Nintendo Switch 2 Lifetime Japanese Sales Data Compilation

Update (March 20th, 2026): Week 10, 2026 (Mar 02 – Mar 08) + Week 11, 2026 (Mar 09 – Mar 15) posted

With the Switch 2 now out in much of the world, and specifically in Japan, I decided to revive this concept I dropped for the Switch 1 where I compile weekly sales data for the Switch 2, both the software, and the hardware naturally. Over the years we’ve lost much of the data trackers, with first Dengeki and then Media Create if I recall in that order having stopped providing proper numbers for game sales, with only Famitsu still giving out a Top 30 every Thursday.

On the bright side that makes things a bit easier. Luckily Media Create still provides a full Top 1000 list every year via their paid White Book that Sales Era (now at Install Base) buys and posts every year. However said Top 1000 lists are for now exclusive to the forum, and as such I don’t think I can share them here, but I’ll gladly do so when I’m allowed to for Switch 2 data whenever possible.

For now though, with all of the second week’s data now being out, let’s compile what we have so far, with updates being every Thursday mornings EST for the initial Top 10, with the rest of the Top 30 being released usually later that evening.

Click below to see the full list so far:

Tales of Graces f Remastered (Switch) Review

Title: Takes of Graces f Remastered
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Developer: Namco Tales Studio (Original)/Tose (Remastered)
Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment (NA)
Release Date: Jan 17th, 2025 (NA)
File Size: 10.5 GB

Review copy provided by Bandai Namco Entertainment

My very first ever review code from Bandai Namco, and what a pick to start with! If you’ve been around the block for a long while (as a Nintendo fan, fan of Japanese games, etc.), you may remember that Tales of Graces was originally developed as a Wii-exclusive in December 2009, however upon release, it was plagued with game-breaking bugs, so bad that Bandai Namco had to order a recall, thus horribly crippling the game’s potential success in Japan (launching a week prior to Final Fantasy XIII on PS3 didn’t exactly help either…). Worse, the Wii original never got localized, instead the game was later ported to PS3 as Tales of Graces f with additional content, and only THEN localized for PS3 only. Yeah, Nintendo fans really got screwed big time.

Thankfully, just after the original Wii game’s 15th anniversary, Nintendo fans in the west at LONG last got to play the game that was originally developed for them in the first place, this time in remastered form on Nintendo Switch! How does this game fare? Does it perform with grace, or does it get a big ol’ F? Let’s find out!

Tokyo Xanadu eX+ (Switch) Review

Title: Tokyo Xanadu eX+
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Developer: Nihon Falcom
Publisher: Aksys Games (NA)
Release Date: July 25th, 2024 (NA)
File Size: 6.7GB

Review copy provided by Aksys Games

This time it’s another Falcom review, but something’s a little different this time. Indeed, it’s published not by NISA, but rather by Aksys, who most would recognize as the original main localizer of Arc System Works’ games (like the BlazBlue series) before the ASW formed their own US division to take over. Apparently during XSEED’s run with Falcom, they were offered the original release of Tokyo Xanadu on Vita, but refused (due to it only being on Vita which is weird for XSEED honestly since they went HARD on the Vita back then…), anyway, Falcom then gave the game to Aksys who did the honors instead.

So the game then first released (again on Vita) in the west in June 2017, but I guess because that release took so long (it was originally released in Japan in 2015!), it was only a few months later in December 2017 that the game also came out on PS4 and PC in the west (the latter PC version was even ported by Ghostlight no less). Anyway, fast forward right around 7 years later and the game finally got ported to Switch, and in-house by Falcom. Indeed, beginning with Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana on Switch (which XSEED is finally bringing to the west in 2025), Falcom started doing the Switch ports in-house, rather than outsourced to folks like Engine Software. So how did the Switch version of Tokyo Xanadu even turn out? Does it Xanadu or Xanadu not? Let’s find out!

Vividlope (Switch eShop) Review

Title: Vividlope
Platform: Nintendo Switch eShop
Developer: Jaklub
Publisher: Jaklub (NA)
Release Date: August 8th, 2024 (NA)
File Size: 1GB

Review copy provided by Jaklub

This is something that just came out of nowhere. This adorable, quirky as hell classic Dreamcast/early-PS2 era Japanese-style puzzle action game, yet it’s actually made by a person from Poland. Talk about doing your homework and doing your inspirations justice! Indeed, this one is special, and we’re going to go over this beauty!

Omochapon (Switch eShop) Review

Title: Omochapon
Platform: Nintendo Switch eShop
Developer: ShawnTheMiller
Publisher: Rainmaker Productions (NA)
Release Date: August 8th, 2024 (NA)
File Size: 705MB

Review copy provided by Rainmaker Productions

Now here’s an out of nowhere little game! This is an indie game by a person from Melbourne, Australia who actually used to work for animation studios such as Act3 Animation, Zero One Animation, etc. on games like Darksiders 2, Looney Tunes ACME Arsenal, Shrek Smash & Crash Racing, etc. Now he’s making his own games, and taking deep inspiration from Japanese culture, has decided to make a game where you play as a group of gachapon (hence the name) toys, you know, those “toy in ball capsule” things you’d see in grocery stores. So how does this game fare? Is it a prize, or does it fall apart? Let’s find out!

