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y-koron on 21 January 2021

Nintendo released the ranking of download sales 2020 in Japan.

Rank Name Company
1 Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo
2 Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics Nintendo
3 Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! Konami
4 Human: Fall Flat Teyon Japan
5 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo
6 Splatoon 2 Nintendo
7 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo
8 Super Mario 3D All-Stars Nintendo
9 Minecraft Mojang/MS Japan
10 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Nintendo
11 Pikmin 3 Deluxe Nintendo
12 Overcooked® 2 Team17
13 Among Us Innersloth
14 Pokemon Sword Pokémon Co.
15 The Battle Cats Ponos
16 Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate Capcom
17 Minecraft Dungeons Mojang/MS Japan
18 Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch LEVEL-5
19 Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin Marvelous
20 NBA 2K20 Take-Two
21 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX Pokémon Co.
22 eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 Konami
23 Super Mario Party Nintendo
24 UNDERTALE 8-4
25 Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy LEVEL-5
26 Paper Mario: The Origami King Nintendo
27 Xenoblade Definitive Edition Nintendo
28 FINAL FANTASY VII SquareEnix
29 Pokemon Shield Pokémon Co.
30 Fitness Boxing Imagineer



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HereWeGo on 21 January 2021

Units sales that were not tracked by Famitsu in 2020 (using official figures - Famitsu retail estimates)

As of June:
Xenoblade ~125k

As of September:
Paper Mario ~140k | SM3DAS ~290k | Splatoon ~300k | MK8 ~300k | Clubhouse ~400k | Animal Crossing ~2.4m

As of December:
Momotaro ~500k

It's probably safe to assume that everything in the above top 30 exceeded 100k digital sales in 2020.

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Stuart23 on 21 January 2021

Clubhouse Games above Momotaro is very impressive.



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y-koron on 21 January 2021
Stuart23 said:

Clubhouse Games above Momotaro is very impressive.

Yes, this is very very surprising result also for Japanese charts watchers.



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The_Liquid_Laser on 21 January 2021

The top spot is not surprising at all. However, I don't think I could have guessed this order for most of the other games. As it has already been stated, Clubhouse Games at #2 is a surprise. I probably would have guessed Mario Kart 8 or 3D All-Stars, but those ended up at 5 and 8 respectively. Very interesting to see what is popular on the digital side.



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psychicscubadiver on 21 January 2021

What surprises me is that 'Layton's Mystery Journey' made the list. Not only is it a port of a 3DS game, but it's probably the weakest game in the series in terms of puzzle quality and plot.



Metallox on 21 January 2021

Another surprise is NBA 2K20. I mean, I would've bet more on FIFA. Maybe it got heavily discounted throughout the year.



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HereWeGo on 21 January 2021
psychicscubadiver said:

What surprises me is that 'Layton's Mystery Journey' made the list. Not only is it a port of a 3DS game, but it's probably the weakest game in the series in terms of puzzle quality and plot.

Layton's Mystery Journey eShop discounts throughout the year:
85% off to ¥1.000 from March 13 to March 19
77% off to ¥1.500 from April 17 to May 13 (Golden Week)
again 77% off in August (Obon)
again 77% off in December (Christmas/New Year)

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Metallox said:

Another surprise is NBA 2K20. I mean, I would've bet more on FIFA. Maybe it got heavily discounted throughout the year.

It was 95% off to ¥385 in May.



Darwinianevolution on 21 January 2021

Why is there such a big difference between Pokemon Sword and Shield? And why does Nintendo count them separately?



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HereWeGo on 21 January 2021
Darwinianevolution said:

Why is there such a big difference between Pokemon Sword and Shield? And why does Nintendo count them separately?

Actual sales units difference may not be that big, a lot of games seem to be in the 150-200k range.