Switch eShop chart movers

A week into April, the Switch 2 eShop charts are already doing what launch-window charts always do. They are separating curiosity from momentum. Nintendo Everything’s ranking for the week of April 5 shows Pokémon Pokopia still at No. 1, with Mario Kart World at No. 3 and Donkey Kong Bananza at No. 6. The new wrinkle is lower down the list, where South of Midnight entered at No. 9. Super Meat Boy 3D and Darwin’s Paradox, which had been in the top ten, fell to No. 17 and No. 19. (nintendoeverything.com) That makes Pokopia the more interesting story than another routine first-place finish might suggest. The game launched on March 5, 2026, and by Nintendo’s own store listings it is a full-price Switch 2 release at $69.99. Staying on top a month later means it is not just riding announcement buzz or launch-day nostalgia. It is still converting attention into purchases, which is the only thing a digital chart really measures. (nintendoeverything.com) The game also looks like the kind of hit that can anchor a new machine early. Nintendo Everything previously described Pokémon Pokopia as a life sim developed by Koei Tecmo, built around playing as a Ditto that can transform and explore a town full of Pokémon. That premise is strange enough to stand out, and broad enough to sell. A chart like this cannot tell you how many copies moved, but it can show which games are sticking around after the first rush. Pokopia plainly is. (nintendoeverything.com) South of Midnight’s debut matters for a different reason. Nintendo’s store says the Switch 2 version became available on March 31, and the chart dated April 5 already has it in ninth place. That is a fast start for a game that is not a Nintendo first-party release and not part of an old Nintendo franchise. It is also a sign that Switch 2 owners are not using the eShop only for the obvious mascot games. They are buying across publisher lines, including a title published by Xbox on other platforms. (nintendo.com) That cross-platform piece is what gives the chart a little more texture. South of Midnight first released on Xbox Series X|S and Windows on April 8, 2025, before arriving on Switch 2 this spring. On Nintendo’s platform, it is listed at $39.99 for the Weaver’s Edition. A top-ten debut does not make it a breakout on its own, but it does show there is room on the new eShop for games that are neither exclusives nor bargain-bin impulse buys. (xbox.com) All of this lands in the middle of a small but practical interruption. Nintendo’s maintenance schedule for the week of April 5 includes an eShop session running from 9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Pacific on Monday, April 6, which is 12:30 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday, April 7. A second session affects Nintendo Switch Online on the Home Menu from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Pacific on Tuesday, April 7, or 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern. Nintendo’s support pages direct players to its Network Maintenance information when outages affect the eShop. (nintendoeverything.com) So the picture this week is simple. The Switch 2 eShop still belongs to Pokémon Pokopia. South of Midnight arrived quickly enough to claim a place in the top ten. And if you plan to buy either one digitally, Nintendo has already marked out two short windows when the store, or the online layer wrapped around it, may briefly get in the way. (nintendoeverything.com)