First million-selling third party Wii game
- Who
- Monster Hunter Tri (Capcom, 2009)
- What
- First
- When
- November 2010
The first third-party developed Wii game to sell 1 million units is Monster Hunter Tri (Capcom, 2009), which has sol 1.58 million units as of November 2010.
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This is significant because the Wii had been available for over 3 years when the game was launched, reinforcing the assertion that it's difficult for third party publishers to shift units on the Wii, which remains primarily dominated by first-party games by Nintendo.