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron HD Remaster (Switch eShop) Review

Title: El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron HD Remaster
Platform: Nintendo Switch eShop
Developer: UTV Ignition Tokyo (original)/Aqualead (Switch version)
Publisher: Crim (NA)
Release Date: April 28th, 2024 (NA)
File Size: 5GB

Review copy provided by Crim

This game has a bit of an interesting history. This was created by Sawaki Takeyasu, a veteran from Capcom’s Clover studio, the same studio that many key people from went on to form Platinum Games. Sawaki apparently took other Clover folks with him, and went to work at Ignition Entertainment (later renamed UTV Ignition) at their Tokyo studio. Nintendo fans may remember Ignition as the publisher that localized key games like Marvelous’ Muramasa: The Demon Blade and Arc Rise Fantasia for Wii, but also had created their own IPs like Mercury Meltdown by the late Archer Maclean. They most commonly published more niche stuff, like say, Tornado on DS plus a few Taito and SNK games here and there. There’s more to it so I’ll go into more detail below.

Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution (Switch) Review

Title: Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Developer: Compile Heart
Publisher: Idea Factory International (NA)
Release Date: May 14th, 2024 (NA)
File Size: 6.8GB

Review copy provided by Idea Factory International

Fittingly I just reviewed this game’s prequel; Neptunia: Sisters VS Sisters (herein after “Sisters”) on the day that this one came out in NA. How about that? Anyway, it’s actually funny that this game was actually announced for Switch prior when the game was revealed for Japan back in 2022. At the time, Sisters wasn’t on or even known to be coming to Switch. Sure enough a bit after Compile Heart also announced a late port of Sisters for Switch. Funnier still, BOTH released on the same day in Japan on October 10^th, 2022, in fact they even released a physical 2-pack exclusively on Switch to boot.

As with the prequel, this game also makes the move to the Unity engine after basically near exclusively using Silicon Studio’s Orochi and Mizuchi engines which for whatever reason evidently had issues running on Switch. With that out of the way, how does this one fare? Let’s find out!

Neptunia: Sisters VS Sisters (Switch) Review

Title: Neptunia: Sisters VS Sisters
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Developer: Compile Heart
Publisher: Idea Factory International (NA)
Release Date: January 24th, 2024 (NA)
File Size: 6.1GB

Review copy provided by Idea Factory International

Well it took long enough, but we not only got another Neptunia game on Switch, but at long last, one that was made internally at Compile Heart themselves (Super Neptunia RPG was by Artisan Studio in Canada and Megadimension Neptunia VII was ported by Ghostlight in EU). And from what I’ve seen, this is not like the prior mere down-ports from PS4 that Compile Heart have done before. There’s exclusive content and even modifications to some of the core game itself to better suit running on Switch. Yeah, actual effort! So how does this game fare? Let’s find out!

Dokapon Kingdom Connect (Switch) Review

Title: Dokapon Kingdom Connect
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Developer: Sting
Publisher: Idea Factory International (NA)
Release Date: May 9th, 2023 (NA)
File Size: 1000MB

Review copy provided by Idea Factory International

If you were around during the Wii era, you may recognize Dokapon Kingdom. This is/was an RPG and board game hybrid created by Sting. No, not the singer, but rather Sting, the Japanese developer that also created the Dept. Heaven series which includes games like Riviera: The Promised Land, Yggdra Union, and Knights of the Nightmare. They also created the 2-game Evolution series on Dreamcast (which later got a combined release as Evolution Worlds on GameCube).

Anyway, this game out of nowhere just sort of became a sort of cult hit within the niche market over the years, with physical copies going for insane prices on eBay. Well Sting (or perhaps Compile Heart) took notice and had a remaster made for Switch. Note that the Wii (and PS2) original was localized by Atlus, who also localized pretty much every game by Sting during this era. This time via Compile Heart’s involvement, Idea Factory International did the honors, fully retaining Atlus’s work, including the English dub! So how does it fare? Will you get rich, or be betrayed by your best friend? Let’s find out!

Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society (Switch) Review

Title: Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Developer: Nippon Ichi Software
Publisher: Nippon Ichi Software America
Release Date: February 14th, 2023 (NA)
File Size: 3.8GB

Review copy provided by NIS America

After 5 years, NIS have released the sequel to Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk! Actually the game originally released in Japan all the way back November 26th, 2020 for PS4 and Vita (despite the latter being discontinued in Japan by then), and only finally released the Switch port a year later on November 11th, 2021 in Japan. Well it took a bit over a year after that for the localized version on Switch, PS4, PS5, and PC to be released in the west. So how does this fare compared to its predecessor? Will you enter the wardrobe and survive the labyrinth or get turned into minced meat? Let’s find out!