Japanese charts: Forex sales exceed 12 million as Animal Crossing returns to number one


Animal Crossing New Horizons

Figures from the Japanese Famitsu letter are now July 20-26, revealing that Animal Crossing: New Horizons it is back at number one once again.

The game sold just under 100,000 physical copies last week, extending its leadership as the best-selling Switch game in the region by another huge leap. Paper Mario: The Origami King it is now in third place, selling another 50,000 copies.

The only new title to speak is Ninjala, which despite being free-to-play actually received a physical release in Japan.

Here are the top 10 (the first numbers are this week’s estimated sales, followed by total sales):


one) [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} – 94,115 / 5,280,398
two) [PS4] Ghost of tsushima (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.07.17} – 53,387 / 266,302
3) [NSW] Paper Mario: The Origami King (Nintendo) {2020.07.17} – 50,643 / 159,735
4) [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} – 32.136 / 1,205,379
5) [NSW] Clubhouse games: 51 world classics (Nintendo) {2020.06.05} – 25.136 / 261.027
6) [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) {2020.07.09} – 21.094 / 145.689
7) [PS4] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) {2020.07.09} – 16.253 / 134.751
8) [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} – 15.175 / 3.051.164
9) [NSW] Ninjala (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2020.07.22} – 11.693 / NEW
10) [NSW] Pokémon shield and sword (Pokémon Co.) {2019.11.15} – 9,845 / 3,672,649


Switch hardware sales saw another boost this week, with the standard model performing particularly well. Here are the figures for this week, followed by lifetime sales in parentheses:

Nintendo Switch: 108,883 (12,012,998)
PlayStation 4: 833 (7,629,636)
PlayStation 4 Pro: 601 (1,568,359)
Xbox One S: 17 (21,428)
Xbox One X: 23 (20,651)

Nintendo Switch Lite: 16,348 (2,424,872)
New Nintendo 2DS LL: 993 (1,138,988)
New Nintendo 3DS: 49 (5,888,192)

Any surprises this week? Let us know in the comments.

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