UK charts: Wii Fit still on top News

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News by Robert Purchese

27 January, 2009

Wii Fit has seen off the competition to remain atop the UK all-formats chart for a second week running.

Best-seller Call of Duty: World at War also digs in, forcing newcomer Skate 2 to spend a first week at three.

EA claims the next two spaces with FIFA 09 and Lord of the Rings: Conquest, respectively, before the immovable Wii Play steps in at six.

Ubisoft capitalises on the January gym rush with new entry My Fitness Coach for Wii at seven, which is followed by a slight boost for Mario Kart Wii at eight.

Tomb Raider: Underworld manages to climb from 33 to nine this week after the PS2 release.

Professor Layton and the Curious Village re-enters the chart and rounds off the top 10, thanks to retailers buying some stock.

This week waves goodbye to Prince of Persia, Mirror's Edge, Resistance 2 and Midnight Club: Los Angeles.

This Week	Last Week	Title	Platform(s)
1	1	Wii Fit	Wii
2	2	Call of Duty: World at War	PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS
3	New Entry	Skate 2	Xbox 360, PS3
4	4	FIFA 09	PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS
5	3	The Lord of the Rings: Conquest	PC, Xbox 360, PS3
6	5	Wii Play	Wii
7	New Entry	My Fitness Coach	Wii
8	13	Mario Kart Wii	Wii
9	33	Tomb Raider: Underworld	PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS
10	Re-entry	Professor Layton and the Curious Village	DS
11	8	Guitar Hero: World Tour	Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii
12	7	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	Wii, DS
13	6	Need for Speed Undercover	PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS
14	10	Dr Kawashima's Brain Training	DS
15	9	Carnival: Funfair Games	Wii
16	15	LEGO Batman: The Videogame	PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS
17	14	LEGO Indiana Jones	PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS
18	21	Pro Evolution Soccer 2009	PC, Xbox 360, PS3
19	17	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	Xbox 360, PS3, PC, DS
20	11	Fallout 3	PC, Xbox 360, PS3
21	19	Gears of War 2	Xbox 360
22	24	Football Manager 2009	PC, PSP
23	18	Grand Theft Auto IV	Xbox 360, PS3, PC
24	Re-entry	Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree	Wii
25	26	LittleBigPlanet	PS3
26	12	Quantum of Solace	PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS
27	16	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock	Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PC
28	28	Shaun White Snowboarding	Xbox 360, PS3, PSP, Wii, DS
29	23	Sonic Unleashed	Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii
30	25	More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima	DS
31	Re-entry	Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party	Wii, DS
32	32	Mario Kart DS	DS
33	20	Far Cry 2	PC, Xbox 360, PS3
34	30	NEW Super Mario Bros.	DS
35	22	WALL-E	PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS
36	31	Kung Fu Panda	PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS
37	Re-entry	Saints Row 2	Xbox 360, PS3
38	Re-entry	LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga	Xbox 360/, PS3, Wii, DS
39	Re-entry	Off Road	PC, Wii, PS2, PSP
40	36	Left 4 Dead	PC, Xbox 360

Leisure software charts compiled by Gfk Chart-Track, �2008 ELSPA (UK) Ltd.

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MORZTAN

27/01/09 @ 09:30

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I just bought Wii Fit.

It really is very motivating. The muscle exercises are tough, and the other excercises are good fun. Plus, the missus loves it, so I don't have to watch bad soaps in the evening.

nickthegun

27/01/09 @ 09:47

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I saw loads of fat people buying Fitness Coach the other day.

Its the new atkins.

CapnCloudchaser

27/01/09 @ 10:04

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I'm gonna go out and buy My Fitness Coach. I know it's a glorified fitness DVD, but that's pretty much what I want anyway, I was just never able to decide which celebrity endorsed DVD I wanted to punish myself with, and this saves the day!

The Bodybuilder

27/01/09 @ 10:17

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>"Ubisoft capitalises on the January gym rush with new entry My Fitness Coach for Wii..."

/sigh

DFawkes

27/01/09 @ 10:22

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The Lord of the Rings: Conquest is out on DS as well. Probably not good, but it is out.

mcwildcard

27/01/09 @ 11:10

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I find it odd that LBP is so low, when it seems to be top (or thereabouts) of most retailers games charts atm and has been for a few weeks now.

Doctor_What

27/01/09 @ 11:21

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I'm still occasionally popping onto the Wii Fit six months later and I've lost half a stone (I didn't have much to use). It's the only thing that the Wii gets used for in my house. Overall, I'm pretty pleased with it as a purchase. I've got other machines for playing games on and encouraging me to sit still for hours on end! I'm vaguely intrigued by the Fitness Coach thingy...

Tonka

27/01/09 @ 11:29

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Retailers gamecharts are pulled freshly out of thin air each morning.

Duke100

27/01/09 @ 11:38

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I spoke to the guys in GAME shortly after discovering Fallout 3 was number one in their chart about 3 seconds after the doors opened on release day. Unsurprisingly EA, Sony, Microsoft etc. pay for their big releases' (in store) chart placings.

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Dizzy

27/01/09 @ 11:57

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"I find it odd that LBP is so low, when it seems to be top (or thereabouts) of most retailers games charts atm and has been for a few weeks now. "

Retailers make their "charts" based on what product they wanne sell (or what is over stocked).

Pac-man ate my wife

27/01/09 @ 12:20

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How on earth is Professor Layton in there?

I've been looking to get a copy for weeks and it's no where to be find. I had to get it at great expense online in the end!

Nithron

27/01/09 @ 13:31

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I don't wanna live in a world where this happens.

When's that space tourism industry gonna really take off?

zedzee

27/01/09 @ 15:10

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For goodness sake...CoD is out for the DS but NOT for the PSP??!!

What is wrong with Sony this time around?! Couldn't they have sponsored or at least encouraged the development of a PSP version?

I'd have bought it definitely - my PSP has been reduced to an MP3 player and some downloads from PlayStation.com - it's a crying shame that no one is making use of the technology in the PSP.

It's also a real shame that Sony is not allowed homebrewed games to flourish on it, favouring instead big projects and sinking homebrews into the underworld of hacked handhelds.

Smuggo

27/01/09 @ 17:32

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Does anyone feel like all these casual gamers brought on by the Wii and DS are kind of ruining the charts? I mean, a glorified set of bathroom scales is the number one game at the beginning of January!

secombe

27/01/09 @ 20:58

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Professor Layton?! Vapourware surely.

Rodney

28/01/09 @ 05:29

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Smuggo,

only in the sense that Jadie Goodie's annual aerobics DVD is ruining the DVD charts.

its not really meant for you, so just ignore it. maybe laugh at the lameness of it a bit :)

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Gaol

28/01/09 @ 12:38

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I got wii fit recently and found it a lot of tosh tbh. I thought it might make exercise interesting or fun, but it's just a glorified yoga/stretching manual with a few shitty games. Shawn White's Snowboarding is a bit better, but the balance board doesn't give any feedback which is a problem as a controller. Might sell it on for a profit.

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