[Japan] Nintendo eShop: Top 30 for 2022 (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 2022, 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 20th 2022:

01./New. – Splatoon 3 (Nintendo) [09.9.2022] {6 500 Yen}
02./New. – Pokémon Legends: Arceus (The Pokémon Company) [28.1.2022] {6 578 Yen}
03./New. – Pokémon Violet (The Pokémon Company) [18.11.2022] {6 500 Yen}
04./New. – Pokémon Scarlet (The Pokémon Company) [18.11.2022] {6 500 Yen}
05./01. – Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom) [26.3.2021] {7 990 Yen}
06./New. – Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo) [25.3.2022] {6 500 Yen}
07./New. – Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo) [29.4.2022] {4 300 Yen}
08./08. – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) [28.4.2017] {6 578 Yen}
09./15. – Overcooked! 2 (Team17) [07.8.2018] {2 750 Yen}
10./New. – Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Nintendo) [29.7.2022] {8 700 Yen}
11./New. – Kirby’s Dream Buffet (Nintendo) [17.8.2022] {1 500 Yen}
12./02. – Among Us (Innersloth) [16.12.2020] {520 Yen}
13./10. – Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) [07.12.2018] {7 920 Yen}
14./13. – Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) [20.3.2020] {6 578 Yen}
15./14. – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) [03.3.2017] {7 678 Yen}
16./09. – Minecraft (Microsoft Japan) [21.6.2018] {3 960 Yen}
17./06. – Human: Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) [28.12.2017] {1 530 Yen}
18./11. – Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) [05.6.2020] {4 378 Yen}
19./12. – Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo) [29.10.2021] {6 500 Yen}
20./00. – Mon-Yu (Experience) [15.7.2021] {5 480 Yen}
21./New. – eBaseball Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2022 (Konami) [21.4.2022] {8 250 Yen}
22./19. – Futari de! Nyanko Dai Senso (Ponos) [20.12.2018] {499 Yen}
23./00. – INSIDE (Playdead) [28.6.2018] {1 980 Yen}
24./04. – Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban (Konami) [19.11.2020] {6 930 Yen}
25./00. – Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Offline (Square-Enix) [15.9.2022] {8 580 Yen}
26./24. – Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation (Square-Enix) [27.9.2019]
27./00. – Resident Evil 6 (Capcom) [31.10.2019] {3 300 Yen}
28./00. – Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) [21.7.2021] {6 578 Yen}
29./00. – Unravel Two (Electronic Arts) [22.3.2019] {3 024 Yen}
30./29. – Undertale (8-4) [15.9.2018] {1 620 Yen}

Last Year: 2021 (January 1st to December 26th, 2021)

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Source: Nintendo