Another Week in Europe

by Chris Greenhough { May 17th 2008 at 4:00PM }

Hey, you! No, not the guy on the next screen along with the muffin -- you. That's right. You a European? You are? Great! So let's hear it: why have we just checked the latest European charts and found that Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney charted absolutely nowhere? If yours truly can summon up the the effort to ~~scour the high street~~ give his credit card details to an online retailer, you can do the same! No wonder Capcom seems to be thinking twice about releasing Trials and Tribulations here.

And now look what you've done! There are bits of Brain Training and Mario and Sonic everywhere! Eww.

United Kingdom (Week ending May 10th)

01. (01) Grand Theft Auto IV (360)
02. (02) Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)
03. (03) Wii Fit (Wii)
04. (04) Wii Play (Wii)
05. (06) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
06. (07) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
07. (05) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
08. (08) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
09. (10) Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 (Wii)
10. (12) Cooking Mama 2 (NDS)

Ireland (Week ending May 10th)

01. (01) Grand Theft Auto IV (360, PS3)
02. (02) Wii Fit (Wii)
03. (03) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
04. (04) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii, NDS)
05. (06) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
06. (07) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS)
07. (09) Wii Play (Wii)
08. (16) Iron Man: The Official Videogame (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
09. (05) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
10. (11) Cooking Mama 2 (NDS)

Netherlands (Week ending May 10th)

01. (02) Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)
02. (01) Grand Theft Auto IV (360)
03. (03) Wii Fit (Wii)
04. (07) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
05. (06) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
06. (04) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
07. (05) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
08. (10) More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (NDS)
09. (08) My Word Coach (NDS)
10. (__) Mario Party 8 (Wii)

Germany (Week 19, 2008)

01. (01) Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)
02. (02) Grand Theft Auto IV (360)
03. (03) Wii Fit (Wii)
04. (04) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
05. (05) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
06. (09) More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (NDS)
07. (06) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
08. (07) Mario Kart DS (NDS)
09. (08) SingStar Summer Party (PS2)
10. (10) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS)

Spain (April 2008)

01 (__) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
02 (__) Wii Fit (Wii)
03 (07) Wii Play (Wii)
04 (01) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
05 (02) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PSP)
06 (__) God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP)
07 (__) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Wii)
08 (__) Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
09 (06) More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (NDS)
10 (__) Assassin's Creed (PS3)

Sweden (Week 19, 2008)

01. (01) Grand Theft Auto IV (360)
02. (02) Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)
03. (03) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
04. (04) Wii Fit (Wii)
05. (05) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2)
06. (09) World of Warcraft (PC)
07. (11) Counter-Strike 1: Anthology (PC)
08. (06) The Sims 2: Kitchen and Bathroom (PC)
09. (08) SingStar Svenska hits Schlager (PS2)
10. (12) World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (PC)

Denmark (Week ending May 10th)

01. (01) Grand Theft Auto IV (360, PS3)
02. (06) FIFA 08 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
03. (08) Counter-Strike: Source (PC)
04. (__) SingStar Summer Party (PS2)
05. (05) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC)
06. (03) The Sims 2: Kitchen and Bathroom (PC)
07. (02) Wii Fit (Wii)
08. (07) UEFA Euro 2008 (360, PS3, PS2, PC, PSP)
09. (04) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
10. (09) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)

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

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

Tags: another-week-in-europe, brain-training, cooking-mama, denmark, europe, germany, ireland, mario-and-sonic, mario-kart-ds, my-word-coach, netherlands, new-super-mario-bros, pal, spain, sweden, uk

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Char6296 @ May 17th 2008 4:19PM

I'm sorry, Chris, I'm sorry! It's not my fault! It's all those loons out there (like the Brownie girl (you know who you are) who I hate now!)! I still can't figure out WHY The World Ends With You hasn't been selling! Curse you for buying Imagine Babies, rest of the UK! And Mario Kart Wii sales are going down! Noooooooooooo! Shovelware is supreme... noooooooooooo! I hate being North Western English!

Char6296 @ May 17th 2008 4:21PM

And you said English again... Scotland and Wales still won't like it.

Demotruk @ May 17th 2008 7:14PM

I want to play them in the correct order.

Lord Bowser @ May 18th 2008 6:23AM

All of us that wanted Apollo Justice imported it already, I know I did. But I'm more worried about TWEWY. I haven't seen any numbers for it but I'm pretty sure it didn't do too well. I'd love to see a sequel.

