Games Weather Report of Week 29, 2011

23 July 2011

North America’s Top 10 Games:

1. Just Dance 2 (Wii)
2. Mortal Kombat (PS3)
3. L.A. Noire (PS3)
4. Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel (Wii)
5. Zumba Fitness (Wii)
6. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Wii)
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360)
8. L.A. Noire (Xbox 360)
9. NCAA Football 12 (Xbox 360)
10. Halo Reach (Xbox 360)

Not even Ubisoft’s own Just Dance: Summer Party, a newly released game that has all of Just Dance 2′s downloadable songs on one disc, could stop Just Dance 2 from topping the charts once again.

Here’s the commercial depicting a 100% realistic dance scenario for your livingroom.

Japan’s Top 10 Games:

1. Rhythm Heaven for Everyone (Wii)
2. No More Heroes: Red Zone Edition – includes “Packed Like Sylvia Torrent” download code (PS3)
3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS)
4. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2011 (PS3)
5. Sengoku Basara: Chronicle Heroes (PSP)
6. Steins; Gate – Limited Edition (PSP)
7. Nora and the Time Studio: The Witch of the Foggy Forest (DS)
8. Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS – including wireless keyboard and DS stand (DS)
9. Alice: Madness Returns (PS3)
10. Wii Play: Motion including Red Wii Remote Plus Controller – Variety Pack (Wii)

This week Nintendo’s Minna no Rhythm Tengoku (Rhythm Heaven for Everyone) debuted in Japan, it will be known as Rhythm Heaven Wii in America & Rhythm Paradise Wii in Europe. It’s the rhythmic music game sequel to the DS title from 2009.

Here are the commercials for the Wii game.

Europe’s Top 10 Games:

1. Zumba Fitness (Wii)
2. Red Dead Redemption (Xbox 360)
3. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Wii)
4. Red Dead Redemption (PS3)
5. Just Dance 2 (Wii)
6. Just Dance 2 Extra Songs (Wii)
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360)
8. The Sims 3 – Generations Expansion Pack (PC, Mac)
9. Top Spin 4 (Xbox 360)
10. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (Wii)

505 Games imported the Zumba Fitness craze to European Wii’s after a tremendous success in America last year. While casual fitness games are still on a tour the force, it’s nevertheless amazing to see it outsell all popular new releases.

Here’s the commercial showing how to do a zumbarific workout.

To recap the top games per system:

* Just Dance 2 stays #1 on the Wii chart.
* Mortal Kombat comes in at the top of the PS3 chart thanks to DLC characters.
* Call of Duty: Black Ops returns at the top of the Xbox 360 chart.
* New Super Mario Bros. tops the DS chart.
* The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D stays #1 on the 3DS chart.
* Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty returns on 1st place on the PC/Mac chart.
* Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together claims the top spot on the PSP chart.
* And lastly, Kingdom Hearts – Greatest Hits appears on the PS2 chart.

Sales data collected from Amazon’s US, JPN (PC) & UK / DE / FR websites.