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Japan - Best-selling eShop games across all platforms for all-time

by rawmeatcowboy
28 January 2018
GN Version 5.0

Nintendo 3DS (*)

Pokémon AR Searcher (Pokémon Dream Radar)
Tobidasu! Nyanko Daisensou (The Battle Cats POP!)
Monster Hunter 4
Monster Hunter X
Charisou DX (Bike Rider DX)
Cube Creator 3D
Super Mario Bros.
Pokémon Battle Trozei (Pokémon Link: Battle!)
Puyo Puyo!! Mini Version
Super Mario Bros. 3
Pocket Monsters Pikachu (Pokémon Yellow Version)
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
Kirby Fighters Z (Kirby Fighters Deluxe)
Hako Boy! (BoxBoy!)
10 Second Run
Denpa Ningen no RPG (The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave)
3D Classics: Hoshi no Kirby: Yume no Izumi no Monogatari (3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure)
Monster Hunter 4G (Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate)
Urban Trial: Freestyle
Pocket Monsters Red (Pokémon Red Version)

3DS Download

Pokémon AR Searcher (Pokémon Dream Radar)
Tobidasu! Nyanko Daisensou (The Battle Cats POP!)
Monster Hunter 4
Monster Hunter X
Charisou DX (Bike Rider DX)
Cube Creator 3D
Pokémon Battle Trozei (Pokémon Link: Battle!)
Puyo Puyo!! Mini Version
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
Kirby Fighters Z (Kirby Fighters Deluxe)
Hako Boy! (BoxBoy!)
Denpa Ningen no RPG (The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave)
3D Classics: Hoshi no Kirby: Yume no Izumi no Monogatari (3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure)
Monster Hunter 4G (Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate)
Urban Trial: Freestyle
Charisou DX2 Galaxy (Bike Rider DX2 Galaxy)
Touch Battle Tank 3D-2
Gunman Story (Gunman Clive)
Monster Hunter XX
Denpa Ningen no RPG 2 (The Denpa Men 2: Beyond the Waves)

3DS Virtual Console

Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Pocket Monsters Pikachu (Pokémon Yellow Version)
Pocket Monsters Red (Pokémon Red Version)
Zelda no Densetsu: Yume o Miru Shima (The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX)
Super Mario Land
Pocket Monsters Blue (Pokémon Blue Version)
Pocket Monsters Silver (Pokémon Silver Version)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)
Super Mario Land 2: Muttsu no Kinka (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins)
Pocket Monsters Gold (Pokémon Gold Version)
Pocket Monsters Green (Pokémon Green Version)
Zelda no Densetsu 1 (The Legend of Zelda)
Hoshi no Kirby 2 (Kirby’s Dream Land 2)
Zelda no Densetsu: Fushigi no Kinomi -Daichi no Shou- (The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons)
Zelda no Densetsu: Fushigi no Kinomi -Jikuu no Shou- (The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages)
Hoshi no Kirby (Kirby’s Dream Land)
Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (For the Frog the Bell Tolls)
Super Mario World
Metroid

DSiWare (**)

10 Second Run
Itsudemo Bomberman (Bomberman Blitz)
Photo Fighter X (Photo Dojo)
Micro Organisms
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
Mario Clock
Kuuki Yomi DS
Paper Plane
Chotto Dr. Mario (Dr. Mario Express)
ragon Quest Wars
Are? DS ga Sakasa Desu Kedo Gyaku Shooting
Mario Calculator
Handy Hockey
SIMPLE DS Series Vol. 5
Nazo no Mini Game
Bird & Beans
Sleep Recording Alarm Clock™
Anonymous Notes - From The Abyss -
I Must Run!
Zomgeri Panic

Wii U

Minecraft: Wii U Edition
Splatoon
Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online
Super Mario Maker
Mario Kart 8
Egokoro Kyoushitsu: Sketch (Art Academy: SketchPad)
Pokémon Scramble U (Pokémon Rumble U)
Super Mario World
Mother 2: Gyiyg no Gyakushuu (EarthBound)
Dairantou Smash Bros. for Wii U (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)
Hoshi no Kirby Super Deluxe (Kirby Super Star)
Famicom Remix (NES Remix)
Super Mario 3D World
Touhoku Daigaku Mirai Kagaku Gijutsu Kyoudou Kenkyuu Center: Kawashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu - Nou o Kitaeru Otona o DS Training (Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?)
Super Mario Bros.
Mother 3
Pikmin 3
Super Mario 64
Hoshi no Kirby Wii (Kirby’s Return to Dream Land)
Super Mario RPG

Wii U Download

Minecraft: Wii U Edition
Splatoon
Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online
Super Mario Maker
Mario Kart 8
Egokoro Kyoushitsu: Sketch (Art Academy: SketchPad)
Pokémon Scramble U (Pokémon Rumble U)
Dairantou Smash Bros. for Wii U (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)
Famicom Remix (NES Remix)
Super Mario 3D World
Pikmin 3
New Super Mario Bros. U
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Nintendo Land
Pikmin Short Movies HD
Xenoblade X (Xenoblade Chronicles X)
Famicom Remix 2 (NES Remix 2)
Block Builder (Discovery)
Zelda no Densetsu: Kaze no Takuto HD (The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD)
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash

Wii U Virtual Console

Super Mario World
Mother 2: Gyiyg no Gyakushuu (EarthBound)
Hoshi no Kirby Super Deluxe (Kirby Super Star)
Touhoku Daigaku Mirai Kagaku Gijutsu Kyoudou Kenkyuu Center: Kawashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu - Nou o Kitaeru Otona o DS Training (Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?)
Super Mario Bros.
Mother 3
Super Mario 64
Super Mario RPG
Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken (Fire Emblem)
Mother (EarthBound Beginnings)
Super Mario Bros. 3
Mario Story (Paper Mario)
Zelda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce (The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past)
Donkey Kong 64
Super Mario Kart
Bomberman ‘94
Romancing Saga 3
Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest)
Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi (Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade)
Final Fantasy VI (Final Fantasy III)

Nintendo Switch (***)

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
Issho ni Chokitto Snippers (Snipperclips: Cut it Out, Together!)
Shinobi Refle -Senran Kagura-
Kamiko
ACA NEOGEO Metal Slug 3
Overcooked: Special Edition
ACA NEOGEO The King of Fighters 98
Arcade Archives VS Super Mario Bros.
Othello
STRIKERS1945 for Nintendo Switch
Biohazard Revelations 2 (Resident Evil Revelations 2)
VOEZ
Arcade Archives Mario Bros.
Touhou Kobuto V
Human Resource Machine
Shin Daikaitaku Jidai: Gai o Tsukurou (New Frontier Days: Founding Pioneers)
DEEMO
Shovel Knight
Picross S
Nazotoki Mail
ACA NEOGEO Metal Slug
Sonic Mania
Romancing Saga 2
Maison de MAOU (Unholy Heights)
Rocket League
IMPLOSION
Blaster Master Zero
Cat Quest
Battle Sports Mekuru (Flip Wars)
Chuudoku Puzzle Levels+ (Levels+)

* Tobidase Doubutsu no Mori (Animal Crossing: New Leaf) was removed from the eShop when the amiibo+ version was released but would still be at number one.

** Ferrari GT: Evolution would be at #9 and UNO would be at #13 but both too were removed.

*** Nintendo Switch numbers do not include games with packaged versions.

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