Animal Crossing New Horizons

Nintendo has released an updated list of its best-selling titles in Japan, letting us see which games are proving to be the most popular in the company's home country right now.

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./04. – Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) [20.3.2020]
02./03. – Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) [05.6.2020]
03./08. – Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) [21.7.2017]
04./07. – Human: Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) [28.12.2017]
05./New. – Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition (Square-Enix) [27.8.2020]
06./05. – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) [28.4.2017]
07./01. – eBaseball Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2020 (Konami) [09.7.2020]
08./New. – Yo-kai Gakuen Y ~WaiWai Gakuen Seikatsu~ (Level-5) [13.8.2020]
09./09. – Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) [07.12.2019]
10./06. – Moto Rush GT (Baltoro Games) [26.3.2020] (was 93% off)
11./00. – Gear.Club Unlimited (3 g o o) [14.12.2017]
12./00. – Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition (Square-Enix) [27.9.2019]
13./00. – Obakeidoro (Free Style) [01.8.2019]
14./02. – Paper Mario: The Origami King (Nintendo) [17.7.2020]
15./00. – Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch for Nintendo Switch (Level-5) [20.9.2019]
16./00. – Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy Deluxe Edition (Level-5) [09.8.2018]
17./00. – Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo) [31.10.2019]
18./13. – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [03.3.2017]
19./00. – Dead by Daylight (Behaviour Interactive) [26.9.2019]
20./15. – Minecraft (Microsoft Japan) [21.6.2018]

A return to form for Animal Crossing? Who would've guessed?

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]