Featuring charts from across the region, Another Week in Europe documents the buying habits and quirky tastes of a whole continent of Wii lovers.Gran Turismo 5: Prologue dominates Europe this week, and only plucky little Sweden (where the game lies second) prevented it from being top dog in every single European chart.
In many cases, however, it's being hotly pursued by Wii software. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 is still holding its own (rising to 3rd in the UK, 4th in Ireland, and keeping fifth place in Spain), Mario & Sonic continues to grip to the higher positions like a particularly stubborn limpet, Germany is the usual Nintendo lovefest, and Sweden finally has a Wii game that isn't Guitar Hero III in its top ten. It's a good one, as well.
As far as new games go, there's just the one, with Dancing Stage Hottest Party strutting its stuff and grabbing its crotch at 7th in the Dutch charts. Finally, Game Party and Carnival: Funfair Games continue to plummet down the UK charts. Muahahaha.
Next week: some racing game.
United Kingdom (Week ending April 5th)
01. (01) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
02. (03) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
03. (05) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Wii)
04. (02) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (360)
05. (07) Wii Play (Wii)
06. (06) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
07. (04) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (PS3)
08. (__) Condemned 2 (360)
09. (11) Viking: Battle for Asgard (360)
10. (09) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
Ireland (Week ending April 5th)
01. (02) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
02. (01) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (360, PS3)
03. (03) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii, NDS)
04. (04) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
05. (06) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
06. (05) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS)
07. (08) Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC)
08. (13) More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (NDS)
09. (07) FIFA 08 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
10. (10) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360, PS3, PC)
Netherlands (Week 14, 2008)
01. (__) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
02. (02) Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath (360, PC)
03. (01) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
04. (04) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
05. (__) God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP)
06. (__) Viking: Battle for Asgard (360)
07. (__) Dancing Stage Hottest Party (Wii)
08. (__) Efteling Tycoon (PC)
09. (03) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (360)
10. (__) Viking: Battle for Asgard (PS3)
Germany (Week 14, 2008)
01. (01) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
02. (03) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
03. (02) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
04. (04) More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (NDS)
05. (__) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
06. (05) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS)
07. (__) Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (NDS)
08. (__) Mario Party 8 (Wii)
09. (06) Mario Kart DS (NDS)
10. (07) Professor Kageyama's Maths Training (NDS)
Spain (Week 14, 2008)
01. (01) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
02. (03) Wii Play (Wii)
03. (02) God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP)
04. (05) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PSP)
05. (08) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Wii)
06. (__) Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
07. (04) Magic Made Fun (NDS)
08. (__) Assassin's Creed (PS3)
09. (07) FIFA 08 (PS2)
10. (10) More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (NDS)
Sweden (Week 14, 2008)
01. (02) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2)
02. (01) Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (PS3)
03. (06) Singstar Svenska hits Schlager (PS2)
04. (05) World of Warcraft (PC)
05. (11) Counter-Strike 1: Anthology (PC)
06. (04) The Sims 2: FreeTime (PC)
07. (__) Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
08. (08) World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (PC)
09. (__) Singstar Svenska hits (PS2)
10. (__) Condemned 2 (360)
Denmark (Week ending April 5th)
01. (01) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
02. (06) FIFA 08 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
03. (02) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC)
04. (03) The Sims 2: FreeTime (PC)
05. (08) Need for Speed: ProStreet (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
06. (04) Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath (360, PC)
07. (05) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360, PS3, PC)
08. (17) Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction (PS3)
09. (10) Counter-Strike: Source (PC)
10. (16) Counter-Strike 1: Anthology (PC)
Read: UK, Irish, Dutch, and Danish chart data.
Read: German and Spanish chart data.
Read: Swedish data.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-12-2008 @ 3:15PM
ngamersrule101 said...
the picture is a royal guard for the english royal family how does that picture rep europe it dosnt even rep the uk only england
uk its self is england wales scotland and northen irland
how on earth does that pic rep germany/france/holland/belguim/italy there is no EUROPE AS AMERICANS THINK OF IT
THERE MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRY'S GET A GRIP YANKS JESUS
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4-12-2008 @ 3:41PM
jason said...
Woah, just chill out. Besides, can you think of any pictures that represent all of those countries?
4-12-2008 @ 5:58PM
Chris Greenhough said...
1. I'm English, reside in England, and have lived here all my life.
2. I don't know if you check this thing every week, but I don't *just* use images that are representative of England - they vary from week to week, and there's no set pattern.
3. Calm down.
4-12-2008 @ 5:01PM
TheWarlock said...
Effite, unhygenic, rude, horrible cuisine, bad teeth, stiff, anal retentive, live on knockwurst & beer, over emotional, unorganized, and have a new government twice a week.
So, a picture of Mario who hasn't bathed in a while playing soccer?
Ok ok, toooooo far.
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