Japanese sales charts: Animal Crossing is back at the top

The current Japanese sales charts for the week of July 20-26, 2020 are available. After a week at the top, Ghost of Tsushima is only in second place this week. In return, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is moving back to its original position and can even increase 31% compared to the previous week. Paper Mario: The Origami King remains in 3rd place. The best newcomer is the commercial version of Ninjala, which is digitally free-to-play, however.

• 01/03/03 [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) 2020.03.20 – 94.115 / 5.280.398 (+ 31%)
• 02/01/01 [PS4] Ghost of Tsushima (Sony) 2020.07.17 (¥ 6,900) – 53,387 / 266,302 (-75%)
• 03/02/02 [NSW] Paper Mario: The Origami King (Nintendo) 2020.07.17 – 50.643 / 159.735 (-54%)
• 04./04. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) 2019.10.18 (¥ 7.980) – 32.136 / 1.205.379 (-11%)
• 05/07/07 [NSW] 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) 2020.06.05 (¥ 3,980) – 25,136 / 261,027 (+ 22%)
• 06./05. [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) (¥ 6,980) – 21,094 / 145,689 (-29%)
• 07/06/06 [PS4] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) (¥ 7,980) – 16,253 / 134,751 (-40%)
• 08./08. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) 2017.04.28 (¥ 5,980) – 15,175 / 3,051,164 (+ 51%)
• 09./00. [NSW] Ninjala (GungHo Online Entertainment) 2020.07.22 (¥ 3,618) – 11,693 / NEW
• 10./10. [NSW] Pokemon Sword & Shield (Pokemon Co.) 2019.11.15 – 9.845 / 3.672.649 (+ 26%)
• 11./12. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) 2017.07.21 (¥ 5,980) – 9,744 / 3,503,047 (+ 37%)
• 12./13. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) 2018/12/07 – 8,540 / 3,766,573 (+ 37%)
• 13./15. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) 2018/10/05 (¥ 5,980) – 8,071 / 1,499,720 (+ 56%)
• 14th / 14th [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft) 2018.06.21 (¥ 3,600) – 8,036 / 1,452,367 (+ 42%)
• 15th / 25th [NSW] Fishing Spirits: Switch Version (Bamco) 2019.07.25 – 7.372 / 461.852 (+ 256%)
• 16./16. [NSW] Dr. Kawashima for Switch (Nintendo) 2019.12.27 (¥ 3,480) – 4,231 / 266,455 (+ 36%)
• 17th / 18th [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) – 4.102 / 869.319 (+ 47%)
• 18th / 17th [NSW] Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) 03/03/2017 – 4,019 / 1,616,859 (+ 32%)
• 19./11. [PS4] Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris (Bamco) 2020.07.09 – 3.848 / 85.010 (-51%)
• 20th / 19th [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo) 2019.06.28 (¥ 5,980) – 3,365 / 942,223 (+ 31%)

The hardware charts:

• NSW – 125.231 (113.197)
• PS4 – 1,434 (4,523)
• 3DS – 1,042 (903)
• XB1 – 40 (31)

via ResetEra, images: Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo