New data provided by Famitsu gives us a look at Japan’s best-selling games of July 2025.
Donkey Kong Bananza was the big new release of the month, but it actually wasn’t in first. That’s because Mario Kart World – which comes from a series that always shows staying power – managed to come out on top for the second consecutive month. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is also able to enter the top five.
Below is the full list of Japan’s best-selling games of July 2025:
1. [NS2] Mario Kart World – 375,378 / 1,571,833
2. [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza – 181,856 / NEW
3. [NSW] Tamagotchi Plaza – 53,734 / 156,023
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 32,750 / 6,391,569
5. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 27,322 / 8,181,899
At 796,000 copies of games sold at retail, Nintendo was by far the most successful publisher in Japan last month. The next closest was Bandai Namco at 106,000 games sold. Closing out the top three was Sony at 28,000 copies sold.
Nintendo Switch 2 was the best-selling hardware at 426,808 units sold. It’s down from nearly 1.2 million in June, but that was to be expected since we’re past the launch and supply is still constrained in Japan. The original Nintendo Switch sold 57,532 units compared to 78,097 units in June.
Thanks to Famitsu for the information above. We have sales charts for previous months in Japan as well as data for other regions here.
