the first "the legend of zelda" game was the fifth best-selling game for the nintendo entertainment system. "the wind waker" was the fourth best-selling game for the gamecube. "twilight princess" had sold well. in the pal region, which covers most of asia, africa, south america, australia, new zealand, and most of western europe, "twilight princess" is the best-selling "zelda" game ever. during its first week, the game was sold with three out of every four wii purchases. the game had sold 4.52 million copies on the wii as of march 1, 2008. 1.32 million copies were sold on the gamecube as of march 31, 2007.