Monster Hunter Rise

Nintendo has released an updated list of its best-selling titles in Japan, this time covering April 2021.

Monster Hunter Rise remains the country's biggest eShop game for a second consecutive month, with New Pokémon Snap earning a second-place spot despite only launching on the last day of the month.

Only paid downloads are included in the list, 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./01. – Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom) [26.3.2021]
02./New. – New Pokémon Snap (The Pokémon Company) [30.4.2021]
03./02. – Among Us (Innersloth) [16.12.2020]
04./New. – SaGa Frontier Remastered (Square-Enix) [15.4.2021]
05./New. – Super Nodage Party (Yoshimoto Kyogo) [29.4.2021]
06./03. – Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo) [12.2.2021]
07./09. – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) [28.4.2017]
08./05. – Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) [07.12.2018]
09./10. – Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami) [19.11.2020]
10./12. – Kuukiyomi (G-Mode) [19.3.2021] (launch discount: 11% off until May 10th)
11./11. – Human: Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) [28.12.2017]
12./16. – Minecraft (Microsoft Japan) [21.6.2018]
13./15. – Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) [20.3.2020]
14./00. – Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) [05.6.2020]
15./00. – Good Job! (Nintendo) [26.3.2020] (30% off until May 2nd)
16./00. – Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise (imagineer) [03.12.2020] (20% until May 9th)
17./New. – Livestream: Escape from Hotel Izanami (qureate) [15.04.2021]
18./00. – Overcooked! Special Edition (Team17) [12.10.2017]
19./00. – Overcooked! 2 (Team17) [07.8.2018] (50% off until May 9th)
20./00. – Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) [21.7.2017]


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 nintendo.co.jp, via perfectly-nintendo.com]