Reaching a state of zen

How did the new releases on 12th January 2012 fare? Let's find out with your charts for the week

[1] denotes last week's position. [N] indicates game is a new entry. [-] indicates a non-mover.

To everybody's surprise, the Club Nintendo rewards rise up the charts. Can they hold off the competition until the month's end?

1. [7] Kirby's Dream Land
2. [-] Pushmo
3. [N] Dr. Mario Express
4. [1] Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
5. [N] Zen Pinball 3D
6. [-] Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
7. [3] 3D Classics: Kirby's Adventure
8. [-] The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
9. [-] Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive!
10. [11] Super Mario Land
11. [4] VVVVVV
12. [10] Mighty Switch Force!
13. [12] Plants vs. Zombies
14. [13] Photo Dojo
15. [N] Samurai Sword Destiny
16. [5] 3D Classics: Xevious
17. [16] Bloons TD
18. [15] Mario Clock
19. [14] GO Series: 10 Second Run
20. [19] Inchworm Animation

Zen Pinball 3D lands at second place, with some pretty good titles in that top five and more to come this month.

1. [-] Pushmo
2. [N] Zen Pinball 3D
3. [2] 3D Classics: Kirby's Adventure
4. [5] Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive!
5. [3] VVVVVV
6. [-] Mighty Switch Force!
7. [-] Samurai Sword Destiny
8. [4] 3D Classics: Xevious
9. [8] Let's Golf! 3D
10. [-] Thriller (video)
11. [9] 3D Classics: Excitebike
12. [11] Pyramids
13. [12] 3D Classics: Urban Champion
14. [13] Night of the Living Carrots (video)
15. [-] 3D Classics: TwinBee
16. [14] The Pig Who Cried Werewolf (video)

Dr. Mario Express races to the top spot and, once again, Cut the Rope makes a big leap: up seven places after recent down 11, up 15, down 15 chart performances.

1. [10] Dr. Mario Express
2. [1] Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
3. [2] Plants vs. Zombies
4. [3] Photo Dojo
5. [6] Bloons TD
6. [5] Mario Clock
7. [4] GO Series: 10 Second Run
8. [9] Inchworm Animation
9. [16] Cut the Rope
10. [14] Mario Calculator
11. [7] Cake Ninja
12. [8] Anonymous Notes Chapter 1 — From the Abyss
13. [11] Tetris Party Live
14. [12] Come On! Heroes
15. [13] Nintendo Countdown Calendar
16. [15] Zenonia
17. [18] Cave Story
18. [N] Extreme Hangman 2
19. [17] Castle Conqueror - Against
20. [N] MySims Camera

Kirby occupies the top spot this week thanks to his freebie status, while Alleyway rejoins the top 20.

1. [2] Kirby's Dream Land
2. [1] Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
3. [-] The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
4. [-] Super Mario Land
5. [-] Metroid II: Return of Samus
6. [-] Tetris
7. [-] Donkey Kong
8. [12] Game & Watch Gallery
9. [-] Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge
10. [8] Pac-Man
11. [-] Blaster Master: Enemy Below
12. [15] Mario's Picross
13. [10] Bionic Commando
14. [-] Double Dragon
15. [N] Alleyway
16. [13] BurgerTime Deluxe
17. [18] Adventure Island
18. [16] Gargoyle's Quest
19. [17] Golf
20. [19] Catrap

After the break we've got all-time charts, of course.