Top 5 game sales per system worldwide in week 38, 2008

What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular now.

Nintendo Wii
Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel for Nintendo WiiNorth America: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 2. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 3. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 4. Rock Band (Electronic Arts), 5. Wii Play (Nintendo).

Japan: 1. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 2. One Piece Unlimited Cruise: Episode 1 (Bandai), 3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 4. Wii Sports (Nintendo), 5. Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles – Best Price (Capcom).

Europe: 1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 2. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision), 5. Wii Play (Nintendo).

Xbox 360
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for Xbox 360North America: 1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 2. Rock Band 2 (MTV Games), 3. Madden NFL 09 (Electronic Arts), 4. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 5. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar).

Japan: 1. Tales of Vesperia (Namco), 2. Unreal Tournament 3 (Electronic Arts), 3. Infinite Undiscovery (Square Enix), 4. Infinite Undiscovery – Limited Edition (Namco), 5. Dead Rising – Platinum Collection (Capcom).

Europe: 1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 2. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 3. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 4. Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Electronic Arts), 5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – Game of the Year Edition (Activision).

PlayStation 3
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for PS3North America: 1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 2. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami), 3. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 4. Resistance: Fall of Man (Sony), 5. Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (Sony).

Japan: 1. Afrika (Sony), 2. Eternal Sonata (Namco), 3. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots – Special Edition (Konami), 4. Battlefield: Bad Company (Electronic Arts), 5. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – Game of the Year Edition (Bethesda).

Europe: 1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 2. Play TV (Sony), 3. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 4. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami), 5. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Sony).

PlayStation 2
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for PS2North America: 1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 2. God of War II (Sony), 3. Madden NFL 09 (Electronic Arts), 4. Rock Band Special Edition (Electronic Arts), 5. Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (Activision).

Japan: 1. Hokuouki (Idea Factory), 2. Hokuouki – Limited Edition (Idea Factory), 3. Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 33: Fantasy Zone Complete Collection (Sega), 4. Alice’s Adventures in Heartland (Prototype), 5. Sengoku Basara X (Capcom).

Europe: 1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 2. Yakuza 2 (Sega), 3. Rock Band Special Edition (Electronic Arts), 4. FIFA 08 (Electronic Arts), 5. Lego: Indiana Jones (Activision).

PC
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning for PCNorth America: 1. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (Electronic Arts), 2. Spore (Electronic Arts), 3. Crysis: Warhead (Electronic Arts), 4. World of Warcraft Battle Chest (Blizzard), 5. The Witcher: Enhanced Edition (Atari).

Japan: 1. Final Fantasy XI: The Vana’diel Collection (Square Enix), 2. Monster Hunter Frontier Online Season 3.0 Premium (E-Frontier), 3. Spore (Electronic Arts), 4. Ragnarok Online Beginner’s Package 2008 (E Frontier), 5. SimCity 4 Deluxe (Electronic Arts).

Europe: 1. Spore (Electronic Arts), 2. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (Electronic Arts) , 3. The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts), 4. Crysis Warhead (Electronic Arts), 5. Spore Creature Creator (Electronic Arts).

Nintendo DS
Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir for DSNorth America: 1. Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir (Nintendo), 2. Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (Square Enix), 3. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo), 4. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo), 5. GRID (Codemasters).

Japan: 1. Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo), 2. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo), 3. Quiz Magic Academy DS (Konami), 4. Dragon Ball DS (Bandai), 5. KORG DS-10 (AQ Interactive).

Europe: 1. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo), 2. More Brain Training (Nintendo), 3. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo), 4. 42 All-Time Classics (Nintendo), 5. Puzzler Collection (Ubisoft).

PlayStation Portable
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for PSPNorth America: 1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 2. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix), 3. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar), 4. God of War: Chains of Olympus (Sony), 5. Patapon (Sony).

Japan: 1. Teacher Hitman Reborn! Battle Arena (Marvelous), 2. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom), 3. Way of the Samurai Portable (Spike), 4. Phantasy Star Portable (Sega), 5. Neo Angelique – Special Edition (Koei).

Europe: 1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 2. FIFA 08 (Electronic Arts), 3. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar), 4. Lego: Indiana Jones (Activision), 5. God of War: Chains of Olympus (Sony).

Mario Kart Wii races to the first place on the Wii chart. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed force grips itself to the #1 spot on the Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 and PSP charts. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning debuts first place in the PC top 5. Lastly Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir enters the DS chart. — For the full lists go to Amazon’s US, JPN (PC) & UK sites.