Games Weather Report of Week 22, 2011

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Games Weather Report Week 22
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. Pokemon – White Version (DS)
2. Just Dance 2 (Wii)
3. L.A. Noire (Xbox 360)
4. Mortal Kombat (PS3)
5. Halo: Reach (Xbox 360)
6. Nintendo Selects: Mario Super Sluggers (Wii)
7. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
8. Zumba Fitness (Wii)
9. L.A. Noire (PS3)
10. Pokemon – Black Version (DS)

The new Pokedex 3D for the Nintendo 3DS allows you to view Pokemon from Black & White versions in 3D. The free Pokedex 3D download will come as part of the new eShop update on June 7th.

Japan’s Top 10 Games:

1. Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D (3DS)
2. 2nd Super Robot Wars Z: Destruction Chapter – Special Zii-box (PSP)
3. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP)
4. Pandora’s Tower: Until I Return to Where You Are (Wii)
5. Billy’s Boot Camp: Wii de Enjoy Diet! (Wii)
6. Demon’s Souls – The Best of PlayStation 3 (PS3)
7. Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS including wireless keyboard and DS stand (DS)
8. Wii Fit Plus – Wii Balance Board Set (Wii)
9. INFAMOUS – The Best of PlayStation 3 (PS3)
10. Dance Central (Xbox 360 Kinect)

Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D is known as Biohazard: The Mercenaries 3D in Japan. Capcom has combined the Mercenaries Mode from Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil 5 and added new gameplay and online co-op on the 3DS. To boost the attraction of the game further, a demo for Resident Evil: Revelations is included on the cartridge.

Here are the two commercials Capcom’s airing in Japanese TV stations right now.

Europe’s Top 10 Games:

1. Zumba Fitness (Wii)
2. Portal 2 (Xbox 360)
3. The Sims 3 – Generations (PC, Mac)
4. Portal 2 (PC, Mac)
5. L.A. Noire (Xbox 360)
6. L.A. Noire (PS3)
7. Portal 2 (PS3)
8. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (Wii)
9. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360)
10. Art Academy: Learn Painting and Drawing Techniques with Step-by-Step Training (DS)

505 Games finally imported the Zumba Fitness craze to European Wii’s after a tremendous success in America months earlier. 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:

  • Pokemon White is on top of the DS chart.
  • Just Dance 2 still stars on the Wii chart.
  • L.A. Noire remains at the top of the Xbox 360 chart.
  • Mortal Kombat stays at the top of the PS3 chart.
  • Portal 2 returns to 1st place on the PC chart.
  • Dead or Alive Dimensions stays #1 on the 3DS chart.
  • Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII claims the top spot on the PSP chart.
  • And lastly, Kingdom Hearts appears on the PS2 chart.

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