How to see the 3DS eShop lifetime ranking on your console

[Astral_lion02]

On Nintendo 3DS Nintendo let a very interesting option that let you see the most downloads tittles on the digital store.

To see this ranking you need to follow that:

3DS eShop > Sereach icon > "Search according to these criteria" > "filter/classify" > "popularity"

The list that you will get is order by lifetime number of downloads.

The list if different depending on the 3DS region.

Note that you can change search options to include only virtual console game instead of all software for exemple.

From the moment it's rank by "popularity" the list will be order by lifetime downloads.

 

[Drblitzk]

Don't have a 3DS but excited and hopeful people share their list here!

 

[Waluigilicious]

How do we know it's lifetime and not recent like on Switch?

 

[Astral_lion02]

How do we know it's lifetime and not recent like on Switch?

Because the recent best selling games list is different:

We can acces to it this way:

3DS eShop > "rankings" > "most popular titles currently"

When you do this, the console show an error message due to 3DS eShop being closed.

Note that if you select "most popular titles" instead of "most popular titles currently" you will get the exact same listing as what I got in the OP but without demos and updates.
The list will also be limited to a top 20.

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The most interesting list to get is the one from the Japanese eShop as it's likely where digital sales were the most signifiant in units and thanks to Nintendo and Media Create numbers we should be able to put estimates figures on the ranking.

Nintendo also shared some retail+digital data in the US so USA list could be interesting.

For fun fact on the FR list Super Mario 3D Land is #1 when you count only paid items but when you include Demo/F2P it drop to #24.
And if you include updates items in addition to Demo/F2P it drop even more to #59

 

[theprodigy]

The most interesting list to get is the one from the Japanese eShop as it's likely where digital sales were the most signifiant in units and thanks to Nintendo and Media Create numbers we should be able to put estimates figures on the ranking.

Nintendo also shared some retail+digital data in the US so USA list could be interesting.

For fun fact on the FR list Super Mario 3D Land is #1 when you count only paid items but when you include Demo/F2P it drop to #24.
And if you include updates items in addition to Demo/F2P it drop even more to #59

ehhh I'm not so sure of this a bunch of games in the US managed 20%+ digital on launch month

but yes it would be easier to extrapolate from

 

[Astral_lion02]

Compiled the rankings from my 3DS.
For the paid contents charts, this is just the Top 100 but I can go as far as a top 1000.
For exemple Yo Kai Watch 3 is #118 in the paid contents chart.
On the free content charts, all games are above Super Mario 3D Land in number of download.

FR 3DS eShop LTD Chart (paid contents only)

Rank	Title
1	Super Mario 3D Land
2	Pokemon Version Jaune
3	Pokemon Version Cristal
4	Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
5	Radar Pokemon
6	The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
7	The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
8	Super Mario Bros. 3
9	Pokemon Version Rouge
10	Pokemon Version Argent
11	Pokemon Version Or
12	The Legend of Zelda: Oracles of Seasons
13	The Legend of Zelda: Oracles of Ages
14	Super Mario Bros.
15	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
16	Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo
17	Profeseur Layton et le masque des miracles
18	Tomodachi Life
19	Pokemon Version Bleue
20	Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
21	Mario Kart 7
22	Luigi's Mansion 2
23	Pullblox
24	3D Classics Kirby's Adventure
25	Mario vs. Donkey kong: Le retour des mini
26	Super Mario Land
27	Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies
28	Pokemon Y
29	Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo 3DS
30	Football Up 3D
31	Fun! Fun! Minigolf TOUCH!
32	Mario and Donkey Kong: minis on the move
33	Pokemon Rubis Oméga
34	The Legend of Zelda
35	Battleminer
36	3D Classics Kid Icarus
37	Pokemon X
38	Pokédex 3D Pro
39	Nintendo Présente La Nouvelle Maison du Style
40	Gunman Clive
41	New Super Mario Bros. 2
42	Fire Emblem Awakening
43	Toy Stunt Bike
44	URBAN TRIAL FREESTYLE
45	The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
46	Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS
47	Pokemon Saphir Alpha
48	Colors! 3D
49	Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
50	Pokemon Trading Card Game
51	Mario Party: Island Tour
52	Super Street Fighter IV 3D
53	SteamWorld Dig
54	Nintendo Pocket Football Club
55	3D Sonic the Hedgehog
56	Bravely Default
57	Pokemon Link: Battle!
58	Super Mario Bros. 2
59	Zen Pinball 3D
60	Pokemon Soleil
61	Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice
62	10-in-1: Arcade Collection
63	Fantasy Life
64	Super Mario World
65	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the past
66	Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
67	Mario & Luigi: dream Team Bros.
68	Kirby Fighters Deluxe
69	Kirby's Dream Land
70	Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition
71	Bird Mania 3D
72	Dillon's Rolling Western
73	Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Level
74	Shin Megami Tensei IV
75	BOMBERMAN BLITZ
76	Pokemon Mega Donjon Mystere
77	Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
78	Monster Hunter Stories
79	Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
80	Pokemon Ultra Soleil
81	Pokemon Donjon Mystere: Les portes de l'infini
82	Cube creator 3D
83	Ice Station Z
84	3D Sonic The Hedgehog 2
85	Resident Evil The Mercenaries 3D
86	Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trilogy
87	Art of Balance TOUCH!
88	Mario Tennis Open
89	BOXBOY!
90	Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
91	New Arts Academy
92	Terraria
93	Kirby: Triple Deluxe
94	THE DEMPA MEN: They came by wave
95	Pokemon Lune
96	Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
97	PICROSS e
98	Toki Tori 3D
99	RAYMAN
100	Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars

