Game Boy is a console that all of us who are of an age remember with special affection. And the reason is so simple that it has to do with the fact that it was the first machine that we could take everywhere and that offered the possibility of changing the game quickly and easily. Gone were the old Game & Watch from Nintendo itself to make way for a concept that has remained intact to this day.
Best selling Gameboy games
Now, despite the success that we all know it had, do we know exactly which were the games that sold the most in its many years of life? It must be remembered that after the first Game Boy came new versions and even hardware such as the Game Boy Advance, which maintained some compatibility with a large part of its original catalog. So many of those titles had a very long life.
Thus, we have decided to look for the figures of the five cartridges that sold the most in the history of Game Boy and that, as you can see, all belong to Nintendo, the company that has always benefited the most from the success of its games. own machines. So here we go, here are the five most successful cartridges ordered from least to most units sold.
5. Pokémon Yellow Special Edition Pikachu
It seems incredible that it is the best known Pokémon but it did not help it to become the best-selling cartridge in the history of the franchise for Game Boy. We must remember that it was within the laptop where the success of this saga that has been with us for 27 years was forged… at least in Spain. This game sold a total of 14,6400,000 units.
4.Super Mario Land
What to say about the first great Mario for Game Boy, created by Nintendo in the image and likeness of the NES Super Mario Bros and predecessor of the SNES Super Mario World , which filled us with hours and hours of fun like we had never seen before. This marvel that today is already a classic managed to sell 18,140,000 cartridges . Few seem to us.
3. Pokémon Gold and Silver
More Pokémon to put in our mouths with two other games that sold like hot cakes and that there will be few Game Boy users who have not tried them at some time. Its success was withering and the sales figures responded as few at Nintendo expected. Or if? The fact is that it managed to sell 23,100,000 units.
2. Tetris
If Super Mario Land is a classic, what can we say about Tetris , which was the game that came as a gift in many of the first Game Boy packs ? The fact is that despite this promotion, over the years the Nintendo title kept adding and adding until it became the second most successful in the history of the machine, with 30,260,000 units sold.
1. Pokémon Red and Blue (and Green)
And finally, in first place, are the first two Pokémon in history, which arrived in 1996 for the Nintendo laptop and marked a before and after for the company’s history. From these two games ( Pokémon Verde would come later) many things changed in the industry. In total, these cartridges added a total of 31,380,000 units sold.