[Japan] Nintendo eShop: Top 30 for 2023 (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 2023, 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 2023:

01./00. – Suika Game (Aladdin X) [09.12.2021] {240 Yen}
02./00. – The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo) [12.5.2023] {7 900 Yen} / NEW
03./00. – Pikmin 4 (Nintendo) [21.7.2023] {6 500 Yen} / NEW
04./00. – Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo) [20.10.2023] {6 500 Yen} / NEW
05./00. – DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince (Square-Enix) [01.12.2023] {7 678 Yen} / NEW
06./08. – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) [28.4.2017] {6 578 Yen}
07./01. – Splatoon 3 (Nintendo) [09.9.2022] {6 500 Yen}
08./09. – Overcooked! 2 (Team17) [07.8.2018] {2 750 Yen}
09./00. – Super Mario RPG (Nintendo) [17.11.2023] {6 500 Yen} / NEW
10./00. – Fire Emblem Engage (Nintendo) [20.1.2023] {7 600 Yen} / NEW
11./05. – Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom) [26.3.2021] {7 990 Yen}
12./15. – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) [03.3.2017] {7 678 Yen}
13./03. – Pokémon Violet (The Pokémon Company) [18.11.2022] {6 500 Yen}
14./00. – Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 2 (Capcom) [14.4.2023] {3 990 Yen} / NEW
15./18. – Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) [05.6.2020] {4 378 Yen}
16./14. – Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) [20.3.2020] {6 578 Yen}
17./00. – Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (Capcom) [21.2.2019] {2 990 Yen}
18./16. – Minecraft (Microsoft Japan) [21.6.2018] {3 960 Yen}
19./00. – Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1 (Capcom) [14.4.2023] {3 990 Yen} / NEW
20./00. – Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo) [24.2.2023] {6 500 Yen} / NEW
21./13. – Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) [07.12.2018] {7 920 Yen}
22./17. – Human: Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) [28.12.2017] {1 530 Yen}
23./00. – Persona 4 Golden (Atlus) [19.1.2023] {1 980 Yen} / NEW
24./12. – Among Us (Innersloth) [16.12.2020] {520 Yen}
25./00. – Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami) [16.11.2023] {6 930 Yen} / NEW
26./00. – Pikmin 2 (Nintendo) [22.6.2023] {3 000 Yen} / NEW
27./04. – Pokémon Scarlet (The Pokémon Company) [18.11.2022] {6 500 Yen}
28./07. – Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo) [29.4.2022] {4 300 Yen}
29./00. – Pikmin 1 (Nintendo) [22.6.2023] {3 000 Yen} / NEW
30./24. – Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban (Konami) [19.11.2020] {6 930 Yen}

Last Year: 2022 (January 1st to December 20th, 2022)

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Source: Nintendo