2 Weeks Ago, oliver@el33tonline.com (Oliver) from EL33TONLINE says (in October NPD: Fable II tops software, Wii sells 803 000 units) Fable II (Microsoft, Xbox 360) 790 000
Wii Fit w/ Balance Board (Nintendo, Wii) 487 000
Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks, Xbox 360) 375 000
Mario Kart Wii w/ wheel (Nintendo, Wii) 290 000
Wii Play w/ remote (Nintendo, Wii) 282 000
Saints Row 2 (THQ, Xbox 360) 270 000

And EL33TONLINE says (in October NPD: Fable II tops software, Wii sells 803 000 units) The evergreen Wii Fit managed another 487 000 customers, slotting in at No. 2 behind Fable II, while Fallout 3 sold 375 000 copies for the period, landing at No. 3. Two more Nintendo titles appeared in the top five, with Mario Kart Wii at No. 4 (selling 290 000 copies) and Wii Play at No. 5 (selling 28...

5 Months Ago, EL33TONLINE says (in UK Charts: Chart Track software sales for the week ending 28/6) Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii has debuted on top of the UK’s All Formats Chart for the week ending the 28th of June. The popular title is the third largest UK Wii launch (behind Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii) and also secures Nintendo its fourth All Formats number 1 this year.

7 Months Ago, lisa@el33tonline.com (Lisa) from EL33TONLINE says (in UK Charts: Chart Track software sales for week ending 17 May) Nintendo’s Mario Kart Wii is this week’s highest climber thanks to renewed stock, moving up six places to number 3, while Wii Play drops two places to number 5. Nintendo boasts three games in the All Formats Top 5 this week as well as 20 format exclusives in the All Formats Top 40. In addition 28 games in the Top 40 are selling best on Nintendo formats.

Grand Theft Auto IV (Take Two)
Wii Fit (Nintendo)
Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
Wii Play (Nintendo)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
Iron Man: The Official Videogame (Sega)
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Activision)

And lisa@el33tonline.com (Lisa) from EL33TONLINE says (in Japanese Sales Data: Media Create software sales for 21/4 – 27/4) Nintendo’s Mario Kart Wii has topped the Japanese software chart for another week. The latest figures from Media Create show that Mario’s racing debut on the Wii sold 151 918 copies for the week ending the 27th of April, bringing the title’s life-to-date sales to just shy of 1 million.

Banpresto’s Summon Night for the Nintendo DS debuts at number 5 with 37 856 copies while Nintendo’s Wii Fit drops two places to number 6 with 36 851 copies. Life-to-date sales for Wii Fit now stand just short of 2 million.

Nintendo’s We’re Fossil Diggers for the DS drops four places to number 7 with 22 319 copies while Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage for the DS drops two places to number 8 with 17 879 copies.

And Ross Miller from Joystiq says (in This Week in Review isn't snaking either way) Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 We've had our hands full today mulling over what should we play -- Mario Kart Wii or Metal Gear Online, both titles we weren't expecting until the weekend. We were going to use the snaking joke regardle...

8 Months Ago, lisa@el33tonline.com (Lisa) from EL33TONLINE says (in UK Charts: Chart Track software sales for week ending 19/4) According to Chart Track, the All Formats Top 5 was comprised of games by four different Japanese publishers: Nintendo, Sega, Sony and Konami. Apart from Gran Turismo 5: Prologue, the top four games are all selling the strongest on the Wii. The dominance of the Wii looks set to continue next week with the release of Nintendo’s highly anticipated Wii Fit.

Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (Sony)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (Ubisoft)
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
UEFA Euro 2008 Austria-Switzerland (EA)
Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Activision)

And lisa@el33tonline.com (Lisa) from EL33TONLINE says (in Japanese Sales Data: Media Create software sales for 7/4 – 13/4) Nintendo’s Mario Kart Wii topped the Japanese software chart, selling an impressive 594 000 copies in its opening week. The title was released on the 10th of April so this figure accounts for just three days of sales. It will be interesting to see how many copies Mario Kart Wii sells in a full seven day period and only time will tell if it will continue to sell as well as Mario Kart DS has.

Taking a stroll down memory lane now, the previous iteration of the popular Mario Kart series was Mario Kart DS. Released in Japan in December 2005, Mario Kart DS sold 224 411 copies in its opening week while its life-to-date sales stand at 2.9 million copies. Its predecessor Mario Kart: Double Dash on the GameCube was released in Japan in November 2003 and sold 179 230...

And lisa@el33tonline.com (Lisa) from EL33TONLINE says (in UK Charts: Chart Track software sales for the week ending 12/4) Nintendo’s Mario Kart Wii has raced to the top of the UK’s All Formats Chart, recording the 8th biggest launch week ever in the UK. Mario Kart Wii is also the biggest launch of any Nintendo published title, boasting a bigger launch week than the launch weeks of all five other Mario Wii games combined (Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Super Mario Galaxy, Mario Strikers, Mario Party 8 and Super Paper Mario).

Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (Sony)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Ubisoft)
Condemned 2 (Sega)
Wii Play (Nintendo)
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Activision)
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)