Earlier this week, we shared a list of the top 15 most-downloaded Switch games in Europe for the month of June, revealing that Animal Crossing: New Horizons had once again returned to the top spot. Things are a little different over in Japan, however, as you're about to find out.
Below, you'll find a list of the 20 best-selling games on the Japanese eShop last month. Only paid downloads are included, and you'll notice that any games that were on sale during the period are appropriately labelled as such (thanks, Perfectly Nintendo). Secondary numbers show last month's chart placement:
01./New. – Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) [05.6.2020]
02./01. – Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) [20.3.2020]
03./05. – Minecraft Dungeons (Mojang / Microsoft Japan) [26.5.2020]
04./06. – Human: Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) [28.12.2017]
05./00. – 10 Second Run Returns (Blue Print) [21.12.2017] (was on sale)
06./04. – Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition (Nintendo) [29.5.2020]
07./08. – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) [28.4.2017]
08./03. – Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) [21.7.2017]
09./11. – Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) [07.12.2019]
10./00. – Conduct Together! (Northplay) [13.6.2019] (was on sale)
11./00. – Pokémon Sword (The Pokémon Company) [15.11.2019]
12./00. – Okami HD (Capcom) [09.8.2018] (was on sale)
13./15. – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [03.3.2017]
14./16. – Minecraft (Microsoft Japan) [21.6.2018]
15./00. – Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate (Capcom) [25.8.2017] (was on sale)
16./00. – Futari de! Nyanko Dai Senso (Ponos) [20.12.2018]
17./New. – Death Come True (Izanagi Games) [25.6.2020]
18./New. – Mr. Driller: DrillLand (Bandai-Namco) [25.6.2020]
19./00. – Overcooked! 2 (Team17) [07.8.2018]
20./00. – Kotoba no Puzzle Mojipittan (Bandai-Namco) [02.4.2020]
If you're interested in keeping tabs on the top games in Japan, make sure to watch out for our weekly chart updates. We also recently shared our personal top picks for eShop games released last month.
Any surprises in that top 20? Tell us below.
[source store.nintendo.co.jp, via perfectly-nintendo.com]
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I picked up Conduct Together while it was on sale. Bought it for a cent, and got one gold point back, so it was pretty much free. It actually surprised me how much fun it was. Also great to see that Dungeons is selling well.
I'm kind of already "done" with 51 Worldwide Games. Many games that support 4-8 players on DS now only support 2 players with only a very limited selection of games that support up to 4 players, which is bizarre as even games like Bowling (that has no excuses for not supporting up to 8 players) only supports 2 players here. :/
And I wish that they had omitted the games that are completely chance-based (especially Takoyaki and War, and perhaps even activities such as Pig's Tail) as they are such a sorry waste of time. The omission of certain activities from the DS game are also disappointing. They could have made awesome use of HD rumble with a new version of Soda Shake, for example. The absence of Balance is also a letdown.
Considering how good the original DS edition was, it's unfortunate that its long-awaited successor has been so underwhelming.
Glad to see MHGU is still getting some numbers. Even if it was a sale.
The developers of conduct together were smart. They put it for a cent (probably because people weren’t buying them.) then when they made it to the popular page, they switched it back to the regular price. 👍🏼
Nice to see Xenoblade do well!
It’s nice to see Okami over there!! I hope we have a sequel one day!
Okamiden is awesome too!!
@Apportal_SMM2 Developers do this sort of thing on the eShop all the time. I don't know if I would call it smart, so much as an abuse of the system. I know nothing about the game, but it's usually shovelware this happens with, and I wish Nintendo would do something to stop it.
@Silly_G I never played the DS version but it does seem like they made some strange design choices in this game. Speaking of Pig's Tail, Penalty Cards, which brings quite a bit of strategy to the game, are allowed by default when playing offline but then when playing online they turn it off without any option to turn it on and the game just becomes a mindless game of luck without any skill whatsoever and just becomes an absolute waste of time. I don't know who makes these decisions!
Human: Fall Flat is a juggernaut in Japan! Who’d have thought?!
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