Japan: Top 10 for the Nintendo eShop (August 15th – 21st, 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 explains why some unreleased games are charting.
On Nintendo 3DS, Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition is still the best-selling title, while on Wii U, Minecraft is finally back at #1!
Nintendo 3DS
(=) 01. Pocket Monsters Pikachu / Pokémon Yellow Version: Pikachu Special Version (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [27.2.2016]
(=) 02. Pocket Monsters Aka / Pokémon Red Version (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [27.2.2016]
(=) 03. Pocket Monsters Ao / Pokémon Blue Version (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [27.2.2016]
(+1) 04. Tobidasu! Nyanko Dai Sensou / The Battle Cats POP (Ponos) [31.5.2015]
(-1) 05. Pocket Monsters Midori / Pokémon Green Version (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [27.2.2016]
(B) 06. Rune Factory IV (Marvelous) [24.1.2013] (on sale until September 7th)
(B) 07. Battleminer (Starsign) [10.2.2016]
(-2) 08. Cube Creator 3D (Arc System Works) [15.7.2015]
(-1) 09. Dragon Ball Fusions (Bandai-Namco) [04.8.2016]
(B) 10. Gyakuten Saiban 1-2-3 Naruhodo Ryuichi Collection / Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Collection (Capcom) [17.4.2014] (on sale until August 31st)
Wii U
(+3) 01. Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Microsoft Japan) [17.12.2015]
(N) 02. Super Mario Stadium Family Baseball / Mario Super Sluggers (Nintendo, Wii Download on Wii U) [17.8.2016]
(-1) 03. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo, Wii Download on Wii U) [09.8.2016]
(-1) 04. Keito no Kirby / Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Nintendo, Wii Download on Wii U) [09.8.2016]
(=) 05. Zero ~Makoto Kurenai no Chou (Nintendo, Wii Download on Wii U) [03.8.2016]
(=) 06. Super Paper Mario (Nintendo, Wii Download on Wii U) [03.8.2016]
(+1) 07. Mario & Sonic at Rio Olympic / Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo) [23.6.2016]
(B) 08. Hoshi no Kirby Super Deluxe / Kirby Super Star (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [01.5.2013]
(B) 09. Splatoon (Nintendo) [28.5.2013]
(N) 10. Mario Striker Charged (Nintendo, Wii Download on Wii U) [17.8.2016]
Source: Nintendo
