UK

Mario Kart steers ahead of Olympic surge

18/Aug/2008

Nintendo’s ‘Mario Kart Wii’ overtakes fellow Wii blockbuster ‘Wii Fit’ at the top of the All Formats Chart, moving up 2 places from No3 (+6%) and ensuring that Nintendo clock up 9 All Formats No1’s in the past 19 weeks.

‘Wii Fit’ slacks off, sales down 24% at No2, but remains ahead of Sega’s rejuvenated Olympics titles with ‘Beijing 2008’ (No1 on Xbox 360 and PS3) sprinting 10 places to No3, while ‘Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games’ climbs 4 places to No4. Nintendo and Sega now share the Top 5 thanks to ‘Wii Play’ holding on to No5. Nintendo claims the lead format on 8 of the Top 10 games with 6 out of the 10 exclusive to Wii or DS. Nintendo’s formats are performing well across the board with 15 DS or Wii games in the Individual Formats (units) Top 20. Activision-Blizzard maintain 2 Guitar Hero games in the Top 10 with ‘Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock’ a non-mover at No6 and DS ‘Guitar Hero: On Tour’ down from No7 to No10. There are only 2 new games that make the Top 40 this week and both are sports titles: EA’s ‘Madden NFL 09’ at No17 and ‘Summer Athletics’ from Eidos at No25.

http://www.chart-track.co.uk/?i=578&s=1111

TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - INDIVIDUAL FORMATS (UNITS), WEEK ENDING 16 August 2008

LW		TW			Title	Format		Publisher
2		1			MARIO KART WII	WII		NINTENDO
1		2			WII FIT	WII		NINTENDO
4		3			WII PLAY	WII		NINTENDO
3		4			BIG BEACH SPORTS	WII		THQ
7		5			DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING	DS		NINTENDO
5		6			GUITAR HERO: ON TOUR	DS		ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
11		7			MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES	WII		SEGA
18		8			BEIJING 2008	XB360		SEGA
9		9			CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES	WII		TAKE 2
6		10			SOULCALIBUR IV	XB360		UBISOFT
24		11			BEIJING 2008	PS3		SEGA
16		12			MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES	DS		SEGA
13		13			SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL	WII		NINTENDO
10		14			SPORTS PARTY	WII		UBISOFT
14		15			GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK	WII		ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
12		16			MORE BRAIN TRAINING FROM DR KAWASHIMA	DS		NINTENDO
8		17			SOULCALIBUR IV	PS3		UBISOFT
19		18			BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY	XB360		ELECTRONIC ARTS
17		19			KUNG FU PANDA	DS		ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
15		20			WALL-E	DS		THQ
20		21			MARIO KART DS	DS		NINTENDO
23		22			NEW SUPER MARIO BROS.	DS		NINTENDO
21		23			RAYMAN RAVING RABBIDS 2	WII		UBISOFT
-		24			SUMMER ATHLETICS	WII		EIDOS
28		25			GAME PARTY	WII		MIDWAY
-		26			MADDEN NFL 09	XB360		ELECTRONIC ARTS
26		27			PUZZLER COLLECTION	DS		UBISOFT
22		28			METAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS	PS3		KONAMI
39		29			CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE	XB360		ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
34		30			42 ALL-TIME CLASSICS	DS		NINTENDO
31		31			LEGO INDIANA JONES: ORIGINAL ADVENTURES	DS		LUCASARTS
29		32			GRAND THEFT AUTO IV	XB360		TAKE 2
30		33			COOKING MAMA 2	DS		505 GAMES
25		34			SIGHT TRAINING	DS		NINTENDO
33		35			SEGA SUPERSTARS TENNIS	WII		SEGA
32		36			CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE	PS3		ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
27		37			GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK	XB360		ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
-		38			MADDEN NFL 09	PS3		ELECTRONIC ARTS
36		39			IMAGINE: BABIES	DS		UBISOFT
35		40			SPORTS ISLAND	WII		KONAMI

Ireland

TOP 20 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE (ALL PRICES), WEEK ENDING 16 August 2008

LW		TW			Title	Developer		Publisher
2		1			WII FIT	NINTENDO		NINTENDO
5		2			MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES	SEGA		SEGA
3		3			DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING	NINTENDO		NINTENDO
7		4			MARIO KART WII	NINTENDO		NINTENDO
4		5			KUNG FU PANDA	VICARIOUS VISIONS		ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
1		6			SOULCALIBUR IV	NAMCO		UBISOFT
8		7			WII PLAY	NINTENDO		NINTENDO
16		8			NEW SUPER MARIO BROS.	NINTENDO		NINTENDO
6		9			WALL-E	HELIXE		THQ
9		10			LEGO INDIANA JONES: ORIGINAL ADVENTURES	TRAVELLER'S TALES		LUCASARTS
11		11			SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL	SORA LTD		NINTENDO
15		12			THE SIMPSONS GAME	REBELLION		ELECTRONIC ARTS
10		13			FIFA 08	EA CANADA		ELECTRONIC ARTS
-		14			MADDEN NFL 09	EA TIBURON		ELECTRONIC ARTS
-		15			BEIJING 2008	EUROCOM ENTERTAINMENT		SEGA
13		16			GRAND THEFT AUTO IV	ROCKSTAR NORTH		TAKE 2
17		17			MORE BRAIN TRAINING FROM DR KAWASHIMA	NINTENDO		NINTENDO
-		18			BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY	DIGITAL ILLUSIONS		ELECTRONIC ARTS
12		19			BEN 10: PROTECTOR OF EARTH	HIGH VOLTAGE		D3P
14		20			GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK	NEVERSOFT		ACTIVISION BLIZZARD

Nintendownage?!

EDIT: Beijing Olympics doesn't deserve to sell this much, the games sucks monkeyballs!

was wondering why lombard or BKK didn't make this weeks thread! Great sales news however, domination as usual

MK is selling more every week!

Where will it end?

Dutch charts:

All
# VW W Titel MIJ
1 1 12 WII FIT (Wii) NINTENDO
2 2 17 MARIO KART (Wii) NINTENDO
3 3 8 SUPER SMASH BROTHERS BRAWL (Wii) NINTENDO
4 7 35 MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES (Wii) SEGA
5 9 5 SPORTS ISLAND (Wii) KONAMI
6 8 22 MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES (DS) SEGA
7 5 4 GUITAR HERO/ON TOUR (DS) ACTIVISION
8 10 6 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS (DS) NINTENDO
9 4 3 SOULCALIBUR 4 (PS3) UBISOFT
10 6 3 SOULCALIBUR 4 (X-BOX 360) UBISOFT

MKWii is a beast!

Holy crap! Madden 09 in the top 40 for the X360 and PS3!

Is there any significant release this week or can we expect the same Nintendo domination for next week? (or even worse with Soul Calibur dropping down the chart)

Oh yeah...Nintendo, owning again....nothin' new -.-