What are the top 10 bestselling video games in America, Japan, and Europe? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the video games that are the hottest worldwide right now.
What follows is a listing of the Top 10 bestsellers per region, for all systems combined.
North America’s Top 10 Games:
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1. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS)
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (Xbox 360)
3. Injustice: Gods Among Us (Xbox 360)
4. Injustice: Gods Among Us (PS3)
5. BioShock Infinite (Xbox 360)
6. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (PS3)
7. Just Dance 4 (Wii)
8. Halo 4 (Xbox 360)
9. MLB 13 The Show (PS3)
10. Tomb Raider (PS3)
Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon is the 12-years-awaited 3DS sequel to the GameCube launch game. Nintendo 3DS handheld sales have long since launch come out of their first-year-slump, and Luigi’s Mansion 2 — as it’s called in all other regions — is outselling everyone else this week. Laura just gave it a great 9/10 score in our Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon review.
Methinks more people grew up wanting to be Ghostbusters then they care to admit. 😉
Take a look at the ghostly Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon TV commercial.
Japan’s Top 10 Games:
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1. Friend Collection: New Life (3DS)
2. Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS)
3. Luigi’s Mansion 2 (3DS)
4. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 (PS3)
5. Seventh Dragon 2020-II (PSP)
6. Dragon Quest VII: Warriors of Eden (3DS)
7. Uta no Prince-sama: All Star – Limited Edition (PSP)
8. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX (PS3)
9. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 (PS3)
10. Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney (3DS)
Sad fact of life is that some awesome games never make it out of Japan. Tomodachi Collection (translation: Friends Collection) on DS was one of those fun-looking games from Nintendo that mixes The Sims and Animal Crossing life simulation gameplay, and adds in the Mii’s of you and your friends.
No doubt hoping to exceed its predecessor’s 3.2 million sales! The 3DS sequel, Friend Collection: New Life, debuted in Japan this week with plenty of new features added like Baby Mii’s… yes it’s a VERY cutesy game.
Here’s one of the Friend Collection: New Life TV commercials that are airing in Japan.
Europe’s Top 10 Games:
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1. Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS)
2. Luigi’s Mansion 2: Dark Moon (3DS)
3. Injustice: Gods Among Us (Xbox 360)
4. Tomb Raider (PS3)
5. BioShock Infinite (Xbox 360)
6. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (Xbox 360)
7. Defiance (Xbox 360)
8. Injustice: Gods Among Us (PS3)
9. FIFA 13 (Xbox 360)
10. Tomb Raider (Xbox 360)
After Fire Emblem: Awakening sold 1.2 million in 6 months in Japan, and over 240,000 times in 1 month in America, the strategy-RPG is now storming the charts in its European debut week.
Not surprising with our Fire Emblem: Awakening Review giving it a perfect 10/10!
Here’s the European Fire Emblem: Awakening TV commercial.
To recap the top games per system:
- Luigi’s Mansion 2: Dark Moon jumps to numero uno on the 3DS chart.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II returns on the Xbox 360 chart.
- Injustice: Gods Among Us debuts on the PS3 chart.
- Just Dance 4 rocks the 1st place on the Wii chart.
- Pokemon Black & White Version 2 get caught at #1 on the DS chart.
- SimCity 2013 returns on first place on the PC chart.
- Lego City: Undercover makes a comeback on the Wii U charts.
- Lumines: Electronic Symphony on sale on the PS Vita chart.
- Lastly, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm reappears as #1 on the Mac chart.
Since last month PS2 & PSP game sales are no longer being tracked. But for years now 90% of the time they consisted out of all the Kingdom Hearts games appearing on the #1 spot on both classic PlayStation platforms, so it’s not like you’re missing out with no new games being released for them anymore.
Sales data collected from Amazon’s US, JPN (PC) & UK / DE / FR websites.