Yoshi tops Switch 2 eShop pre-loads

Nintendo Everything reported on May 17 that “Yoshi and the Mysterious Book” rose to No. 1 on the Nintendo Switch 2 eShop charts, overtaking “Pokemon Pokopia,” which the outlet said had led the rankings since launch. The change stood out because “Yoshi and the Mysterious Book” had not yet been released. Nintendo Everything said pre-loads alone pushed the game to the top of the all-games chart. A separate post by GoNintendo published the same day listed the same ordering for the Switch 2 eShop chart. ### Which game moved to the top of the chart? “Yoshi and the Mysterious Book” ranked first on the Switch 2 eShop all-games chart for the week of May 17, 2026, according to Nintendo Everything’s chart post. The same list placed “Pokemon Pokopia” at No. 2 and “Mario Kart World” at No. 3. (nintendoeverything.com) GoNintendo’s May 17 chart roundup matched that top-three order and also showed “Indiana Jones and the Great Circle” at No. 4 and “Pokemon Legends: Z-A – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition” at No. 5. Both sites presented the rankings as a snapshot of what was leading on the store at that point in the week. (nintendoeverything.com) ### Why is the Yoshi ranking unusual? Nintendo Everything said “Yoshi and the Mysterious Book” reached No. 1 “with pre-loads alone,” even though the game “won’t be out until next week.” That means the chart position reflected digital users committing to download the title ahead of release rather than post-launch purchases. (gonintendo.com) Nintendo Everything’s earlier March 10 report said Nintendo had set the game’s release date for May 21, 2026, on Switch 2. A separate Nintendo Everything post published three days before the chart update described the game as “coming exclusively to Nintendo Switch 2.” (nintendoeverything.com) ### What happened to Pokemon Pokopia? Nintendo Everything wrote that “Pokemon Pokopia” had been “virtually unstoppable since launch” before being displaced in the May 17 chart. The outlet did not publish sales figures in the chart post, and the ranking itself did not quantify the gap between No. 1 and No. 2. (nintendoeverything.com) GoNintendo also framed the change as “Pokémon Pokopia has been overthrown” in its May 17 item. The two reports point to a shift in the storefront ordering, but neither post said the chart represented confirmed unit sales. ### What do these eShop charts actually measure? Nintendo Everything presented the list as the “latest Nintendo Switch 2 eShop charts” and tied Yoshi’s rise specifically to pre-loads. (nintendoeverything.com) The post did not describe the ranking as a full sales report, quarterly tally or publisher disclosure. (gonintendo.com) Nintendo’s own public eShop chart pages in some regions describe rankings as lists of popular digital games, but the source surfaced in this case was the May 17 chart roundup reported by Nintendo-focused outlets rather than a detailed Nintendo sales breakdown. ### What else was near the top of the chart? (nintendoeverything.com) Nintendo Everything’s May 17 list showed “Donkey Kong Bananza” at No. 6, “Super Mario Bros.” at No. 7, and “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition” at No. 8. It also said “Outbound” made the top 10. (nintendo.com) The May 17 ranking offered one of the clearest public snapshots so far of how upcoming Nintendo-published software was stacking up against already released Switch 2 titles on the eShop. That reading is an inference from the ordering shown in the chart posts, not a statement from Nintendo. (nintendoeverything.com) ### What comes next for this game? May 21, 2026 is the next concrete date in the story: Nintendo Everything previously reported that “Yoshi and the Mysterious Book” is due to launch that day on Nintendo Switch 2. After release, the next eShop chart updates will show whether the game holds the top spot once pre-loads give way to live sales activity on the store. (nintendoeverything.com 1) (nintendoeverything.com 2)