Another Week in Europe

Posted Mar 29th 2008 4:00PM by Chris Greenhough
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Featuring charts from across the region, Another Week in Europe documents the buying habits and quirky tastes of a whole continent of DS lovers.

The usual proliferation of training games and Mario & Sonic aside, there's been little in the way of interesting new DS releases in this week's charts. And by "little," we mean "nothing." Indeed, Ubisoft's Imagine: Babies is actually the highest new DS entrant in the UK (30th), Ireland (10th), and France (11th). Deflating, much?

Furthermore, with only Bunnyz, Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts, George of the Jungle, Hurry Up Hedgehog, Neves, Teenage Zombies and Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship 2008 to come next week, we're not anticipating much change. People, we're hitting the mid-year drought -- for heaven's sake, give us a release date for Professor Layton already, Nintendo. Hit the break for the full chart lowdown.

(Numbers in parentheses indicate previous week's position)
(NOTE: Because sales are monitored by different bodies throughout Europe, the charts of some countries will feature more recent data)

United Kingdom (Week ending March 22nd)

01. (__) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (360)
02. (01) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
03. (__) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (PS3)
04. (03) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
05. (04) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
06. (06) Carnival: Funfair Games (Wii)
07. (__) Wii Play (Wii)
08. (08) Cooking Mama 2 (NDS)
09. (02) Army of Two (360)
10. (12) More Brain Training From Dr. Kawashima (NDS)

Ireland (Week ending March 22nd)

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

Netherlands (Week 12, 2008)

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

Germany (Week 12, 2008)

01. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
02. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
03. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (NDS)
04. Professor Kageyama's Maths Training (NDS)
05. Wii Play (Wii)
06. The Sims 2: FreeTime (PC)
07. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of War Soulstorm (PC)
08. New Super Mario Bros. (NDS)
09. Logic Trainer (NDS)
10. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC)

Spain (Week 11, 2008)

01. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PSP)
02. Army of Two (PS3)
03. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
04. FIFA 08 (PS2)
05. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
06. Army of Two (360)
07. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (NDS)
08. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
09. Trivial (Wii)
10. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3)

Sweden (Week 12, 2008)

01. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2)
02. Army of Two (360)
03. Army of Two (PS3)
04. Singstar Svenska hits Schlager (PS2)
05. The Sims 2: FreeTime (PC)
06. World of Warcraft (PC)
07. Transformers: The Game (PS3)
08. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (360)
09. Counter-Strike 1: Anthology (PC)
10. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii)

Denmark (Week ending March 22nd)

01. (01) The Sims 2: FreeTime (PC)
02. (03) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC)
03. (05) FIFA 08 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
04. (06) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360, PS3, PC)
05. (04) Army of Two (360, PS3)
06. (08) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)
07. (__) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (360, PS3)
08. (07) Need for Speed: ProStreet (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
09. (10) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2, Xbox, PC)
10. (09) Counter-Strike: Source (PC)

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

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3-30-2008 @ 4:56AM

Saphion said...

I concur. Give me Layton or give me death!

(Preferably Layton though.)

3-30-2008 @ 3:52PM

samwyse said...

Regarding the photo, did you realize that ABBA drummer Ola Brunkert died on March 17th?

Although he isn't pictured above, "Ola toured with ABBA in 1977, 1979 and 1980," the group's official Web site said. "Together with bass player Rutger Gunnarsson, Ola is probably the only musician to appear on all ABBA albums -- he was one of the most frequently used Swedish session musicians during the 1970s."

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