Another Week in Europe

by Chris Greenhough { Jun 28th 2008 at 6:00PM }

Even though Wii Fit continues to be as common as chicken teeth everywhere, Nintendo finally seems to be sorting out its Mario Kart Wii stock issues in Europe. After dipping in recent weeks, the racer (which nearly made this blogger sob with frustration at our last Game Night) has risen in Ireland, Holland, and the UK. Wii Play had a fine few days, sensationally nabbing second spot in Britain, while Sports Island is raking in the euros in the Netherlands. Those crazy Dutch.

Not much on the horizon next week, except for some beat-'em-up. Super Crash Bros. Fighter, or something. We forget. Charts follow the break, folks.

United Kingdom (Week 25, 2008)

01. (01) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
02. (06) Wii Play (Wii)
03. (__) Alone In The Dark (360)
04. (02) LEGO Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (Wii)
05. (03) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
06. (05) LEGO Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (NDS)
07. (__) Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)
08. (17) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
09. (04) LEGO Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (PS2)
10. (07) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)

Ireland (Week 25, 2008)

01. (02) LEGO Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
02. (01) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
03. (03) Grand Theft Auto IV (360, PS3)
04. (04) Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
05. (06) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
06. (05) Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Wii, NDS)
07. (08) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
08. (07) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS)
09. (11) Wii Play (Wii)
10. (10) Race Driver: GRID (360, PS3, PC, NDS)

Netherlands (Week 25, 2008)

01. (01) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
02. (06) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
03. (07) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
04. (03) Sports Island (Wii)
05. (05) Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)
06. (08) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
07. (04) Grand Theft Auto IV (360)
08. (09) More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (NDS)
09. (02) Ninja Gaiden II (360)
10. (__) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)

Germany (Week 25, 2008)

01. (01) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
02. (02) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
03. (__) Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)
04. (06) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
05. (05) Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)
06. (03) Wii Fit (Wii)
07. (04) LEGO Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (PS2)
08. (07) Mario Kart DS (NDS)
09. (__) Mario Party 8 (Wii)
10. (__) More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (NDS)

Sweden (Week 25, 2008)

01. (01) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
02. (02) Age Of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC)
03. (04) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2)
04. (08) FIFA 08 (PS2)
05. (03) LEGO Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (PS2)
06. (05) Grand Theft Auto IV (360)
07. (07) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
08. (__) Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)
09. (06) Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)
10. (__) LEGO Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (360)

Denmark (Week 25, 2008)

01. (01) LEGO Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
02. (04) FIFA 08 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
03. (03) Grand Theft Auto IV (360, PS3)
04. (06) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC)
05. (02) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
06. (05) Age Of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC)
07. (08) SingStar Summer Party (PS2)
08. (07) UEFA Euro 2008 (360, PS3, PS2, PC, PSP)
09. (09) Need for Speed ProStreet (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS, Mobile)
10. (__) Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (360, PC, Mac)

Read: UK chart data
Read: Irish chart data
Read: Dutch chart data
Read: German chart data
Read: Swedish chart data
Read: Danish 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. Want to know what's selling everywhere else? Then check out our weekly Japanese sales articles here, or the latest North American sales here.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Char6296 @ Jun 28th 2008 6:27PM

Brawl could be popular. It's being marketed at around £33 everywhere instead of the full price as I expected, and they had three copies left on the shelf when I went on Thursday to buy it, with plenty more in a bunch of boxes. Keeping in mind it was in the 4 o'clock hour, when most fans are at work or have only just got home, it was a good sales rate.