{"id":658989,"date":"2025-12-28T03:20:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T03:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/658989\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T03:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T03:20:21","slug":"here-are-japans-best-selling-switch-and-switch-2-eshop-games-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/658989\/","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.<\/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

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  1. Mario Kart World<\/li>\n
  2. Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition<\/li>\n
  3. Kirby Air Riders<\/li>\n
  4. Donkey Kong Bananza<\/li>\n
  5. Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition<\/li>\n
  6. Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2 Remake<\/li>\n
  7. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment<\/li>\n
  8. Momotarou Dentetsu 2 \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition<\/li>\n
  9. Tamagotchi Plaza \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition<\/li>\n
  10. Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition<\/li>\n
  11. Street Fighter 6<\/li>\n
  12. Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma<\/li>\n
  13. Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour<\/li>\n
  14. Octopath Traveler 0<\/li>\n
  15. Shine Post Be Your Idol<\/li>\n
  16. Yakuza 0 Director\u2019s Cut<\/li>\n
  17. Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition<\/li>\n
  18. Super Mario Party Jamboree \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV<\/li>\n
  19. Hollow Knight: Silksong \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition<\/li>\n
  20. Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Nintendo Switch<\/p>\n

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    1. Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A<\/li>\n
    2. Tamagotchi Plaza<\/li>\n
    3. Minecraft<\/li>\n
    4. Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake<\/li>\n
    5. Super Mario Party Jamboree<\/li>\n
    6. Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/li>\n
    7. Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time<\/li>\n
    8. Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road<\/li>\n
    9. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics<\/li>\n
    10. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/li>\n
    11. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/li>\n
    12. Power Pros 2024-2025<\/li>\n
    13. Urban Myth Dissolution Center<\/li>\n
    14. DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake<\/li>\n
    15. Momotarou Dentetsu 2 ~Anata no Machi mo Kitto Aru~ Higashi Nihon-hen + Nishi Nihon-hen<\/li>\n
    16. Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar<\/li>\n
    17. Super Robot Wars Y Digital Ultimate Edition<\/li>\n
    18. Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer<\/li>\n
    19. Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2<\/li>\n
    20. Splatoon 3<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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

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      Related Games<\/dt>\n
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      See Also<\/dt>\n
      \n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\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":658990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2122,123,270,615,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-658989","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-japan","9":"tag-nintendo-switch","10":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","11":"tag-switch-eshop","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115795043225108095","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}