Capcom has successfully cut the legs of Resident Evil: Revelations on Nintendo 3DS this week. Cubed3 recently gave the new 3DS scare-fest 9/10 after it had a sterling first week in the UK, topping the Individual Formats Top 40 last week. However, following a strong start, Capcom starting a marketing blitz for the November release of Resident Evil 6. Whether or not this would have a significant impact on sales of Resident Evil: Revelations was something of debate, but this week's new update from Chart Track has revealed the legs have indeed been chopped off, leaving a bloody mess in the charts.
Check out the damage below:
TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - INDIVIDUAL FORMATS (UNITS), WEEK ENDING 4 February 2012
(NEW) 1.) FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 (PS3, SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
(NEW) 2.) FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 (360, SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
(NEW) 3.) METAL GEAR SOLID HD COLLECTION (360, KONAMI)
(NEW) 4.) METAL GEAR SOLID HD COLLECTION (PS3, KONAMI)
(NEW) 5.) SOULCALIBUR V (360, NAMCO BANDAI GAMES)
(2) 6.) JUST DANCE 3 (Wii, UBISOFT)
(8) 7.) BATTLEFIELD 3 (360, ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(19) 8.) BATTLEFIELD 3 (PS3, ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(17) 9.) ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS (360, UBISOFT)
(3) 10.) CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 (360, ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(5) 11.) FIFA 12 (360, ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(4) 12.) THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM (360, BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
(7) 13.) ZUMBA FITNESS (Wii, 505 GAMES)
(NEW) 14.) SOULCALIBUR V (PS3, NAMCO BANDAI GAMES)
(6) 15.) ZUMBA FITNESS 2 (Wii, 505 GAMES)
(21) 16.) ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS (PS3, UBISOFT)
(11) 17.) SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD (360, THQ)
(9) 18.) FIFA 12 (PS3, ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(10) 19.) CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 (PS3, ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(13) 20.) SUPER MARIO 3D LAND (3DS, NINTENDO)
(14) 21.) FOOTBALL MANAGER 2012 (PC, SEGA)
(12) 22.) MARIO KART 7 (3DS, NINTENDO)
(1) 23.) RESIDENT EVIL: REVELATIONS (3DS, CAPCOM)
(16) 24.) THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM (PS3, BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
(26) 25.) FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 (360, MICROSOFT)
(24) 26.) SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD (PS3, THQ)
(22) 27.) MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO (DS, MIND CANDY)
(23) 28.) RAGE (360, BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
(27) 29.) MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES (Wii, SEGA)
(29) 30.) UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE'S DECEPTION (PS3, SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
(28) 31.) MARIO KART WII (Wii, NINTENDO)
(15) 32.) YOUR SHAPE: FITNESS EVOLVED 2012 (360, UBISOFT)
(25) 33.) WII FIT PLUS (Wii, NINTENDO)
(18) 34.) KINECT SPORTS: SEASON TWO (360, MICROSOFT)
(30) 35.) ABBA: YOU CAN DANCE (Wii, UBISOFT)
(NEW) 36.) PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE SPECTRE'S CALL (DS, NINTENDO)
(34) 37.) GRAN TURISMO 5 (PS3, SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
(20) 38.) THE SIMS 3: MASTER SUITE STUFF (PC, ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(NEW) 39.) NEED FOR SPEED: THE RUN (PS3, ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(39) 40.) DEAD ISLAND (360, KOCH MEDIA)
Of note in the general Nintendo 3DS Top 10, nintendogs + cats: Golden Retriever is fourth, followed by a resurgent Sonic Generations, up three to No.5 and an impressive second week in the chart for Tales of the Abyss, up two to No.7. 'Second week' may imply its recent release, but European readers will know that it has in fact been out since November 2011. It actually only made its first Top 10 appearance last week, surprisingly enough. Rounding off the Top 10 is FIFA 12. The full list can be seen below:
(3) 1.) SUPER MARIO 3D LAND (NINTENDO)
(2) 2.) MARIO KART 7 (NINTENDO)
(1) 3.) RESIDENT EVIL: REVELATIONS (CAPCOM)
(4) 4.) NINTENDOGS + CATS: GOLDEN RETRIEVER (NINTENDO)
(8) 5.) SONIC GENERATIONS (SEGA)
(7) 6.) THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME 3D (NINTENDO)
(9) 7.) TALES OF THE ABYSS (NAMCO BANDAI GAMES)
(5) 8.) SUPER POKEMON RUMBLE (NINTENDO)
(6) 9.) RAYMAN 3D (UBISOFT)
(RE) 10.) FIFA 12 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
What do you think of Capcom's treatment of Resident Evil: Revelations? Should the company have held back its campaign for Resident Evil 6 a bit longer, considering the game is not due until November 2012?