Nintendo has more than half of Japan's top 20 games in 2018

In spite of their recent financial burp, Nintendo is doing more than fine and it turns out that the company has more than half the games in Japan's Top 20. To make matters even better for the Japanese game maker - they're all exclusives.

Unfortunately for Nintendo, the first place was snapped up by Capcom with their Monster Hunter: World, which has simply wiped the floor with its Japanese competition. Seeing the game sell 1,949,592 copies though makes me wonder why exactly analysts Capcom's stock.

Monster Hunter: World has been a smash hit for Capcom, helping the company to their year yet and becoming their game only a few months after it launched for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in January 2018. Notice someone missing there? Yeah and Monster Hunter: World to the Switch either, at least not for the time being.

Once you look past the pole position though, it becomes clear that Nintendo is rocking the year 2018 like a boss. True, the company is usually heavily featured in anything game related in Japan, top 20s included, but the amount of games they've produced is downright impressive.

Nintendo basically owns the top 10, starting with Splatoon 2 in second place all the way to Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon in seventh. The usual suspects are all there - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Odyssey and we can't forget the excellent The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. 

The list only briefly leaves Nintendo with Konami's Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018, only to continue unbroken until the twelfth place, held by Sega's Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise. Nintendo only appears twice more, Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Tennis Aces in 14 and 18. 

Interestingly, Nintendo have had issues with their stock downgraded by analysts, even though its customers insist they have won E3. They also insist some dude called Waluigi deserved better from Nintendo and we've reached out for comment. He doesn't seem to be very talkative though.

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Game
2018 Sales
Total Sales
Publisher
Monster Hunter World
1,949,592
1,949,592
Capcom
Splatoon 2
631,298
2,383,394
Nintendo
Kirby Star Allies
536,881
536,881
Nintendo
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
450,206
1,553,950
Nintendo
Super Mario Odyssey
389,680
1,713,960
Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda BOTW
292,459
980,503
Nintendo
Pokemon Ultra Sun/Moon
240,135
2,243,742
Nintendo/Pokemon Co
Jikkyou powerful Pro Baseball 208
217,178
217,178
Konami
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
200,131
200,131
Nintendo
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
179,179
179,179
Nintendo
Labo Toy-Con 01 Variety Kit
174,792
174,792
Nintendo
Fist of the North Star:: Lost Paradise
174,744
174,744
SEGA
Dynasty Warriors 9
171,195
171,195
Koei Tecmo
Mario Party: The Top 100
153,015
199,203
Nintendo
Dissidia: Final Fantasy NT
150,250
150,250
Square Enix
Far Cry 5
144,455
144,455
Ubisoft
Swort Art Online: Fatal Bullet
126,585
126,585
Bandai Namco
Mario Tennis Aces
122,070
122,070
Nintendo
Dark Souls: Remastered
112,974
112,974
From Software
Super Robot Wars X
107,886
107,886
Bandai Namco
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