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. Zumba Fitness (Wii)
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360)
4. Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel (Wii)
5. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS)
6. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Wii)
7. Mass Effect 2 (PS3)
8. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
9. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
10. NCAA Football 12 (Xbox 360)
Not even Ubisoft’s own Just Dance: Summer Party, a newly released game that has all of Just Dance 2’s downloadable songs on one disc, could stop Just Dance 2 from topping the charts once again.
Here’s the commercial depicting a 100% realistic dance scenario for your livingroom.
Japan’s Top 10 Games:
1. Rhythm Heaven for Everyone (Wii)
2. Queen’s Gate: Spiral Chaos – Limited Edition (PSP)
3. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2011 (PS3)
4. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS)
5. Devil Survivor 2 (DS)
6. Steins; Gate – Limited Edition (PSP)
7. Wii Play: Motion including Red Wii Remote Plus Controller – Variety Pack (Wii)
8. No More Heroes: Red Zone Edition – includes “Packed Like Sylvia Torrent” download code (PS3)
9. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP)
10. Uta no Prince-Song: Sweet Serenade – Limited Edition (PSP)
This week Nintendo’s Minna no Rhythm Tengoku (Rhythm Heaven for Everyone) swings on top in Japan, it will be known as Rhythm Heaven Wii in America & Rhythm Paradise Wii in Europe. It’s the rhythmic music game sequel to the DS title from 2009.
Here are the commercials for the Wii game.
Europe’s Top 10 Games:
1. Zumba Fitness (Wii)
2. Just Dance 2 Extra Songs (Wii)
3. The Sims 3 – Generations Expansion Pack (PC, Mac)
4. Just Dance 2 (Wii)Red Dead Redemption (PS3)
5. L.A. Noire (Xbox 360)
6. L.A. Noire (PS3)
7. The Sims 3 Town Life Stuff (PC, Mac)
8. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Wii)
9. The Sims 3 (PC, Mac)
10. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360)
505 Games imported the Zumba Fitness craze to European Wii’s after a tremendous success in America last year. 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:
* Just Dance 2 stays #1 on the Wii chart.
* Call of Duty: Black Ops returns at the top of the Xbox 360 chart.
* Mass Effect 2 comes in at the top of the PS3 chart.
* The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D stays #1 on the 3DS chart.
* New Super Mario Bros. tops the DS chart.
* Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Gold Edition returns on 1st place on the PC/Mac chart.
* Need for Speed Most Wanted claims the top spot on the PSP chart.
* And lastly, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 appears on the PS2 chart.
Sales data collected from Amazon’s US, JPN (PC) & UK / DE / FR websites.