UK CHART: Wii Fit leaps back to No.1

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UK CHART: Wii Fit leaps back to No.1

Tim Ingham Jul 28 2008, 8:06pm

 

Stock not a problem as Nintendo title takes the High Street by storm

Nintendo’s Wii Fit has returned to the top of the UK’s All Formats games chart following a 32 per cent jump in sales.

The title jumps back up the official ChartTrack/ELSPA Top 40, overtaking last week’s No.1, LucasArt’s LEGO Indiana Jones.

THQ’s movie tie-in Wall-E climbs 12 per cent over last week but has to settle for No.2 for a second successive week.

Mario Kart Wii climbs 23 per cent to claim No.3 and Activision-Blizzard climbs seven places to No.4 for the first full sales week of DS Guitar Hero: On Tour.

Lego Indiana Jones drops all the way from No.1 to No.5, suffering a 15 per cent dip in unit sales.

Elsewhere, Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training makes a return to the top ten, up seven places to No.9 after a 14 per cent increase in sales.

The full ChartTrack/ELSPA Top Ten for the week ending July 26th reads:

1)    Wii Fit – Nintendo
2)    Wall-E – THQ
3)    Mario Kart Wii – Nintendo
4)    Guitar Hero: On Tour – Activision-Blizzard
5)     Lego Indiana Jones – LucasArts
6)    Wii Play – Nintendo
7)    Mario and Sonic – Sega
8)    Super Smash Bros. Brawl – Nintendo
9)    Brain Training – Nintendo
10)    Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock – Activision-Blizzard

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