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Japan's Video Game Rankings, June 29-July 5

posted on 2020-07-10 07:05 EDT by Rafael Antonio Pineda

Animal Crossing: New Horizons at #1

Japan's Game Ranking: June 29-July 5

Rank	System	Title	Publisher	Release Date	Weekly Copies	Total Copies
1	NSw	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	Nintendo	March 20	53,506	5,058,226
2	NSw	Sekai no Asobi Taizen 51	Nintendo	June 5	23,591	195,211
3	NSw	Ring Fit Adventure	Nintendo	October 18, 2019	19,285	1,092,799
4	NSw	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Nintendo	April 28, 2017	10,037	3,015,080
5	PS4	The Last of Us Part II	Sony Interactive Entertainment	June 19	9,279	213,968
6	NSw	Splatoon 2	Nintendo	July 21, 2017	8,114	3,478,749
7	NSw	Pokémon Sword & Shield	Nintendo	November 15, 2019	8,111	3,647,104
8	NSw	Super Smash Brothers Ultimate	Nintendo	December 7, 2018	7,111	3,744,880
9	NSw	Catherine: Full Body	Atlus	July 2	6,917	6,917
10	NSw	Minecraft	Nintendo	June 21, 2018	6,104	1,432,705
11	NSw	Super Mario Party	Nintendo	October 5, 2018	4,903	1,481,128
12	NSw	Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia	Happinet	June 25	4,176	19,418
13	PS4	The Last of Us Remastered (PlayStation Hits)	Sony Interactive Entertainment	June 28, 2018	3,735	104,335
14	PS4	Marvel's Iron Man VR	Sony Interactive Entertainment	July 3	3,358	3,358
15	NSw	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Nintendo	March 3, 2017	3,223	1,606,663
16	PS4	Remant: From the Ashes	DMM Games	June 25	2,905	22,149
17	NSw	Xenoblade: Definitive Edition	Nintendo	May 29	2,742	126,662
18	NSw	Tōhoku Daigaku Reika Igaku Kenkyūjo Kawashima Ryūta Kyōji Kanshū Nō o Kitaeru Otona no Nintendo Switch Training	Nintendo	December 27, 2018	2,674	256,409
19	NSw	Super Mario Maker 2	Nintendo	June 28, 2019	2,547	933,420
20	NSw	Human: Fall Flat	Teyon Japan	June 28, 2018	2,427	7,668

Source: Famitsu

This article has a follow-up: Japan's Video Game Rankings, July 6-12 (2020-07-17 07:00)
follow-up of Japan's Video Game Rankings, June 22-28

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