[Japan] Nintendo eShop 5th Anniversary Sale – Daily Rankings

On Tuesday, Nintendo launched the Nintendo eShop 5th Anniversary in Japan, with 100 titles available at a discount (up to 50%, + 10% for Nintendo Account users). Europe is also getting a similar sale: it will start later today (June 9th). As for North America, it looks like they are getting an E3 2016 sale instead.

Back to Japan: Nintendo has started sharing Daily Rankings for sales. This allows us to see which games players are buying during this 5th Anniversary sale. There’s three categories: Retail titles, Virtual Console and 3DS Downloads.

June 12th

Retail titles

1. Rhythm Heaven: MegaMix (Nintendo)
2. Fire Emblem Fates (Nintendo)
3. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo)
4. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo)
5. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square-Enix)

3DS Downloads

1. The Battle Cats POP! (Ponos)
2. HakoBoy: Mou Hito Hako (Nintendo)
3. Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure (Nintendo)
4. Battleminer (Starsign)
5. Dai Kaitaku Jidai ~Machi o Tsukurou~ (Arc System Works)

Virtual Console

1. Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (Nintendo, GameBoy)
2. Final Fantasy III (Square-Enix, NES)
3. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX (Nintendo, GameBoy Color)
4. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (Nintendo, GameBoy Color)
5. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (Nintendo, GameBoy Color)

June 9th

Retail titles

1. Rhythm Heaven: MegaMix (Nintendo)
2. Fire Emblem Fates (Nintendo)
3. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo)
4. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo)
5. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square-Enix)

3DS Downloads

1. The Battle Cats POP! (Ponos)
2. Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure (Nintendo)
3. HakoBoy: Mou Hito Hako (Nintendo)
4. Witch & Hero (Flyhigh Works)
5. Dai Kaitaku Jidai ~Machi o Tsukurou~ (Arc System Works)

Virtual Console

1. Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (Nintendo, GameBoy)
2. Final Fantasy III (Square-Enix, NES)
3. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX (Nintendo, GameBoy Color)
4. Kirby’s Dream Land 2 (Nintendo, GameBoy)
5. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (Nintendo, GameBoy Color)

June 8th

Here’s the Rankings for June 8th:

Retail titles

1. Rhythm Heaven: MegaMix (Nintendo)
2. Fire Emblem Fates (Nintendo)
3. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo)
4. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square-Enix)
5. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo)

3DS Downloads

1. The Battle Cats POP! (Ponos)
2. HakoBoy: Mou Hito Hako (Nintendo)
3. Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure (Nintendo)
4. Witch & Hero (Flyhigh Works)
5. Dai Kaitaku Jidai ~Machi o Tsukurou~ (Arc System Works)

Virtual Console

1. Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (Nintendo, GameBoy)
2. Final Fantasy III (Square-Enix, NES)
3. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX (Nintendo, GameBoy Color)
4. The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (Konami, SNES)
5. The Legend of Zeld: Oracle of Seasons (Nintendo, GameBoy Color)

We will regularly update this post with the latest sales rankings, so come back later to check them out!

Source: Nintendo