Games Weather Report of Week 34, 2011

What were the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe the past week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the hottest. Think of it as a games weather report.

What follows is a listing of the Top 10 bestsellers per region, for all systems combined.

North America’s Top 10 Games:

    1. Just Dance Summer Party (Wii)
    2. Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Xbox 360)
    3. Deus Ex: Human Revolution (PS3)
    4. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune – Greatest Hits (PS3)
    5. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360)
    6. Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time – Ultimate Combo Pack with blue DualShock 3 controller (PS3)
    7. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS)
    8. Mortal Kombat (PS3)
    9. Halo: Reach (Xbox 360)
    10. Just Dance 2 (Wii)

Just Dance Summer Party finally beats out its dancing sister Just Dance 2 on the weekly charts! Ubisoft has made quite a splash with the series, even if Summer Party is merely a collection of Just Dance 2’s downloadable songs, it’s a good deal fans seem to recognize.

Here’s the commercial for the game.

Japan’s Top 10 Games:

    1. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD Version (PS3)
    2. Black Rock Shooter: The Game – Premium Box with Limited Edition Original figure figma “WRS”, Black Rock Shooter Art Works, Limited Soundtrack CD (PSP)
    3. Mobile Suit Gundam: Ambition of the new Gillen (PSP)
    4. Rhythm Heaven for Everyone (Wii)
    5. Prince Is Waiting: Repeat Song (PSP)
    6. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune – The Best of PlayStation 3 (PS3)
    7. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS)
    8. Persona 3 Portable – The Best of PSP (PSP)
    9. Prince Is Waiting: Sweet Serenade Song – Limited Edition (PSP)
    10. Kirby Mass Attack (DS)

This week Capcom brings the HD Version of Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (Monster Hunter Freedom 3) to Japanese PlayStation 3’s. Sadly Amazon buyer reviews seem to indicate it’s a shoddy port, where the big screen novelty quickly wears off because it’s still using the PSP’s tiny on-screen map and gameplay that freezes up a lot on the player.

Here’s the commercial promoting the big screen version with self-proclaimed “sexy graphics”.

Europe’s Top 10 Games:

    1. Zumba Fitness (Wii)
    2. Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Limited Edition (Xbox 360)
    3. Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Limited Edition (PS3)
    4. Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Limited Edition (PC)
    5. Just Dance 2 (Wii)
    6. Rugby World Cup 2011 (PS3)
    7. Rugby World Cup 2011 (Xbox 360)
    8. The Sims 3 – Generations Expansion Pack (PC, Mac)
    9. Michael Jackson: The Experience (Wii)
    10. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360)

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 Summer Party shakes to #1 on the Wii chart.
    * Deus Ex: Human Revolution debuts at the top of the Xbox 360, PS3 & PC charts.
    * The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D stays #1 on the 3DS chart.
    * New Super Mario Bros. tops the DS chart.
    * Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty returns on 1st place on the Mac chart.
    * Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep claims the top spot on the PSP chart.
    * And lastly, Kingdom Hearts II – Greatest Hits appears on the PS2 chart.

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