Char6296 @ May 18th 2008 7:03AM

I've spent the last three weeks wondering why the rest of the UK is buying Imagine Babies and not TWEWY! Look at the DS charts and you'll see what I mean. I'm so ashamed of my country! Next time I go into a games shop, I'll recommend it to a random group of people my age. Do you think that'll work?

Lord Bowser @ May 18th 2008 11:09AM

No.

But I'll do the same. We have to convert as many people as we can to the joy that is TWEWY!

Char6296 @ May 18th 2008 1:12PM

I'm going to try and play my DS in any public places I can. Hopefully, that way if people come up to me then I'll tell them what I'm playing and they'll be surprised (I'm a twelve year old girl; I'm expected to play girly games, no?) at my good taste.

RJD @ May 18th 2008 8:36AM

I tried goin to ASDA where I typically buy some games, but what did i find NO APPOLLO! I had just earnt enough to buy it, and they didnt have it, or TWEWY! So Ill now have to scour the high street when I next get to go there and pay a bit more, very unfair!

FantomRedux @ May 18th 2008 8:37AM

Ive not seen a single copy of TWEWY, which is a shame because its easily one of the best games on the DS. Had to buy it online =/

Char6296 @ May 18th 2008 11:03AM

If TWEWY isn't good, I don't know what is. And yeah, wherever I go I don't see it.

Flint @ May 18th 2008 9:10AM

I haven't seen Apollo Justice in any shops either but I bought it on import as soon as it was released in the USA just like most people interested in it would have done, I guess.

I had to buy the amazing TWEWY online too as it seems like Square only made about 3 copies available to all the shops in the UK. I honestly can't believe why they've buried what is their best game in a long, long time. They should have been shouting about it from the rooftops and giving it much more hype and promotion, it is a far more deserving game of such treatment than the latest Final Fantasy spin-off or whatever.

Char6296 @ May 18th 2008 10:01AM

I've finished TWEWY, (the main story, anyway) and have been complaining for a few weeks about the lack of sales and the sales of shovelware. Right. I am going to have to tell everyone I can about TWEWY. Everyone who doesn't shun me, and has a DS. (And I'm a pirate so I got the ROM, haha, and so did a friend of mine. I recommended it to her, knowing she likes this kind of stuff.) I'll tell the guy who I walk to and from school with, too. And another of my friends. And I'll carry around TWEWY everywhere, proud and when people ask me what I'm playing, I'll tell them! Hopefully, that should work.
And Flint: I hated the Final Fantasy on DS too, so I'm with you.

Flint @ May 18th 2008 10:36AM

I agree that it's every TWEWY fan's duty to spread the word about the greatness of the game to as many people as possible but the key thing is to tell them to actually buy the game either from a shop or online. People should definitely NOT be encouraged to just download the game as this results in a lost sale for Square Enix, and if no-one buys the game SE will think twice about making a sequel or taking a chance on other new original games. It's sales figures that often dictate what games get developed and published and TWEWY deserves as many legitimate sales as it can get.

By the way, I don't hate the DS Final Fantasy games (I'm actually really looking forward to FFIV and enjoyed FFIII DS a lot), it's just that TWEWY is so great a game that I can't stand to see it's own publisher not giving it the love it deserves, especially when it's easily as good as any of Square Enix's better known series.

Char6296 @ May 18th 2008 11:02AM

Sorry for the misunderstanding of FF, it's just that you said TWEWY's far more deserving. And don't worry, more people don't know how or what pirating is than those who do, so it's not going to be TOO much damage. And I said to the friend to try it, I never said to buy the game or get the ROM specifically. Still, I hope she recommends it to people who do buy them legitimately. Maybe I'll tell her to do that. And TWEWY needs loving, yes.

Demotruk @ May 18th 2008 11:10AM

With regard to TWEWY, I've been evangelizing people into getting it. So far, it's spreading around my University well enough as a result.(by that I mean 5 or six people I've told have bought it themselves...)

Char6296 @ May 18th 2008 11:16AM

Good start.

Flint @ May 18th 2008 11:26AM

Char6296: That's cool, hope your friends all buy and enjoy the game and continue to spread the word!

All this talk of promoting TWEWY reminds me of the bit in the game where you have to make those red pins popular around town - maybe we need some kind of "buy TWEWY" pin that we could spread around in the real world!