The September 26 Nintendo Switch eShop charts put Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 at No. 1, while Metroid Dread slips and Minecraft Dungeons 2 creates a listings dispute.
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Mario takes No. 1, and the chart gets messier beneath it
Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 is the new No. 1 on the Nintendo Switch eShop charts for September 26, 2026, according to both Nintendo Everything and GoNintendo. The move pushes Metroid Dread, last week’s leader, down to No. 4 in both published snapshots. That is the clean headline. The less tidy story is that the two public chart reports diverge almost immediately after the shared top four.
Nintendo Everything’s September 26 post lists the top five as Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Super Mario Party Jamboree, Metroid Dread, and Minecraft Dungeons 2 Deluxe Edition. GoNintendo’s September 26 chart has the same first four, but places Super Mario Bros. Wonder at No. 5 and does not include Minecraft Dungeons 2 Deluxe Edition in its top 30.
That conflict matters for readers using the Nintendo Switch eShop charts as a practical buying signal. These rankings are useful, but they are not a transparent unit-sales report. Neither outlet provides raw sales, revenue, time-of-day capture, or regional methodology in the supplied text. Nintendo Everything says Minecraft Dungeons 2 will officially release in a few days and that pre-loads have given it multiple placements, including one at No. 5. GoNintendo, meanwhile, notes that its chart is only for the Switch eShop and does not reflect Switch 2 eShop numbers, but its published top 30 still omits those Minecraft Dungeons 2 entries.
The safest reading is simple: Mario is clearly on top, Metroid Dread is still high but no longer leading, and the mid-chart has enough volatility that next week’s update will be especially revealing.
The Switch audience is still buying Nintendo’s evergreen core
The September 26 Switch digital sales chart is heavy with Nintendo’s biggest house names. On Nintendo Everything’s all-games list, the top ten includes Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Super Mario Party Jamboree, Metroid Dread, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Zelda: Skyward Sword HD. GoNintendo’s top ten is similar, with Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe slightly higher and Zelda: Skyward Sword HD at No. 7.
That concentration says a lot about current Nintendo audience demand in late September 2026. The eShop is favoring familiar platformers, multiplayer staples, and tentpole adventures rather than a wave of unknown new releases. Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 at No. 1 is the most obvious example, but the broader Mario footprint is the louder signal. Depending on the outlet’s chart, Super Mario Bros. Wonder sits at either No. 5 or No. 6, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is at either No. 6 or No. 7, Super Mario Odyssey remains around the low teens, and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury stays inside the top 22.
For platformer fans, this is a familiar Switch pattern with a September twist. The audience is not abandoning older Nintendo catalog games when a new chart leader appears. Instead, one prominent Mario listing seems to be pulling attention across adjacent Mario releases. Super Mario Galaxy 2 is also charting as a standalone title, landing at No. 17 on Nintendo Everything’s all-games list and No. 15 on GoNintendo’s. On Nintendo Everything’s download-only chart, Super Mario Galaxy 2 is No. 1.
That last point is especially interesting for players who follow craft and level design. Galaxy 2 leading the download-only ranking suggests that a focused 3D platformer can still behave like a front-line digital product on Switch, even in a chart crowded with party games, sandbox games, RPGs, and legacy Zelda entries. The eShop audience is voting for polished movement, compact challenge spaces, and the comfort of returning to a well-understood Nintendo design language.
Metroid Dread cools after its announcement boost, but the series remains visible
Nintendo Everything reported on September 19 that Metroid Dread had risen to No. 1 after the announcement of Metroid Ravenous. One week later, both Nintendo Everything and GoNintendo place Metroid Dread at No. 4. That drop is the clearest week-over-week movement in the available sources: the announcement halo did not keep Dread above Mario, Zelda, and Mario Party Jamboree, but it did keep the 2D action game in the upper tier of the Nintendo eShop rankings.