FR 3DS eShop LTD Chart (free contents excluding video games updates)

Rank	Title
1	Pokemon Soleil et Lune: Version Demo Spéciale (DEMO)
2	Pokemon Rumble World
3	Pokemon Bank
4	Pokemon Omega Ruby et Alpha Sapphire: Version Demo Spéciale (DEMO)
5	Pokemon Shuffle
6	Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (DEMO)
7	IronFall: Invasion
8	FullBlox
9	YO-KAI WATCH 2: Version Demo Spéciale (DEMO)
10	Puzzle & Dragons SMB Edition (DEMO)
11	The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (DEMO)
12	Kirby Battle Royale (DEMO)
13	Detective Pikachu: Version Demo Spéciale (DEMO)
14	Monster Hunter Generations (DEMO)
15	Pictoposte
16	Monster Hunter Stories (DEMO)
17	Miitopia: Auditions
18	Metroid Prime: Blast Ball
19	Mini Mario & Friends: Amiibo Challenge
20	WarioWare Gold (DEMO)
21	Bravely Second: End Layer (DEMO)
22	Mario Party: Star Rush: Party Guest
23	RPG Maker Player

 

[fiendcode]

Some Virtual Console stuff (Pokémon, Zelda and Super Mario in particular) doing better there than I bet many would expect.

 

[BTB123]

ehhh I'm not so sure of this a bunch of games in the US managed 20%+ digital on launch month

but yes it would be easier to extrapolate from

Source? I find this  very hard to believe.

 

[theprodigy]

Source? I find this  very hard to believe.

here's a bunch of 3DS games with digital near or above 20% launch month, from the various NPD threads:

Fire Emblem Awakening
[3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening: 180,000
[3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening (Retail): 95,000
[3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening (Digital): 63,000 (35% digital ratio)
[3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening (Bundle): 22,000

Animal Crossing: New Leaf
[3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Retail + Digital): 505,000
[3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Retail + Bundle): 381,200
[3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Digital): 124,000 (24.6% digital ratio)

3DS Smash Bros
[3DS] Super Smash Bros. (Retail + Digital): 705,000
[3DS] Super Smash Bros. (Digital): 135,000 (19.1% digital ratio)

Bravely Default
[3DS] Bravely Default (Retail + Digital): 200,000
[3DS] Bravely Default (Retail): >160,000 (#2 Individual SKU)
[3DS] Bravely Default (Digital): <40,000 (<20% digital ratio)

Tomodachi Life
[3DS] Tomodachi Life (Retail + Digital): 175,000
[3DS] Tomodachi Life (Retail): 138,000
[3DS] Tomodachi Life (Digital): 37,000 (21.1% digital ratio)

Majora's Mask (not launch month and not quite 20%, but hey)
[3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (Retail + Digital): 184,000 | LTD: 730,000
[3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (Retail) LTD: 611,000
[3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (Digital) LTD: 119,000 (16.3% digital ratio)

Fire Emblem Fates
[3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright + Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest + Fire Emblem Fates: Special Edition (Retail + Digital): <400,000
[3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright + Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest + Fire Emblem Fates: Special Edition (Retail): 315,000 (Would be #3 for the month if combined)
[3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright + Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest + Fire Emblem Fates: Special Edition (Digital): <85,000 (<21.3% digital ratio)

 

[BTB123]

here's a bunch of 3DS games with digital near or above 20% launch month, from the various NPD threads:

Fire Emblem Awakening
[3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening: 180,000
[3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening (Retail): 95,000
[3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening (Digital): 63,000 (35% digital ratio)
[3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening (Bundle): 22,000

Animal Crossing: New Leaf
[3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Retail + Digital): 505,000
[3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Retail + Bundle): 381,200
[3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Digital): 124,000 (24.6% digital ratio)

