Another Week in Europe

by Chris Greenhough { Mar 29th 2008 at 4:00PM }

Featuring charts from across the region, Another Week in Europe documents the buying habits and quirky tastes of a whole continent of Wii lovers.

If you live in Europe, there's an exceedingly good chance that you're into games about dudes shooting other dudes, though not dudes slashing other dudes. Two factors have led us to this conclusion: the recent chart-topping success of cow-brained murder-fest Army of Two (and now Ubisoft tactical shooter Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2), and No More Heroes' sudden disappearance from every European chart going, a week after it launched.

For other Wii games, meanwhile, it's been a week of mixed fortunes. On the plus side, Mario & Sonic continues to hold its own, by making the top five in the UK, Ireland, Holland, France, and Spain, and it looks like Wii Play is finally getting restocked, as it came from nowhere to reach 5th in Germany, 11th in Ireland, and 7th in the UK.

Less positively, Sega Superstars Tennis made all the impact of a kitten breaking wind, managing only 12th place in Sonic-mad Britain. Check out the full charts past the break.

(Numbers in parentheses indicate previous week's position)
(NOTE: Because sales are monitored by different bodies throughout Europe, the charts of some countries will feature more recent data)

United Kingdom (Week ending March 22nd)

01. (__) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (360)
02. (01) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
03. (__) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (PS3)
04. (03) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
05. (04) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
06. (06) Carnival: Funfair Games (Wii)
07. (__) Wii Play (Wii)
08. (08) Cooking Mama 2 (NDS)
09. (02) Army of Two (360)
10. (12) More Brain Training From Dr. Kawashima (NDS)

Ireland (Week ending March 22nd)

01. (__) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (360, PS3)
02. (01) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii, NDS)
03. (03) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS)
04. (02) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
05. (10) Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC)
06. (07) FIFA 08 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
07. (06) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (360, PS3, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
08. (04) Army of Two (360, PS3)
09. (05) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360, PS3, PC)
10 (__) Imagine: Babies (NDS)

Netherlands (Week 12, 2008)

01. (__) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (360)
02. (02) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
03. (04) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
04. (05) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
05. (07) More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima's (NDS)
06. (03) Army of Two (PS3)
07. (06) The Sims 2: FreeTime (PC)
08. (01) Army of Two (360)
09. (__) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (PS3)
10. (__) Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

Germany (Week 12, 2008)

01. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
02. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
03. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (NDS)
04. Professor Kageyama's Maths Training (NDS)
05. Wii Play (Wii)
06. The Sims 2: FreeTime (PC)
07. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of War Soulstorm (PC)
08. New Super Mario Bros. (NDS)
09. Logic Trainer (NDS)
10. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC)

Spain (Week 11, 2008)

01. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PSP)
02. Army of Two (PS3)
03. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
04. FIFA 08 (PS2)
05. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
06. Army of Two (360)
07. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (NDS)
08. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
09. Trivial (Wii)
10. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3)

Sweden (Week 12, 2008)

01. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (360)
02. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2)
03. Singstar Svenska hits Schlager (PS2)
04. Army of Two (360)
05. The Sims 2: FreeTime (PC)
06. World of Warcraft (PC)
07. Army of Two (PS3)
08. Transformers: The Game (PS3)
09. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii)
10. Counter-Strike 1: Anthology (PC)

Denmark (Week ending March 22nd)

01. (01) The Sims 2: FreeTime (PC)
02. (03) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC)
03. (05) FIFA 08 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
04. (06) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360, PS3, PC)
05. (04) Army of Two (360, PS3)
06. (08) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)
07. (__) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (360, PS3)
08. (07) Need for Speed: ProStreet (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
09. (10) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2, Xbox, PC)
10. (09) Counter-Strike: Source (PC)

Read: UK, Irish, Dutch, and Danish chart data.
Read: German, Spanish, and Swedish chart data.

Tags: another-week-in-europe, denmark, europe, germany, ireland, netherlands, pal, spain, sweden, uk

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

RosuNamikaze @ Mar 29th 2008 7:23PM

well, no more heroes is getting imported for me. it's mainly the fact that there's no blood, which is part of the style of the game.

as for superstars tennis, i can't say i'm that up for it since.. well, i can't remember actually haha. but it doesn't appeal to me any more - it did before it released..

samfish (Brawl: 2793 0291 2277) @ Mar 30th 2008 3:39AM

I dunno...a kitten breaking wind might not knock you down, but as anyone who has owned a gassy little kitten can attest to, they can sure as Hell knock you out!

EDW @ Mar 30th 2008 12:03PM

first of all, i'd like to say that Army of Two is the dumbest game i've ever played. now, it seems like there is a startling lack of good Wii games on these top 10 lists; Super Mario Galaxy and Guitar Hero 3 are the only entertaining games on these lists.