What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK, France, Germany) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular now.
Nintendo Wii
North America: 1. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 2. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision), 3. Rock Band Special Edition (MTV Games), 4. Wii Music (Nintendo), 5. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo).
Japan: 1. Animal Crossing: City Folk – WiiSpeak Bundle (Nintendo), 2. Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo), 3. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 4. Wii Music (Nintendo), 5. Rune Factory Frontier – Special Edition (Marvelous).
Europe: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 2. Wii Play (Nintendo), 3. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 4. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega), 5. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 ‘All-Play’ (Electronic Arts).
Xbox 360
North America: 1. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 2. Gears of War 2 (Microsoft), 3. Shaun White Snowboarding (Ubisoft), 4. Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts), 5. Fallout 3 (Bethesda).
Japan: 1. Agarest Senki: Re-appearance (Compile Heart), 2. The Last Remnant (Square Enix), 3. Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft), 4. Otomedius Gorgeous! (Konami), 5. Tales of Vesperia (Namco).
Europe: 1. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 2. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts), 3. Fable II (Microsoft), 4. Gears of War 2 (Microsoft), 5. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar).
PlayStation 3
North America: 1. Heavenly Sword (Sony), 2. Resistance: Fall Of Man (Sony), 3. Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Midway), 4. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 5. Resistance 2 Collector’s Edition (Sony).
Japan: 1. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami), 2. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots – Special Edition (Konami), 3. Grand Theft Auto IV (Capcom), 4. FIFA 09: World Class Soccer (Electronic Arts), 5. Way of the Samurai 3 (Spike).
Europe: 1. Little Big Planet (Sony), 2. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 3. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts), 4. Resistance 2 (Sony), 5. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami).
PlayStation 2
North America: 1. Katamari Damacy (Namco), 2. God of War 2 (Sony), 3. Rock Band Special Edition (MTV Games), 4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Wireless Bundle (Activision), 5. God of War (Sony).
Japan: 1. Taishi-pounding Romance of Pure Love to Blitz – Limited Edition (MMV), 2. Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Maniax Chronicle Edition (Atlus), 3. Lady Love Dreamer – Limited Edition (Yeti), 4. Sakura Usuki Ogre Limited Edition (Idea Factory), 5. D.Gray-man: Sousha no Shikaku (Konami).
Europe: 1. SingStar: ABBA (Sony), 2. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts), 3. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 4. SingStar: Singalong with Disney (Sony), 5. SingStar: Boy Bands vs. Girl Bands (Sony).
PC
North America: 1. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard), 2. Fallout 3 (Bethesda), 3. Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts), 4. Spore (Electronic Arts), 5. World of Warcraft Battlechest (Blizzard).
Japan: 1. Left 4 Dead (Zoo), 2. Final Fantasy XI: The Vana’diel Collection (Square Enix), 3. Clannad: Full Voice (Key), 4. Legend of Galactic Heroes – Special Edition (Namco Bandai), 5. Chaos;Head (Nitro Plus).
Europe: 1. Football Manager 2009 (Sega), 2. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard), 3. Spore (Electronic Arts), 4. Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts), 5. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Electronic Arts).
Nintendo DS
North America: 1. Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision), 2. Personal Trainer: Cooking (Nintendo), 3. Disney Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney), 4. Build-A-Bear Workshop (American Game Factory), 5. Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (Nintendo).
Japan: 1. Professor Layton and The Last Time Travel (Nintendo), 2. Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo), 3. Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (Nintendo), 4. Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo), 5. Professor Layton and The Last Time Travel – Plus Main Theme Music CD (Nintendo).
Europe: 1. More Brain Training (Nintendo), 2. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (Nintendo), 3. Imagine Teacher (Ubisoft), 4. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo), 5. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo).
PlayStation Portable
North America: 1. God of War: Chains of Olympus (Sony), 2. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix), 3. Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories (Rockstar), 4. N+ (Atari), 5. Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops Plus (Konami).
Japan: 1. The Legend of Heroes: Sora no Kiseki The 3rd (Nihon Falcom), 2. Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 3 (Konami), 3. Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam (Bandai), 4. Higurashi Daybreak Portable – Limited Edition (Alchemist), 5. Patapon 2: Donchaka (Sony).
Europe: 1. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts), 2. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 3. Call of Duty 3: Roads to Victory (Activision), 4. Football Manager Handheld 2009 (Sega), 5. WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 (THQ).
Because of Black Friday the top selling games this week are mainly ruled by cheap deals. Call of Duty: World at War remains #1 on the Xbox 360 chart. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King also stays on top of the PC chart. Heavenly Sword hits the top spot on the PS3 chart. Katamari Damacy hits #1 on the PS2 chart. Guitar Hero: On Tour is on top of the DS chart. Wii Fit stays high on the Wii chart. And lastly God of War: Chains of Olympus returns to the PSP chart.
“Extra! Extra! Read all about it!” A listing of the top 5 sellers per region, for all systems combined.
North America: 1. Wii Fit (Wii), 2. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Wii), 3. Rock Band Special Edition (Wii), 4. Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360), 5. Wii Music (Wii).
Japan: 1. Professor Layton and The Last Time Travel (DS), 2. Kirby Super Star Ultra (DS), 3. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PS3), 4. Animal Crossing: City Folk – WiiSpeak Bundle (Wii), 5. Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii).
Europe: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Wii), 2. Little Big Planet (PS3), 3. Wii Play (Wii), 4. Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360), 5. Wii Fit (Wii).
For the full lists go to Amazon’s US, JPN (PC) & UK / DE / FR sites.