Wii Fit and Super Smash Bros. Brawl have combined to conquer Europe this week (apart from Denmark where -- gah! -- the Brawl slayer Pro Cycling Manager 2008: Tour De France is now top!).In fact, it's been a week for Nintendo to cherish, with games for the Wii and DS taking up eight places in Holland's top ten, and every single spot in the German chart. Howzat?! In slightly more upsetting news, Carnival: Funfair Games has been spotted skulking around the UK top ten again. Ewww.
Check out the full charts from across the continent past the jump.
Note: All throughout the summer months, the Swedish charts will be on hiatus, and should return later this year. Bloody part-timers! No wonder everyone wants to live there.
United Kingdom (Week 28, 2008)
01. (04) Wii Fit (Wii)
02. (01) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
03. (02) Big Beach Sports (Wii)
04. (05) Wii Play (Wii)
05. (03) Battlefield: Bad Company (360)
06. (08) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
07. (07) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
08. (17) Carnival: Funfair Games (Wii)
09. (09) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
10. (12) Unreal Tournament III (360)
Ireland (Week 28, 2008)
01. (05) Wii Fit (Wii)
02. (01) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
03. (06) Kung Fu Panda (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, NDS)
04. (02) LEGO Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
05. (03) Grand Theft Auto IV (360, PS3)
06. (09) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii, NDS)
07. (07) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
08. (04) Battlefield: Bad Company (360, PS3)
09. (10) Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What To Eat? (NDS)
10. (11) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS)
Netherlands (Week 28, 2008)
01. (01) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
02. (02) Wii Fit (Wii)
03. (__) Pokémon Mystery Dungeon/Explorers of Darkness (NDS)
04. (__) Pokémon Mystery Dungeon/Explorers of Time (NDS)
05. (08) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
06. (05) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
07. (06) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
08. (__) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
09. (03) Battlefield: Bad Company (PS3)
10. (07) Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)
Germany (Week 28, 2008)
01. (01) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
02. (03) Wii Fit (Wii)
03. (05) Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (NDS)
04. (__) Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (NDS)
05. (02) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
06. (06) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
07. (08) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
08. (__) More Brain Training From Dr. Kawashima (NDS)
09. (__) Mario Kart DS (NDS)
10. (09) Mario Party 8 (Wii)
Spain (Week 27, 2008)
01. (01) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
02. (__) Wii Fit (Wii)
03. (03) Wii Play (Wii)
04. (02) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots (PS3)
05. (04) Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What to Eat? (NDS)
06. (__) Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (NDS)
07. (__) Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (NDS)
08. (05) Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)
09. (__) My Baby Girl (NDS)
10. (__) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PS2)
Italy (Week 27, 2008)
01 (01) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
02 (__) Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (NDS)
03 (__) Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (NDS)
04 (02) Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What to Eat? (NDS)
05 (03) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
06 (05) Wii Fit (Wii)
07 (04) Cooking Mama 2 (NDS)
08 (06) Imagine Babies (NDS)
09 (10) Pokémon Diamond (NDS)
10 (08) Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)
Denmark (Week 28, 2008)
01. (05) Pro Cycling Manager 2008: Tour De France (PC)
02. (01) LEGO Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
03. (03) FIFA 08 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
04. (02) Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (360, PS3, Wii, PS2)
05. (04) The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff (PC)
06. (09) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC)
07. (06) Grand Theft Auto IV (360, PS3)
08. (07) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
09. (08) Battlefield: Bad Company (360, PS3)
10. (13) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2, XB, PC)
Read: UK chart data
Read: Irish chart data
Read: Dutch chart data
Read: German chart data
Read: Spanish chart data
Read: Italian chart data
Read: Danish chart data
Featuring charts from across the region, Another Week in Europe documents the buying habits and quirky tastes of a whole continent of DS lovers. Want to know what's selling everywhere else? Then check out our weekly Japanese sales articles here, or the latest North American sales here.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-19-2008 @ 12:08PM
Lord Bowser said...
Sweden have the summer off, and I work every weekend. I'm in the wrong country.
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7-19-2008 @ 12:09PM
Lord Bowser said...
Also, Brawl is awesome!
7-19-2008 @ 12:43PM
Hamster said...
Of course Carnival Games is there. It's being sold (like other casual atrocities like Big Beach Sports, etc) for about £10!! That's like a third or even a quarter of the price of a regular game! How can quality games compete for the money of casual gamers against dirt-cheap shovelware? It's not fair dammit!!
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7-19-2008 @ 1:10PM
Errol said...
Looking at these charts makes me wonder, that Denmark has a lot less hardcore gamers compared to other European countries.
Pro Cycling Manager 2008: Tour De France - Tour De France is wildly popular here
LEGO Indiana Jones: Original Adventures - This game was shown on TV in Go' Morgen Danmark (Good Morning Denmark), and two kids plus a reviewer was shown playing it. It got 6/6 stars i think.
FIFA 08 - All the non-gamer guys buys Fifa games here, and it has always been that way.
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - Guitar Hero.... need i say more?
The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff - Man, The Sims will forever be one of the most popular game franchises in Denmark. And let me tell you why: Because all the girls are playing it! I think even the most non-gamer girl in this country, have at least tried The Sims 2, and enjoyed it. Trust me, The Sims 3 will dominate the Danish charts! (I even used to play Sims 2 myself, i have like 6 expansion packs)
Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - If you don't live in Denmark, it's probably hard to understand how an older GTA game can still be on the top 10 charts. But GTA is one of the most popular game franchises in the country among guys, even the casual audience. And for GTA IV - ......well, i think that's self explanatory ;)
Battlefield: Bad Company - Let's face it, it's new, it's multi-platform (except Wii), it has destructible environments, excelent graphics, and it's Battlefield!! :D
As for Brawl, it will probably stay a little longer i guess, but the Wii isn't the most popular console here, that is the PS3's job.
So, any Danish people who agrees with me?
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7-19-2008 @ 2:31PM
tan said...
guitar hero can be played hardcoreily (if thats a word) ;)
lolol
7-19-2008 @ 2:33PM
Errol said...
I know that, but it attracts a huge amount of casual gamers too.
7-19-2008 @ 3:21PM
stinkbug said...
Surely the fact that Lego is a Denmark-based company has something to do with popularity of LEGO Indiana Jones there, no?
7-19-2008 @ 5:31PM
Errol said...
Oh right, i forgot that! Yea, i'm sure that has something do with it too, definetly. Lego is really popular between kids here in Denmark. I even used to play with it myself when i was younger.