Japan: Top 10 for the Nintendo eShop (May 16 – 22, 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, Battleminer is back at the top, while Minecraft keep dominating Wii U sales relentlessly.
Nintendo 3DS
(+6) 01. Battleminer (Arc System Works) [10.2.2016]
(+3) 02. Tobidasu! Nyanko Dai Sensou / The Battle Cats POP (Ponos) [31.5.2015]
(+1) 03. Pocket Monsters Pikachu / Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [27.2.2016]
(-3) 04. Culdcept Revolt (Nintendo) [07.7.2016]
(B) 05. Cube Creator 3D (Arc System Works) [15.7.2015]
(B) 06. Terraria (Spike-Chunsoft) [21.4.2016]
(B) 07. Bou Ningen Challenge! (Bandai-Namco) [20.4.2016]
(B) 08. Pocket Monsters Aka / Pokémon Red Version (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [27.2.2016]
(+1) 09. Kirby: Robobot Planet / Kirby: Planet Robobot (Nintendo) [28.4.2016]
(B) 10. Solitiba (Game Freak) [31.7.2013]
Wii U
(=) 01. Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Microsoft Japan) [17.12.2015]
(+1) 02. Splatoon (Nintendo) [28.5.2015]
(+2) 03. Hoshi no Kirby Super Deluxe / Kirby Super Star (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [01.5.2013]
(+3) 04. Mario Story / Paper Mario (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [15.7.2015]
(-1) 05. Super Mario World (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [27.04.2013]
(+2) 06. Super Mario Maker (Nintendo) [10.9.2015]
(B) 07. Super Mario RPG (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [05.8.2015]
(+2) 08. Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo) [29.5.2014]
(B) 09. Kokoro Kyoushitsu Sketch (Nintendo) [08.8.2013]
(B) 10. Cube Life: Island Survival (Teyon Japan) [03.2.2015]
Source: Nintendo