3DS Smash Bros
[3DS] Super Smash Bros. (Retail + Digital): 705,000
[3DS] Super Smash Bros. (Digital): 135,000 (19.1% digital ratio)

Bravely Default
[3DS] Bravely Default (Retail + Digital): 200,000
[3DS] Bravely Default (Retail): >160,000 (#2 Individual SKU)
[3DS] Bravely Default (Digital): <40,000 (<20% digital ratio)

Tomodachi Life
[3DS] Tomodachi Life (Retail + Digital): 175,000
[3DS] Tomodachi Life (Retail): 138,000
[3DS] Tomodachi Life (Digital): 37,000 (21.1% digital ratio)

Majora's Mask (not launch month and not quite 20%, but hey)
[3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (Retail + Digital): 184,000 | LTD: 730,000
[3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (Retail) LTD: 611,000
[3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (Digital) LTD: 119,000 (16.3% digital ratio)

Fire Emblem Fates
[3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright + Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest + Fire Emblem Fates: Special Edition (Retail + Digital): <400,000
[3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright + Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest + Fire Emblem Fates: Special Edition (Retail): 315,000 (Would be #3 for the month if combined)
[3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright + Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest + Fire Emblem Fates: Special Edition (Digital): <85,000 (<21.3% digital ratio)

So was that when NPD was still providing actual numbers? And where do the digital numbers come from then? Did Nintendo ever provide digital numbers like that for the launch month of a single country?

 

[Celine]

Best selling games on eshop on 3DS in Japan as the end of 2017 (no virtual console)

3DS Download
1. Pokémon AR Searcher (Pokémon Dream Radar)
2. Tobidasu! Nyanko Daisensou (The Battle Cats POP!) - >500K as May 2017 (https://www.gonintendo.com/stories/280365-the-battle-cats-pop-hits-500k-sold)
3. Monster Hunter 4
4. Monster Hunter X
5. Charisou DX (Bike Rider DX)
6. Cube Creator 3D - 360K as January 2017 (https://nintendoeverything.com/cube-creator-3d-has-sold-360000-copies-in-japan/)
7. Pokémon Battle Trozei (Pokémon Link: Battle!)
8. Puyo Puyo!! Mini Version
9. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
10. Kirby Fighters Z (Kirby Fighters Deluxe)
11. Hako Boy! (BoxBoy!)
12. Denpa Ningen no RPG (The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave)
13. 3D Classics: Hoshi no Kirby: Yume no Izumi no Monogatari (3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure)
14. Monster Hunter 4G (Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate)
15. Urban Trial: Freestyle
16. Charisou DX2 Galaxy (Bike Rider DX2 Galaxy)
17. Touch Battle Tank 3D-2
18. Gunman Story (Gunman Clive)
19. Monster Hunter XX
20. Denpa Ningen no RPG 2 (The Denpa Men 2: Beyond the Waves)


* 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.

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[fiendcode]

So was that when NPD was still providing actual numbers? And where do the digital numbers come from then? Did Nintendo ever provide digital numbers like that for the launch month of a single country?

Nintendo used to do PRs timed with NPD, often giving their overall sales figures (so with digital). I'd guess these come from those?

 

[Astral_lion02]

Best selling games on eshop on 3DS in Japan as the end of 2017 (no virtual console)

3DS Download
1. Pokémon AR Searcher (Pokémon Dream Radar)
2. Tobidasu! Nyanko Daisensou (The Battle Cats POP!) - >500K as May 2017 (https://www.gonintendo.com/stories/280365-the-battle-cats-pop-hits-500k-sold)
3. Monster Hunter 4
4. Monster Hunter X
5. Charisou DX (Bike Rider DX)
6. Cube Creator 3D - 360K as January 2017 (https://nintendoeverything.com/cube-creator-3d-has-sold-360000-copies-in-japan/)
7. Pokémon Battle Trozei (Pokémon Link: Battle!)
8. Puyo Puyo!! Mini Version
9. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
10. Kirby Fighters Z (Kirby Fighters Deluxe)
11. Hako Boy! (BoxBoy!)
12. Denpa Ningen no RPG (The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave)
13. 3D Classics: Hoshi no Kirby: Yume no Izumi no Monogatari (3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure)
14. Monster Hunter 4G (Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate)
15. Urban Trial: Freestyle
16. Charisou DX2 Galaxy (Bike Rider DX2 Galaxy)
17. Touch Battle Tank 3D-2
18. Gunman Story (Gunman Clive)
19. Monster Hunter XX
20. Denpa Ningen no RPG 2 (The Denpa Men 2: Beyond the Waves)


* 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.

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Interesting that the Battle Cats was aleready big on 3DS.