Featuring charts from across the region, Another Week in Europe documents the buying habits and quirky tastes of a whole continent of Wii lovers.Unlike reigning full beard freestyle world champion Elmar Weisser of Germany (who we admire fiercely), we have mixed feelings about this week's European sales charts.
For example, while we're heartened by the success of debutant Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (5th in the UK, and the Wii edition supplemented sales of other versions across Europe -- not bad for a game that appeared on every other console last October), we're irked by the flat performance of House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (15th in Britain, and nowhere to be seen in the charts of mainland Europe).
Europe, if you're reading, stop buying Game Party (7th in UK), Smarty Pants (10th in Spain), and Mario & bleeding Sonic (high everywhere) and let's get something half-decent up there for a change. Sega Bass Fishing should make next week's chart, so that'd be a good place to start -- let's have that top ten somewhere, please. Sigh. At least Elmar will never fail to impress us. Click on for the charts.
United Kingdom (Week ending March 29th)
01. (__) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
02. (01) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (360)
03. (02) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
04. (03) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (PS3)
05. (__) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Wii)
06. (04) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
07. (07) Wii Play (Wii)
08. (06) Carnival: Funfair Games (Wii)
09. (05) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
10. (12) Sega Superstars Tennis (Wii)
Ireland (Week ending March 29th)
01. (01) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (360, PS3)
02. (__) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
03. (02) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii, NDS)
04. (07) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
05. (03) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS)
06. (04) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
07. (06) FIFA 08 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
08. (05) Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC)
09. (10) Imagine: Babies (NDS)
10. (09) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360, PS3, PC)
Netherlands (Week 13, 2008)
01. (02) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
02. (__) Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath (360, PC)
03. (01) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (360)
04. (03) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
05. (09) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (PS3)
06. (04) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
07. (05) More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (NDS)
08. (07) The Sims 2: FreeTime (PC)
09. (06) Army of Two (PS3)
10. (__) Mario Party DS (NDS)
Germany (Week 13, 2008)
01. (__) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
02. (01) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
03. (02) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
04. (03) More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (NDS)
05. (05) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS)
06. (07) Mario Kart DS (NDS)
07. (04) Professor Kageyama's Maths Training (NDS)
08. (__) Magic Made Fun (NDS)
09. (06) Animal Crossing DS (NDS)
10. (__) God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP)
Spain (Week 12, 2008)
01. (01) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PSP)
02. (03) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
03. (02) Army of Two (PS3)
04. (05) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
05. (04) FIFA 08 (PS2)
06. (07) More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (NDS)
07. (__) Magic Made Fun (NDS)
08. (08) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
09. (__) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS)
10. (09) Smarty Pants (Wii)
Sweden (Week 13, 2008)
01. (__) Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (PS3)
02. (02) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2)
03. (__) Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath (360, PC)
04. (05) The Sims 2 Free Time (PC)
05. (06) World of Warcraft (PC)
06. (03) Singstar Svenska hits Schlager (PS2)
07. (09) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii)
08. (12) World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (PC)
09. (04) Army of Two (360)
10. (01) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (360)
Denmark (Week ending March 29th)
01. (__) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
02. (02) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC)
03. (01) The Sims 2: FreeTime (PC)
04. (__) Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath (360, PC)
05. (04) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360, PS3, PC)
06. (03) FIFA 08 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
07. (06) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)
08. (08) Need for Speed: ProStreet (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
09. (19) World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (PC)
10. (10) Counter-Strike: Source (PC)
Read: UK, Irish, Dutch, and Danish chart data.
Read: German, Spanish, and Swedish chart data.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-05-2008 @ 5:08PM
Jayenkai said...
I almost picked up HOTD, yesterday in town.
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To be honest, I'm not really sure why I didn't!
Still, Jericho season 1 was only £35 in HMV..
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4-05-2008 @ 5:54PM
dma said...
why is mario and sonic at the olympic games for the wii in the top list twice
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4-05-2008 @ 6:00PM
Hame said...
I love the House of the Dead series and I like Sega Bass Fishing, but why do you want them to sell so well? They are the laziest of lazy last-gen ports and that's something we surely shouldn't be encouraging.
On the other hand; got my copy of Pro Evo the other day. It's so cool. I had my doubts about the new system, but it works really well, a real triumph of Wii control (and the commercial with football/soccer greats Ian Wright and Michael Owen is really funny too).
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4-06-2008 @ 3:44AM
Orion said...
yea really... you bash an original game like Mario and Sonic.. which is fun and new. but you're rooting for sales on two games that debuted in the console scene on a dreamcast? I'm a huge sega fan.. yes I love those games, but common. I'd rather have a ps2 port. All I'm saying is, I'd rather cheer for original even if flawed efforts than a tried and true game from 1999.
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4-06-2008 @ 1:43PM
Mr Khan said...
Damn, Germans sure love the DS
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4-07-2008 @ 10:16AM
Perverted said...
I'll agree with Orion...
But I'm shocked that such an awful game like that GT demo thing got so many number 1 spots....I'd never even heard of the game till now(well recently).....And yes I've played it....or tried to...disappointed....
And I think it's all the old people/mums/kids that are buyig or getting games bought for them...hence smarty pants and the like doing well...Oh and I got HOTD...for £15 I wouldn't have paid anymore....
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