Microsoft has revealed Japan’s most popular XBLA games, downloadable content, Games On Demand and demos of both 2009 and all time.
A quick rundown of the top five in each of the above categories follows. For top ten lists, which were originally provided to Famitsu, head over to Andriasang.
You might also want to check out Japan’s top five console games of 2009 and annual sales data for all of the hardware platforms here.
Xbox Live Arcade
Top five of 2009
01. Virtual On Oratorio Tangram (2009/4/29)
02. Battlefield 1943 (2009/7/8)
03. Castle Crashers (2008/8/27)
04. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (2009/7/29)
05. Trials HD (2009/8/12)
Top five of all time
01. Castle Crashers
02. Virtual On Oratorio Tangram
03. Ikaruga
04. Bomberman Live
05. Battlefield 1943
Demos
Top five of 2009
01. Bayonetta (2009/10/15)
02. Lost Planet 2 (2009/8/19)
03. Forza Motorsport 3 (2009/9/24)
04. Left 4 Dead 2 (2009/11/3)
05. Ninja Blade (2009/1/5)
Top five of all time
01. Resident Evil 5
02. Ace Combat 6
03. Lost Planet
04. Bayonetta
05. Tales of Vesperia
Games On Demand
Top five of 2009 / all time
01. Each Defense Force 3 (2009/9/8)
02. Idol Master (2009/8/11)
03. Idol Master Live 4 You! (2009/8/11)
04. Bullet Witch (2009/8/11)
05. Raiden Fighters Aces (2009/11/17)
Add-on content
Top five of 2009
01. Idol Master Live For You
02. Dream Club
03. Idol Master
04. Fallout 3
05. Otomedeus Gorgeous!
Top five of all time
01. Idol Master
02. Idol Master Live For You!
03. Ace Combat 6
04. Dream Club
05. Rumble Roses XX