Another Week in Europe

by Chris Greenhough { Apr 5th 2008 at 5:00PM }

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

After a gray, unrelenting winter (for most of us in the unglamorous northern bits, anyway), the clocks went forward for Europe earlier this week, which we suppose means we're now fully immersed in spring (hence the daffodils, you see -- we really think long and hard about those pictures). Fittingly, the European sales charts are full of the joys of spring themselves!

Wait, no, hold on, we're lying again. Must stop lying. In reality, they're still pretty much unchanged from last week, with the one notable exception being Magic Made Fun (known as Master of Illusion in the U.S.) which debuted on the continent this week, where it reached 8th in Germany, and 7th in Spain -- we expected a little more from this sorcery sim, considering its catch-all appeal.

Anyhow, here's to April, when Assassin's Creed, Draglade, and The World Ends With You should arrive to help shake things up. Make the jump for this week's charts.

United Kingdom (Week ending March 29th)

01. (__) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
02. (01) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (360)
03. (02) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
04. (03) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (PS3)
05. (__) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Wii)
06. (04) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
07. (07) Wii Play (Wii)
08. (06) Carnival: Funfair Games (Wii)
09. (05) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
10. (12) Sega Superstars Tennis (Wii)

Ireland (Week ending March 29th)

01. (01) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (360, PS3)
02. (__) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
03. (02) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii, NDS)
04. (07) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
05. (03) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS)
06. (04) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
07. (06) FIFA 08 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
08. (05) Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC)
09. (10) Imagine: Babies (NDS)
10. (09) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360, PS3, PC)

Netherlands (Week 13, 2008)

01. (02) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
02. (__) Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath (360, PC)
03. (01) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (360)
04. (03) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
05. (09) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (PS3)
06. (04) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
07. (05) More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (NDS)
08. (07) The Sims 2: FreeTime (PC)
09. (06) Army of Two (PS3)
10. (__) Mario Party DS (NDS)

Germany (Week 13, 2008)

01. (__) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
02. (01) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
03. (02) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
04. (03) More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (NDS)
05. (05) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS)
06. (07) Mario Kart DS (NDS)
07. (04) Professor Kageyama's Maths Training (NDS)
08. (__) Magic Made Fun (NDS)
09. (06) Animal Crossing DS (NDS)
10. (__) God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP)

Spain (Week 12, 2008)

01. (01) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PSP)
02. (03) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
03. (02) Army of Two (PS3)
04. (05) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
05. (04) FIFA 08 (PS2)
06. (07) More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (NDS)
07. (__) Magic Made Fun (NDS)
08. (08) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
09. (__) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS)
10. (09) Smarty Pants (Wii)

Sweden (Week 13, 2008)

01. (__) Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (PS3)
02. (02) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2)
03. (__) Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath (360, PC)
04. (05) The Sims 2 Free Time (PC)
05. (06) World of Warcraft (PC)
06. (03) Singstar Svenska hits Schlager (PS2)
07. (09) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii)
08. (12) World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (PC)
09. (04) Army of Two (360)
10. (01) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (360)

Denmark (Week ending March 29th)

01. (__) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
02. (02) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC)
03. (01) The Sims 2: FreeTime (PC)
04. (__) Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath (360, PC)
05. (04) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360, PS3, PC)
06. (03) FIFA 08 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
07. (06) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)
08. (08) Need for Speed: ProStreet (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
09. (19) World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (PC)
10. (10) Counter-Strike: Source (PC)

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

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