The Metroid presence does not stop with Dread. Nintendo Everything’s September 26 all-games chart puts Metroid Prime Remastered at No. 20 and Metroid Prime 4 at No. 30. GoNintendo lists Metroid Prime Remastered at No. 17 and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond at No. 28. The exact placements differ, but both reports show the same larger pattern: Metroid interest is spread across the 2D entry, the remastered first-person entry, and the upcoming or newly listed Prime title represented in the rankings.
That is a healthier signal than a one-game spike. For a series that often lives between passionate fandom and broader Nintendo mainstream awareness, Dread’s fall from first to fourth is not a collapse. It is a normalization after news-driven attention. The useful question for next week is whether Dread can hold inside the top ten once the Ravenous announcement bump gets older and the Minecraft Dungeons 2 release window arrives.
There is also a genre story here. Dread is mechanically demanding in a way many evergreen Switch hits are not. It asks players to learn boss patterns, parry windows, route knowledge, and movement timing. Seeing it sit beside Tears of the Kingdom, Mario Party Jamboree, and the Galaxy games suggests that the current Switch audience still has room for precision action when the franchise signal is strong enough.
Zelda’s chart strength looks partly sale-driven and partly evergreen
The Legend of Zelda is the other major pillar of the September 26 rankings. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom holds No. 2 on both Nintendo Everything and GoNintendo. Nintendo Everything’s September 19 report specifically attributed Tears of the Kingdom’s earlier climb to titles included in the Nintendo Customer Appreciation Sale, saying Tears of the Kingdom had reached No. 2 during that promotion. On September 26, it remains there.
The rest of the Zelda field is deep. Nintendo Everything lists Zelda: Skyward Sword HD at No. 10, Zelda: Breath of the Wild at No. 11, Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom at No. 19, Zelda: Link’s Awakening at No. 23, and Zelda: Breath of the Wild + Expansion Pass at No. 28. GoNintendo’s order differs, putting Skyward Sword HD at No. 7, Breath of the Wild at No. 10, Echoes of Wisdom at No. 20, Link’s Awakening at No. 22, and Breath of the Wild + Expansion Pass at No. 25.
That is a broad spread across different Zelda styles. Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild represent the open-ended adventure side of the catalog. Link’s Awakening and Echoes of Wisdom lean into tighter puzzle-adventure structures. Skyward Sword HD sits somewhere else again, with a more directed progression model. The chart does not tell us why each individual buyer clicked purchase, but the pattern shows a franchise with multiple on-ramps still converting digital interest.
The practical takeaway is that sale timing can distort the top of the chart without making the interest artificial. Nintendo Everything connected the September 19 surge to the Customer Appreciation Sale, but Tears of the Kingdom holding No. 2 a week later shows that promotional pricing, franchise strength, and backlog buying can reinforce one another. Players comparing the Nintendo Switch eShop charts should treat Zelda’s persistence as both a deal-driven signal and a catalog-health signal.
Download-only rankings give smaller games their clearest lane
The all-games chart is dominated by Nintendo’s biggest releases, but Nintendo Everything’s download-only list is where the discovery layer becomes easier to read. For September 26, Nintendo Everything ranks the download-only top entries as Super Mario Galaxy 2, Well Dweller, Pokemon FireRed, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Pokemon LeafGreen, Graveyard Keeper 2, Super Mario Galaxy, Stardew Valley, Deltarune, Terraria, and a truncated Little Witch in the W listing.
Well Dweller is the entry to watch. Nintendo Everything places it at No. 21 on the all-games chart and No. 2 on the download-only chart, while GoNintendo has it at No. 29 in its all-games top 30. The specific all-games rank differs, but both sources show Well Dweller breaking into the broader conversation, and Nintendo Everything’s download-only placement suggests it is performing especially well when boxed retail and major full-price catalog titles are filtered out.
