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. Rock Band Special Edition (EA Games), 4. Wii Play (Nintendo), 5. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo).
Japan: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 2. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 3. Tales of Symphonia: Ratatosk no Kishi (Namco), 4. BioHazard 0 (Capcom), 5. Wii Sports (Nintendo).
Europe: 1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo), 2. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 3. Big Beach Sports (THQ), 4. Wii Play (Nintendo), 5. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision).
Xbox 360
North America: 1. Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution (2K Games), 2. Unreal Tournament 3 (Midway), 3. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 4. Rock Band Special Edition (EA Games), 5. Battlefield: Bad Company (EA Games).
Japan: 1. Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit (Bandai), 2. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion — Xbox 360 Platinum Collection (Bethesda), 3. Battlefield: Bad Company (EA Games), 4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare — Map Download Special Limited Edition (Activision), 5. Test Drive Unlimited — Xbox 360 Platinum Collection (Microsoft).
Europe: 1. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 2. Top Spin 3 (2K Sports), 3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision), 4. Battlefield: Bad Company (EA Games), 5. Rock Band (EA Games).
PlayStation 3
North America: 1. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami), 2. Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution (2K Games), 3. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (SCEA), 4. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 5. The Orange Box (EA Games).
Japan: 1. Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit (Bandai), 2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare — Map Download Special Limited Edition (Activision), 3. Initial D: Extreme Stage (Sega), 4. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots — Special Edition (Konami), 5. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Spike).
Europe: 1. Buzz! Quiz TV with Buzzers (SCEE), 2. Top Spin 3 (2K Games), 3. Burnout Paradise (EA Games), 4. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami), 5. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar).
PlayStation 2
North America: 1. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (Atlus), 2. Rock Band Special Edition (EA Games), 3. Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection (Konami), 4. Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (Activision), 5. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision).
Japan: 1. Persona 4 (Atlus), 2. Aoishiro — Limited Edition (Success), 3. Hisshou Pachinko*Pachi-Slot Kouryaku Series DS Vol. 12: CR Shinseiki Evangelion – Shito, Futatabi (D3 Publisher), 4. Harukanaru Jikuu no Kade 4 (Koei), 5. Mana Khemia 2: Ochita Gakuen to Renkinjutsushi Tachi — Limited Edition (Gust).
Europe: 1. Lego Indiana Jones (LucasArts), 2. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision), 3. FIFA 08 (EA Sports), 4. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar), 5. Kung Fu Panda (Activision).
PC
North America: 1. Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice (Her Interactive), 2. Diablo Battle Chest (Blizzard), 3. The Orange Box (EA Games), 4. Spore Creature Creator (EA Games), 5. Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (2K Games).
Japan: 1. Monster Hunter Frontier Online Season 3.0 Premium (E-Frontier), 2. Lineage: The Cross Rancor (E-Frontier), 3. Ragnarok Online Summer Package 2008 (E-Frontier), 4. Final Fantasy XI: Vana’diel Collection (Square Enix), 5. Hellgate: London (EA Games).
Europe: 1. The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff (EA Games), 2. Football Manager 2008 (Sega), 3. Mass Effect (EA Games), 4. Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Complete (2K Games), 5. World of Warcraft (Blizzard).
Nintendo DS
North America: 1. Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision), 2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo), 3. Brain Age 2 (Nintendo), 4. Brain Age (Nintendo), 5. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo).
Japan: 1. Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (Nintendo), 2. Derby Stallion DS (Enterbrain), 3. Hanayori Danshi: Koi Seyo Onago (Konami), 4. DS Bimoji Training (Nintendo), 5. Gakken Chuugokugo Sanmai DS (Gakken).
Europe: 1. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo), 2. Lego Indiana Jones (LucasArts), 3. Scrabble Interactive: 2007 Edition (Ubisoft), 4. My Health Coach (Ubisoft), 5. 42 All-Time Classics (Nintendo).
PlayStation Portable
North America: 1. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix), 2. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar), 3. God of War: Chains of Olympus (SCEA), 4. Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (Konami), 5. Lego Indiana Jones (LucasArts).
Japan: 1. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom), 2. God of War: Chains of Olympus (Capcom), 3. World Neverland 2-in-1 Portable (Fonfun), 4. Sword to Magic to Campus Mono (Acquire), 5. Super Robot Taisen A (Banpresto).
Europe: 1. Lego Indiana Jones (LucasArts), 2. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix), 3. Secret Agent Clank (SCEE), 4. Virtua Tennis 3 (Sega), 5. God of War: Chains of Olympus (SCEE).
Mario Kart Wii keeps finishing first on the Wii chart. Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution returns to the top of the Xbox 360 chart. PS3 exclusive Metal Gear Solid 4 remains at #1. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne returned on the PS2 chart after an Amazon sale. Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice debuts on the PC top spot. Guitar Hero: On Tour rocks out on the DS chart again. And lastly Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII remains on the PSP chart. — More analysis at Gamasutra.