{"id":374315,"date":"2025-12-28T15:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T15:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/374315\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T15:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T15:52:11","slug":"here-are-japans-best-selling-switch-and-switch-2-eshop-games-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/374315\/","title":{"rendered":"Here Are Japan’s Best-Selling Switch and Switch 2 eShop Games For 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Nintendo<\/a> Image: Nintendo<\/p>\n

It\u2019s once again that time of year where companies sum up all sorts of things about the year that was, and with this in mind, Nintendo\u2019s Japanese branch has revealed the best-selling games on the Switch and Switch 2 eShop in 2025.<\/p>\n

This covers January through to December, and everything else in between. It also factors in digital sales across both the eShop and the My Nintendo Store. Note: this also excludes free-to-play titles and games rated above CERO rating Z \/ IARC 16).<\/p>\n

On the Switch 2, Mario Kart World<\/a> took out the top spot, and leading the charge on the Switch front was Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A<\/a>. Here are the top 20 best-selling games on each system, according to Nintendo\u2019s digital store (via Perfectly-Nintendo<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Nintendo Switch 2:<\/p>\n

Mario Kart World
\nPok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
\nKirby Air Riders
\nDonkey Kong Bananza
\nInazuma Eleven: Victory Road \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
\nDragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2 Remake
\nHyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment
\nMomotarou Dentetsu 2 \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
\nTamagotchi Plaza \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
\nStory of Seasons: Grand Bazaar \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
\nStreet Fighter 6
\nRune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
\nNintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour
\nOctopath Traveler 0
\nShine Post Be Your Idol
\nYakuza 0 Director\u2019s Cut
\nFinal Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
\nSuper Mario Party Jamboree \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV
\nHollow Knight: Silksong \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
\nFantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition<\/p>\n

Nintendo Switch<\/p>\n

Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A
\nTamagotchi Plaza
\nMinecraft
\nDragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake
\nSuper Mario Party Jamboree
\nAnimal Crossing: New Horizons
\nFantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time
\nInazuma Eleven: Victory Road
\nClubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
\nMario Kart 8 Deluxe
\nSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate
\nPower Pros 2024-2025
\nUrban Myth Dissolution Center
\nDRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake
\nMomotarou Dentetsu 2 ~Anata no Machi mo Kitto Aru~ Higashi Nihon-hen + Nishi Nihon-hen
\nStory of Seasons: Grand Bazaar
\nSuper Robot Wars Y Digital Ultimate Edition
\nFitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer
\nSuper Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2
\nSplatoon 3<\/p>\n

What did you think of the top-selling games in Japan on the Switch and Switch 2 in 2025? How many of these games did you end up buying? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

[source store-jp.nintendo.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\tRelated Games<\/p>\n

\tSee Also<\/p>\n

\"Liam<\/p>\n

Liam is a news writer and reviewer across Hookshot Media. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Nintendo It\u2019s once again that time of year where companies sum up all sorts of things about…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[3471,5177,75,23229,74],"class_list":["post-374315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-japan","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-nintendo-switch-2","tag-switch-eshop","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}