Enix	Nintendo
Fantasy Life	1 million[31]	N/A	^JP December 27, 2012 ^NA October 24, 2014 ^EU September 26, 2014 ^AUS September 24, 2014	Role-playing	Level-5	Nintendo
Monster Strike	1 million[32]	1 million in Japan	^JP December 17, 2015	Role-playing	Mixi	Nintendo

Total Nintendo 3DS games sold as of September 30, 2015: 244.86 million.^[33]

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