Japan: Top 10 for the Nintendo eShop (May 23 – 29, 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, Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition is back at the top, while Minecraft keep dominating Wii U sales relentlessly.
Nintendo 3DS
(+2) 01. Pocket Monsters Pikachu / Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [27.2.2016]
(=) 02. Tobidasu! Nyanko Dai Sensou / The Battle Cats POP (Ponos) [31.5.2015]
(-2) 03. Battleminer (Arc System Works) [10.2.2016]
(+4) 04. Pocket Monsters Aka / Pokémon Red Version (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [27.2.2016]
(=) 05. Cube Creator 3D (Arc System Works) [15.7.2015]
(=) 06. Terraria (Spike-Chunsoft) [21.4.2016]
(B) 07. Pocket Monsters Ao / Pokémon Blue Version (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [27.2.2016]
(B) 08. Chou Charisou! Atsumete! Choujuu Hunter (Spicysoft) [24.2.2016]
(-2) 09. Bou Ningen Challenge! (Bandai-Namco) [20.4.2016]
(B) 10. Pocket Monsters Midori / Pokémon Green Version (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [27.2.2016]
Wii U
(=) 01. Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Microsoft Japan) [17.12.2015]
(N) 02. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [25.5.2016]
(-1) 03. Splatoon (Nintendo) [28.5.2015]
(+2) 04. Super Mario Maker (Nintendo) [10.9.2015]
(-1) 05. Mario Story / Paper Mario (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [15.7.2015]
(-1) 06. Super Mario World (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [27.04.2013]
(-4) 07. Hoshi no Kirby Super Deluxe / Kirby Super Star (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [01.5.2013]
(-1) 08. Super Mario RPG (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [05.8.2015]
(-1) 09. Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo) [29.5.2014]
(N) 10. Gradius 2 (Konami, Virtual Console) [25.5.2016]
Source: Nintendo
