[Japan] Nintendo eShop: Top 30 for 2021 (Switch)

In Japan, Nintendo regularly share the monthly Top 20 Software for the Nintendo Switch on their website. They also share charts for the full Year, and the first half of the year, and it’s the former we got today! The Top 30 below lists the best-selling games on the Nintendo eShop between January and December 2021, and only covers paid downloads from the Nintendo eShop and the My Nintendo Store in Japan (which excludes Free 2 Play titles, obviously).

Here’s the yearly Top 30 Software for the Nintendo eShop of the Nintendo Switch in Japan, covering the period going from January 1st to December 26th 2021:

01./New. – Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom) [26.3.2021] {7 990 Yen}
02./13. – Among Us (Innersloth) [16.12.2020] {520 Yen}
03./New – Pokémon Brilliant Diamond (The Pokémon Company) [19.11.2021] {6 578 Yen}
04./03. – Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban (Konami) [19.11.2020] {6 930 Yen}
05./New – Pokémon Shining Pearl (The Pokémon Company) [19.11.2021] {6 578 Yen}
06./04. – Human: Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) [28.12.2017] {1 530 Yen}
07./New. – Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo) [12.2.2021] {6 578 Yen}
08./05. – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) [28.4.2017] {6 578 Yen}
09./09. – Minecraft (Microsoft Japan) [21.6.2018] {3 960 Yen}
10./07. – Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) [07.12.2018] {7 920 Yen}
11./02. – Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) [05.6.2020] {4 378 Yen}
12./New. – Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo) [29.10.2021] {6 500 Yen}
13./01. – Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) [20.3.2020] {6 578 Yen}
14./10. – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) [03.3.2017] {7 678 Yen}
15./12. – Overcooked! 2 (Team17) [07.8.2018] {2 750 Yen}
16./New. – New Pokémon Snap (The Pokémon Company) [30.4.2020]
17./06. – Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) [21.7.2021] {6 578 Yen}
18./New. – Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (Capcom) [09.7.2021] {6 990 Yen}
19./15. – Futari de! Nyanko Dai Senso (Ponos) [20.12.2018] {499 Yen}
20./New. – Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise (imagineer) [03.12.2020] {6 380 Yen}
21./New. – Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (Marvelous) [25.2.2021] {6 578 Yen}
22./New. – The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD (Nintendo) [16.7.2021] {6 578 Yen}
23./00. – DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition (Square-Enix) [27.9.2019] {5 478 Yen}
24./00. – Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation (Square-Enix) [27.9.2019]
25./14. – Pokémon Sword (The Pokémon Company) [15.11.2020] {6 578 Yen}
26./New. – Game Builder Garage (Nintendo) [11.6.2021] {2 980 Yen}
27./23 – Super Mario Party (Nintendo) [05.10.2018] {6 578 Yen}
28./New. – Metroid Dread (Nintendo) [08.10.2021] {7 600 Yen}
29./24. – Undertale (8-4) [15.9.2018] {1 620 Yen}
30./New. – Miitopia (Nintendo) [21.5.2021] {5 478 Yen}

Source: Nintendo