Paper Mario

Paper Mario: The Origami King might well have topped the list of the 15 most-downloaded Switch games in Europe for the month of July, but things are a little different over in Nintendo's home country of Japan.

Below, you'll find a list of the 20 best-selling games on the Japanese eShop last month. Only paid downloads are included, and any games that were on sale during the period are appropriately labelled (thanks, Perfectly Nintendo). Secondary numbers show last month's chart placement:


01./New. – eBaseball Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2020 (Konami) [09.7.2020]
02./New. – Paper Mario: The Origami King (Nintendo) [17.7.2020]
03./01. – Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) [05.6.2020]
04./02. – Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) [20.3.2020]
05./07. – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) [28.4.2017]
06./00. – Moto Rush GT (Baltoro Games) [26.3.2020] (currently 93% off)
07./04. – Human: Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) [28.12.2017]
08./08. – Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) [21.7.2017]
09./09. – Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) [07.12.2019]
10./19. – Overcooked! 2 (Team17) [07.8.2018]
11./03. – Minecraft Dungeons (Mojang / Microsoft Japan) [26.5.2020]
12./00. – Real Time Battle Shogi Online (Silverstar Japan) [09.1.2020] (was 95% off)
13./13. – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [03.3.2017]
14./00. – Catch ‘Em! Goldfish Scooping (D3 Publisher) [02.8.2018] (was 80% off)
15./14. – Minecraft (Microsoft Japan) [21.6.2018]
16./00. – Elemental Knights R (Winlight) [27.9.2018] (currently 96% off)
17./16. – Futari de! Nyanko Dai Senso (Ponos) [20.12.2018]
18./11. – Pokémon Sword (The Pokémon Company) [15.11.2019]
19./00. – Perfect Angle: Illusion Puzzle (Rainy Frog) [11.10.2018] (was 89% off)
20./00. – Fitness Boxing (Imagineer) [20.12.2018] (currently 20% off)


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]