Japan: Top 10 for the Nintendo eShop (April 11 – 17, 2016)
In Japan, Nintendo is regularly posting weekly rankings for the Nintendo eShop on its website (more precisely, its Topics section). Obviously, there’s no actual sales data, but they give us a good idea of what Japanese players are buying on the Nintendo eShop. Also, please note the rankings below include digital pre-orders, which explain why some unreleased games are charting.
On Nintendo 3DS, Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition is back at the top, while Minecraft keeps dominating Wii U sales.
Nintendo 3DS
(+2) 01. Pocket Monsters Pikachu / Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [27.2.2016]
(-1) 02. Battleminer (Arc System Works) [10.2.2016]
(+2) 03. Gyakuten Saiban 1-2-3: Naruhodou Selection / Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (Capcom) [17.4.2015] [On sale until May 9th]
(B) 04. Tales of the Abyss (Bandai-Namco) [30.6.2016]
(+1) 05. Cube Creator 3D (Arc System Works) [15.7.2015]
(+1) 06. Tobidasu! Nyanko Dai Sensou / The Battle Cats POP (Ponos) [31.5.2015]
(+3) 07. Pocket Monsters Aka / Pokémon Red Version (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [27.2.2016]
(-4) 08. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 3 (Square-Enix) [24.3.2016]
(-7) 09. Yo-kai Sangokushi (Level-5) [02.4.2016]
(N) 10. Ninja Smasher (Pumo) [13.4.2016]
Wii U
(=) 01. Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Microsoft Japan) [17.12.2015]
(+1) 02. Splatoon (Nintendo) [28.5.2015]
(-1) 03. Pokémon Snap (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [06.4.2016]
(-1) 04. Super Mario Maker (Nintendo) [10.9.2015]
(N) 05. Star Fox Zero (Nintendo) [21.4.2016] (digital pre-order)
(=) 06. Mario Party 2 (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [30.3.2016]
(-3) 07. Pokkén Tournament (The Pokémon Company) [18.3.2016]
(N) 08. Final Fantasy IV Advance (Square-Enix, Virtual Console) [13.4.2016]
(-2) 09. Super Mario World (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [27.04.2013]
(-2) 10. Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo) [29.5.2014]
Source: Nintendo
