Games Weather Report of Week 48, 2010

Games Weather Report Week 48
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 2 (Wii)
2. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii)
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360)
4. Disney Epic Mickey (Wii)
5. Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Wii)
6. Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3)
7. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Wii)
8. Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel (Wii)
9. Michael Jackson The Experience (Wii)
10. Kinect Sports (Xbox 360)

Ubisoft strikes again with another casual game everyone and their family can enjoy. It’s no wonder Just Dance 2 is topping the charts. Here’s the commercial.

Japan’s Top 10 Games:

1. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP)
2. Wii Party (Wii)
3. Pokemon Black (DS)
4. Tales of Graces F (PS3)
5. Mario Sports Mix (Wii)
6. Pokemon White (DS)
7. Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Wii)
8. Gran Turismo 5 – Limited Edition (PS3)
9. Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! (DS)
10. Pointed Bow and Magic Shop System (DS)

The previous PSP Monster Hunter Portable game sold 4 million copies in Japan alone, so Capcom are rightfully expecting great things from this sequel. As becomes apparent from this video, the fans get really into the game!

Europe’s Top 10 Games:

1. Just Dance 2 (Wii)
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360)
3. Gran Turismo 5 (PS3)
4. Professor Layton and the Lost Future (DS)
5. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii)
6. Michael Jackson: The Experience (Wii)
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3)
8. Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood (Xbox 360)
9. Art Academy: Learn Painting and Drawing Techniques with Step-by-Step Training (DS)
10. Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood (PS3)

To recap the top games per system: Just Dance 2 stays the star of the Wii chart. Call of Duty: Black Ops stays #1 on the Xbox 360 & PS3 charts. The Sims 3 Late Night conquers the PC chart. Super Scribblenauts returns on first place on the DS chart. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep returns on top of the PSP chart. And lastly, Madden NFL 11 makes a return play on the PS2 chart.

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