UK charts: Wii Fit Plus a healthy winner

By Robert Purchese Published 9 November, 2009

Dragon Age arrives at five.

Wii Fit Plus finds itself on top of a busy UK chart this week, following positive reviews from the likes of us.

Dragon Age: Origins is the next new entry at five. BioWare's monster RPG has won the hearts of many gamers, but not quite enough to propel it above FIFA 10, Wii Sports Resort and Football Manager 2010, which it sits just behind.

SingStar: Take That, meanwhile, misses the top 10 completely, arriving at 16, but performs well for a band-related spin-off release. Sony may be disappointed with Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time, however, which enters at 22.

There's rare disappointment for Activision, too, as Band Hero hits all the wrong notes and doesn't even make the top 40. The Wii version is highest on its platform-specific chart at 14. DJ Hero also spends a second week in the middle of the all-formats top 40, this time at 21. Oh well - Modern Warfare 2 will probably do alright.

Ubisoft's crowd-pleaser Rabbids Go Home also starts poorly, despite favourable reviews, only showing up at 13 on the Wii chart.

Elsewhere, Brutal Legend falls out of the top 40, as do Batman: Arkham Asylum, The Beatles: Rock Band and Colin McRae: DiRT 2.

This Week Last Week Title Platform(s)
1 2 Wii Fit Plus Wii
2 3 FIFA 10 PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
3 10 Wii Sports Resort Wii
4 1 Football Manager 2010 PC, PSP
5 New entry Dragon Age: Origins PC, PS3, Xbox 360
6 4 Forza Motorsport 3 Xbox 360
7 7x Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games DS, Wii
8 6 Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City Xbox 360
9 5 Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 PC, PS3, Xbox 360
10 8 Tekken 6 PS3, Xbox 360
11 11 WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2010 PS3, PS2, PSP, Xbox 360
12 21 Mario Kart Wii Wii
13 13 Need for Speed: Shift PC, PS3, PSP, Xbox 360
14 15 LEGO Batman DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
15 9 Borderlands PS3, Xbox 360
16 New entry SingStar: Take That PS2, PS3
17 16 Professor Layton and Pandora's Box DS
18 19 Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii
19 17 Wii Fit Wii
20 12 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves PS3
21 20 DJ Hero PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
22 New entry Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time PS3
23 23 Pure PC, PS3, Xbox 360
24 18 EyePet PS3
25 22 Halo 3: ODST Xbox 360
26 Re-entry Ghostbusters DS, PC, PS2 , PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
27 24 Grand Theft Auto IV Xbox 360, PS3, PC
28 14 Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising PC, PS3, Xbox 360
29 33 Wii Play Wii
30 25 Guitar Hero 5 PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
31 31 Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training DS
32 28 LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
33 37 Style Boutique DS
34 Re-entry SEGA Superstars Tennis DS, PS3, PS2, Wii, Xbox 360
35 30 Star Wars the Clone Wars: Republic Heroes DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
36 32 LEGO Indiana Jones DS, PC, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
37 Re-entry Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games DS, Wii
38 26 Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition PC, PS3, Xbox 360
39 38 LittleBigPlanet PS3
40 35 Rhythm Paradise DS
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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (26) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • TruSmiles #1 2 years ago

    I just went out and helped Dragon Age Origins >_>

  • MeBrains #2 2 years ago

    hey LBP's still there! O_o

  • kangarootoo #3 2 years ago

    Sports resort has been bundled with Wii Fit packs recently, which probably helped it up the charts a little bit.

  • Monkey_Puncher #4 2 years ago

    Wii Fit Plus?

    *face palm*

  • miiiguel #5 2 years ago

    Dragon Age in his 6 suit sold more than his cocky brother.

  • Darren #6 2 years ago

    It's really sad to see the new Ratchet & Clank game enter at 22. Depressing even. It's a really lovely, fun game that is the PS3's nearest equivalent to a Mario Galaxy game albeit with some amusing weapons and comedy violence which Mario would scorn at. Or maybe that's its problem? Whatever, it's a real feel-good game IMO; funny, colourful, constantly entertaining and it expands on the two previous PS3 games by adding more platforming and puzzles to the mix... it really deserves to do so much better.

    Hopefully it'll be a sleeper hit that sells over a long period of time but releasing it the same week as Dragon Age: Origins and one week before CoD: Modern Warfare 2 perhaps wasn't the most sensible idea really...

