UK charts: Wii Fit at No. 1 once again

By Robert Purchese Published 9 February, 2009

New entries sparse. Top 40 inside.

Wii Fit keeps up the pace to take another UK all-formats top finish this week. This will be its fourth number one on the trot.

Below there's little more than minor jostling for position, as DS game Mystery Case Files: Millionheir is the only top 40 new entry at four.

FIFA 09 climbs slightly to two, bumping Call of Duty: World at War down to three. Professor Layton and the Curious Village is elbowed to five, ahead of non-movers Mario Kart Wii at six and Wii Play at seven.

Skate 2 takes eight, Mario & Sonic (who are still) at the Olympic Games finish at nine, and Guitar Hero World Tour rounds the chart out at 10. Incidentally, there's no sign of Rock Band 1 or 2 anywhere in the top 40, whereas Guitar Hero III still proves popular at 29. However, Rock Band 2 is only available for Xbox 360 here.

Retailer promotions for Left 4 Dead see the zombie-shooter race up from 29 to 15, and SimAnimals manages to break the top 40 on its second week of sale, landing at 22.

Despite a slow start, LittleBigPlanet still hangs in there at 22, as does fellow PS3-exclusive Resistance at 37.

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

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

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Comments (24) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Santino #1 3 years ago

    what is Mystery Case Files: Millionheir like has anybody played it?

    great to see layton still selling well, at least it guarantees the sequels will make it out here at some point, although maybe later rather than sooner as a result.

  • Ninja_Tino #2 3 years ago

    Resistance 2 is 31st!

  • Ninja_Tino #3 3 years ago

    Hey, my realy name's 'Santino'. It's like, a comment board of Santino's, even though you're called Rob!

  • Law07 #4 3 years ago

    Mario and Sonic at the Olympiic Games is 9th?

    WTF?!

  • Gargant #5 3 years ago

    Well, no big shock.
    Wii plays, after all, on guilt.
    "Are you fat? Buy this console to fix that. Better than pills, and no need for outdoor exercise!"
    I have the console myself, though. (cough)

  • SpaceMidget75 Verified Senior Software Developer, Minerva Computer Services #6 3 years ago

    WTF indeed.

    The more I see Wiifit et al in the charts the more I become a fully fledged sociopath.

    Now all it will take is one more old codger to come up to me a say "You tried one of those Wii's? Brilliant aren't they!"

  • Law07 #7 3 years ago

    Wall-E selling better than Gears of War 2?

  • smelly #8 3 years ago

    >Wall-E selling better than Gears of War 2?

    I've not played Wall-E .. But im guessing it's less tired and repetitive than GOW2.. But that wouldnt be hard...

  • Gargant #9 3 years ago

    >I've not played Wall-E .. But im guessing it's less tired and repetitive than GOW2.. But that wouldnt be hard...


    Hahaha! Too true

  • miiiguel #10 3 years ago

    My Fitness Coach selling better than LBP ?

    Edited by 1 at 09/02/09 @ 18:29

  • smelly #11 3 years ago

    >My Fitness Coach selling better than LBP ?

    Again.. Not too unbelievable when you consider how many wiis and how few ps3s have been sold.

  • rascoj64 #12 3 years ago

    I'm angry! Where's Rise of the Argonauts?

  • Incarta #13 3 years ago

    Erm... Chronotrigger?

  • BartonFink #14 3 years ago

    smelly in flying form as usual I see. His undying cleverness knows no bounds.

  • malloc #15 3 years ago

    Any numbers on Mario and Sonic?

  • smelly #16 3 years ago

    "So why do developers persist with hi-def overly expensive and bloated XBox 360 and PS3 titles when they could make a killing on the Wii"


    You DID hear the announcement EA made last week didnt you?

  • moggsy #17 3 years ago

    @ GhenghisNaan

    Lets hope that never happens though ay?

  • Steroyd #18 3 years ago

    @GengisNaan

    Because devs want to make a game in a particular way, EA want to turn Need for Speed into a Sim for example, they'd get way better results on 360/PS3 than on Wii.
    You can pull the same arguments for PC exclusive games like Crysis or WoW.

    Never helps that the games that are making a killing are made by nintendo.

    It might be a western dev's inability to make well made cheap costing game, because tbh I really can't remember the last interesting western made good game on the DS, and that's been raping the market for years.

  • rascoj64 #19 3 years ago

    @GengisNaan & Steroyd

    It seems they are falling over themselves to make crap games for Wii!

    If a developer or 3rd party publisher put in the effort and resource they are happy to do for ps3 or 360 they could make a killer wii game that would translate to much bigget sales and profits. Everone would be happy!

    My Wii is gathering dust at the moment, I'm not interested in the 'Family' games, everything coming out seems shallow and shit. I'd be very interested in something like dead space which made the most of the unique controls, a pilot wings type effort or a cell shaded zelda type game.

    Come on devs and publishers step up to the plate!

  • oupe #20 3 years ago

    @GengisNaan

    There's an interesting article by N'gai Croal in Edge about this, this month. I quote:

    they [developers] will not lead development on the Wii until they've first exhausted every option ... But the leading platform is so significantly underpowered to its competitors - the equivalent of to GameCubes duct-taped together, as one industry veteran jokingly ranted.

    and

    What's more, at just about every level of a typical publisher - development, marketing, the executive suite - their history and expertise is lacking when it comes to the broad swathes of the large and growing audience to which Nintendo is appealing.

    He then argues that development should lead on Wii, PS2 and low end pc's and up-port them to HD. (Given the succes of WoW, HL2 orange box, L4D, Flash games and iPhone)

  • ronuds #21 3 years ago

    "I've not played Wall-E .. But im guessing it's less tired and repetitive than GOW2.. But that wouldnt be hard..."

    So Wall-E selling more than Gears is because Gears is "obviously" a terrible game - but My Fitness Coach selling more than LBP is only because there are more Wii's (even though Wall-E is on every platform, whereas My Fitness Coach is a Wii exclusive)?

    What a jackass...

  • smelly #22 3 years ago

    @ronuds:

    Did i say GOW2 was a terrible game? No.. You just did.

    I just said it was tired and repetitive...

  • ronuds #23 3 years ago

    "I just said it was tired and repetitive..."

    These aren't exactly terms you'd use to describe a good game.

    Face it, you were trolling!

  • J_C_X #24 3 years ago

    Did anyone notice that the UK is now the second biggest video game market in the world?

    http://ww w.mcvuk.com/news/33184/UK-indus...