Nintendo Grabs UK Top 3 Again

The latest chart listings for the UK market have been released by Chart Track UK, showing Nintendo is dominant yet again. Whereas last week saw New Super Mario Bros. become the biggest selling individual format title of the week here in the UK, this week sees Mario tumble to No.3, whilst Wii Sports Resort and Wii Fit Plus climb above to grab No.1 and No.2, respectively. Just behind that trio, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on the Xbox 360 is No.4, whilst Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games on Wii has benefitted from strong advertising, leaping up to No.5. The biggest new entry on the Nintendo front was The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, which lands at No.12, rather lower than Phantom Hourglass did two years ago, but given how crowded the charts are in general now, the position is not too awful. Plus, it is likely to follow the DS and Wii software trend, in that it could jump upwards as the advertising campaign filters through to the masses.

In terms of the multi-format list, where all SKUs of a release are bundled together in sales tracking, the sixth Call of Duty title manages to hold onto No.1 for a fifth week in a row thanks to combined sales across the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Below is the Chart Track blurb about the All FOrmats Top 40, where sales are combined, whilst a bit further down you can see the Top 20 Individual Format sales list, where Nintendo takes four out of the top five places:


TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - INDIVIDUAL FORMATS (UNITS), WEEK ENDING 12 December 2009
1.) WII SPORTS RESORT (WII, NINTENDO)
2.) WII FIT PLUS (WII, NINTENDO)
3.) NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII (WII, NINTENDO)
4.) CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 (360, ACTIVISION)
5.) MARIO & SONIC AT OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES (WII, SEGA)
6.) ASSASSIN'S CREED II (360, UBISOFT)
7.) JUST DANCE (WII, UBISOFT)
8.) ASSASSIN'S CREED II (PS3, UBISOFT)
9.) CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 (PS3, ACTIVISION)
10.) FORZA MOTORSPORT 3 (360, MICROSOFT)
11.) MARIO KART WII WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
12.) THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SPIRIT TRACKS (DS, NINTENDO)
13.) FIFA 10 (360, EA)
14.) FIFA 10 (PS3, EA)
15.) PROFESSOR LAYTON AND PANDORA'S BOX (DS, NINTENDO)
16.) LEFT 4 DEAD 2 (360, EA)
17.) F1 2009 (WII, CODEMASTERS)
18.) LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME (360, WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
19.) PURE (360, DISNEY INTERACTIVE)
20.) DR. KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING (DS, NINTENDO)

All the individual format charts can be found here.

Can Nintendo manage to not only keep atop the Individual Format Top 40, but also usurp Call of Duty from the combined All Format Top 40 to take the Christmas No.1?