  • CallousB #7 2 years ago

    Not surprised Rabbids Go Home started poorly. The previous 3 party games had loads of ads plastered everywhere for at least a week before release and for weeks after..first ad I saw for Rabbids Go Home was on Saturday evening.

  • cianchristopher #8 2 years ago

    Poor Uncharted 2. What a great game.

    You just can't beat the Wii! You can't! They've got this generation completely sewn up (sales-wise)...

  • gjgjg #9 2 years ago

    Jeepers people:
    1 Wii Fit Plus, 2 FIFA 10,3 Wii Sports Resort, 4 Football Manager 2010?

    so much desire to play sports, so many fatazz couch potatoes ;p

  • Skurmedel #10 2 years ago

    Lol, Style Boutique,... saw their TV ad. Don't underestimate the monetary power of the tweens.

  • crozon #11 2 years ago

    i bought 2 copies of dragon age, one from game for myself and another as a gift from steam.
    time they start tracking steam sales.

  • lennon #12 2 years ago

    Theres a new Ratchett and Clank game! How did I miss that. Oh well know what to get now when I trade in Uncharted 2 shortly then. :)

  • youhavenomail #13 2 years ago

    At least the charts have finally seen the back of COD4.

  • Macross #14 2 years ago

    I actually wonder how Dragon Age's position would be affected with digital distro as a factor. Its a brilliant game so far, probably crippled by the fact that CoD is being released 3 days after it :p

  • metalmike25 #15 2 years ago

    I'd recommend Ratchet and Clank to anyone. It's probably the best game in the series and some of the level design is genius. I love Mario Galaxy as much as anyone but i'd probably say R&C is overall a better game. Everyone should play it!

  • gjgjg #16 2 years ago

    @youhavenomail yes but this will be the last chart that doesnt include MW2 for 2 years

  • lavalant #17 2 years ago

    I'm sure EG's bullshit 6/10 had something to do with DA being in at no5, so in a way they helped WiiFit+.

  • groovychainsaw #18 2 years ago

    I would have thought dragon age would have got more downloads on the pc than normal, considering the price of the game at most retailers was equal/close to the digital price for once... (I downloaded for that reason), and they're missed out of the chart.

    And poor old ratchet and clank. The closest thing to a pixar cartoon we've got on consoles, with good cross-generational appeal, great mechanics, graphics etc. consigned to a machine with a more mature (I mean older on average) user group than the 360 and being roundly ignored because of that. Shame. Almost be worth a Wii port, if you could keep the level of polish on there. They're dying for some decent 3rd party games :-)

  • Kremlik Verified Co-Founder, Crash To Desktop #19 2 years ago

    About the 6/10 DA review on the 360 it's funny as if you actally read it it's got nothing to do with the game as a whole it's all to do with the fact 'it's not as good as the pc version' but as ppl skip the reviews thems and just look at the scores they never see it's full picture.

    Go look at the pc review thats it's true score, thats why it's at 5.

  • Burkey123 #20 2 years ago

    A Crack in Time is probably a good game, I loved ToD and QFB. But better than Mario Galaxy!? Come on now! Let's get realistic! I sincerely doubt it.
    Anyway, my bro bought Dragon Age and I thought it looked awesome. Good to see it up in the top 5.

  • login_name #21 2 years ago

    i bought 2 copies of dragon age, one from game for myself and another as a gift from steam.

    Same here, loving every minute of it so far (as is my wife).

  • Skurmedel #22 2 years ago

    You have a wife,... which plays Dragon Age? My life feels so... empty.

  • KDR_11k #23 2 years ago

    It's really sad to see the new Ratchet & Clank game enter at 22.

    They released way too many R&C games on the PS2, probably wore people's interest in the series down.

  • Inigo #24 2 years ago

    I didn't even know that Ratchet & Clank was out, where are all the reviews of the game. If this came out at another time of the year i would have jumped at the chance.

  • metalangel #25 2 years ago

    Stuff like WiiFit shouldn't be counted on here, it's not a game. If Jamie Oliver's Fat Tongue Cookbook on the DS was a huge success, would that also be here on the games chart, despite not being a proper game?

    Same thing a decade ago with Norton Antivirus always being in the Top 5.

  • Cid #26 2 years ago

    Does it really matter?