Japan: Best-selling Nintendo eShop games for August 2025 – Donkey Kong Bananza maintains lead on Switch 2, Story of Seasons debuts

Nintendo shared new data this week revealing the top 20 best-selling games on the Japanese Switch 2 and Switch eShops for August 2025.

Looking at Nintendo Switch 2, Donkey Kong Bananza is #1 for the second month in a row. It did have some competition though as Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar was a new release, following at #2. Worth noting that on Nintendo Switch, there are three different entries for Super Robot Wars Y in the top ten.

The full lineup of Japan’s best-selling games on the Switch 2 and Switch eShops for August 2025 is as follows:

Switch 2

1. Donkey Kong Bananza
2. Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
3. Mario Kart World
4. Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV
5. Tamagotchi Plaza
6. Street Fighter 6
7. Drag x Drive
8. Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
9. Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
10. Shine Post: Be Your Idol

Switch

1. Super Robot Wars Y Ultimate Edition
2. Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar
3. Minecraft
4. Super Robot Wars Y Deluxe Edition
5. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
6. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2 Deluxe Edition
7. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2
8. Super Robot Wars Y
9. Wobbly Life
10. Fitness Boxing 3
11. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
12. Persona 5 Royal
13. Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025
14. Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake
15. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
16. Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban
17. Tamagotchi Plaza
18. Urb Myth Dissolution Center
19. Super Mario Party Jamboree
20. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Credit goes to Nintendo for providing today’s sales chart. Results from May 2025 can be found here.