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
North America: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 2. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 3. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 4. Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (Crave), 5. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts).
Japan: 1. Disaster: Day of Crisis (Nintendo), 2. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 4. One Piece: Unlimited Cruise – Episode 1 (Bandai), 5. Wii Sports (Nintendo).
Europe: 1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 2. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 3. Wii Play (Nintendo), 4. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 5. Carnival Fun Fair Games (2K Games).
Xbox 360
North America: 1. Rock Band 2 (MTV Games), 2. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 3. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 4. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 5. Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway (Ubisoft).
Japan: 1. Janline (Recom), 2. Tales of Vesperia (Namco), 3. Infinite Undiscovery – Limited Edition (Square Enix), 4. Dead Rising – Platinum Collection (Capcom), 5. Infinite Undiscovery (Square Enix).
Europe: 1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 2. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – Game of the Year Edition (Activision), 4. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision).
PlayStation 3
North America: 1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 2. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 3. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami), 4. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 5. Resistance: Fall of Man (Sony).
Japan: 1. Aquanaut’s Holiday (Sony), 2. Cross Edge (Compile Heart), 3. Afrika (Sony), 4. Eternal Sonata (Namco), 5. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots – Special Edition (Konami)
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
North America: 1. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 2. Madden NFL 09 (Electronic Arts), 3. Rock Band Special Edition (Electronic Arts), 4. Yakuza 2 (Sega), 5. SingStar Pop Vol. 2 (Sony).
Japan: 1. Super Robot Taisen Z (Banpresto), 2. Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix Max 2 (Bandai), 3. Hokuouki – Special Edition (Idea Factory), 4. Hokuouki (Idea Factory), 5. Persona 4 (Atlus).
Europe: 1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 2. FIFA 08 (Electronic Arts), 3. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar), 4. Gran Turismo 4 (Sony), 5. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision).
PC
North America: 1. Spore (Electronic Arts), 2. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (Electronic Arts), 3. Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization (2K Games), 4. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning – Collector’s Edition (Electronic Arts), 5. Crysis: Warhead (Electronic Arts).
Japan: 1. Crysis: Warhead (Electronic Arts), 2. Zwei II – Special Edition (Nihon Falcom), 3. The Sims 2: Apartment Life! Data Set (Electronic Arts), 4. Ragnarok Online Beginner’s Package 2008 (E Frontier), 5. Monster Hunter Frontier Online Season 3.0 Premium (E-Frontier).
Europe: 1. Spore (Electronic Arts), 2. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (Electronic Arts), 3. Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Deluxe Edition (Microsoft), 4. Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization (2K Games), 5. Crysis: Warhead (Electronic Arts).
Nintendo DS
North America: 1. Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision), 2. Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo), 3. Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir (Nintendo), 4. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo), 5. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.).
Japan: 1. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo), 2. Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo), 3. World Destruction: The Will that Leads (Sega), 4. KORG DS-10 (AQ Interactive), 5. Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (Nintendo).
Europe: 1. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo), 2. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo), 3. Scrabble Interactive: 2007 Edition (Ubisoft), 4. More Brain Training (Nintendo), 5. Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision).
PlayStation Portable
North America: 1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 2. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 3. Madden NFL 09 (Electronic Arts), 4. God of War: Chains of Olympus (Sony), 5. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix).
Japan: 1. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom), 2. Teacher Hitman Reborn! Battle Arena (Marvelous), 3. Way of the Samurai Portable (Spike), 4. Phantasy Star Portable (Sega), 5. Neo Angelique – Special Edition (Koei).
Europe: 1. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar), 2. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 3. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix), 4. Lego Indiana Jones (LucasArts), 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 holds on to the #1 spot on the PS3 and PSP charts. Rock Band 2 returns to the top of the Xbox 360 hitlist. Lego Batman debuts on the PS2 chart. Spore returns to the first place in the PC top 5. Lastly Guitar Hero: On Tour returns to the DS chart. — For the full lists go to Amazon’s US, JPN (PC) & UK sites.