For indie-minded players, that is the kind of chart movement that often matters more than a single high-profile No. 1. Download-only charts can surface games that do not have the same shelf presence or franchise muscle as Mario, Zelda, or Metroid. Stardew Valley at No. 8, Deltarune at No. 9, and Terraria at No. 10 on Nintendo Everything’s download-only chart also show the durability of systems-heavy, community-beloved games. These are not new names, but they continue to be the kind of digital purchases Switch owners make when they want long-tail value.
There is also movement among cozy and management-adjacent games. Little Witch in the Woods was No. 3 on Nintendo Everything’s September 19 download-only chart, but the September 26 list provided in the source text only shows it at the end as a truncated No. 11 entry. Graveyard Keeper appears truncated at No. 8 in the September 19 source text and is listed as Graveyard Keeper 2 at No. 6 on September 26. Those listings point to active interest in smaller-scale, routine-driven games, though the supplied source text does not give enough detail to say whether discounts, updates, or external promotion caused the shifts.
Minecraft Dungeons 2 is the biggest unresolved ranking story
The most important next-week watch is Minecraft Dungeons 2, because the September 26 sources disagree around it and because Nintendo Everything says the game will officially release in a few days. In Nintendo Everything’s all-games ranking, Minecraft Dungeons 2 Deluxe Edition is No. 5 and Minecraft Dungeons 2 is No. 24. The outlet explicitly says pre-loads are responsible for giving it a couple of spots on the chart.
GoNintendo’s September 26 top 30 does not list Minecraft Dungeons 2 or its Deluxe Edition. That does not prove Nintendo Everything is wrong, and it does not prove GoNintendo is missing something. The supplied sources do not provide the capture time, store region, or internal eShop category logic behind either list. It does, however, create a useful caution for readers: a Switch digital sales chart can be a snapshot, and pre-load behavior can complicate how a game appears before release.
If Minecraft Dungeons 2 is genuinely converting pre-load interest into launch-week purchases, it should be easier to see in the next chart. A strong release could keep the Deluxe Edition near the top or lift the standard edition. A softer launch could make Nintendo Everything’s No. 5 look like a short-lived pre-release spike. Until the next update, the confirmed fact is limited to Nintendo Everything’s reported placements and GoNintendo’s conflicting omission.
Other next-week entries worth watching include Well Dweller, because a second week of visibility would make its download-only surge look sturdier, and Metroid Dread, because holding inside the top five after losing No. 1 would show that the Ravenous announcement is still influencing buying behavior. Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 is the obvious leader to beat, but the more revealing movement may happen from No. 4 through No. 30.
How to read this week’s Switch best sellers without overreading them
Readers searching for Switch best sellers September 2026 should keep three caveats in mind. First, these charts are rankings, not public sales totals. A game at No. 2 is not necessarily close to No. 1, and a game at No. 20 may be separated from No. 30 by a small number of purchases. The supplied sources do not include unit counts or revenue.
Second, platform scope is messy in 2026. GoNintendo states that its September 26 chart is only for the Switch eShop and does not reflect Switch 2 eShop numbers. Nintendo’s own store page in the supplied material is titled “Best-selling games” for Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch systems, and it includes filters for both platforms, digital products, pre-orders, new releases, and other categories. That official storefront page is useful context for how Nintendo presents best sellers broadly, but it is not the same thing as the weekly Switch-only top 30 being reported by Nintendo Everything and GoNintendo.
Third, the chart is strongest as a demand map, not as a verdict on quality. It shows that Mario’s 3D platforming catalog is hot, Zelda remains sticky, Metroid is still benefiting from recent series news, and smaller digital games can punch through when the download-only filter gives them space. It does not tell you whether to buy a game at full price, whether performance meets your personal standards, or whether a pre-load will translate into long-term player activity.
For now, the September 26 Nintendo eShop rankings are a snapshot of a familiar but lively Switch audience: hungry for Mario, still loyal to Zelda, newly re-engaged with Metroid, and willing to make room for smaller digital games when they catch momentum. Next week’s chart should clarify whether Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 has settled in as the new leader or whether Minecraft Dungeons 2, Well Dweller, or a lingering Metroid wave can redraw the top tier.