Super Mario Galaxy 2 Shoots to Number Two in UK Charts

Marvellous! I did think it might hit the top spot but I'm not complaining that RDR got it instead.

Great job, Mario!

It had 4 days less to sell; I'm sure it'll be no. 1 next week.

Well going up against multiplatform games is always going to be hard, they should split their entries really into each platform.
Still, which do you reckon will sell more over 6 months?...

6 Months? Forget that... give it another two weeks and it will surpass.

Well done Mario ! Next week you must be number 1.

Thank you for telling me who is 1st, ad I am really pleased that Super Mario Galaxy 2 was #2. (How fitting!)

The European release date was definitely a stupid marketing decision by Nintendo: At the same time the most popular sports event starts! Many (especially in the football fanatic UK) won't buy (or even think about) any videogames until World Cup is over.

PS: I will not complain about Red Dead Redemption at the top spot. The game is just awesome and deserves every credit.

@8. And why is that a bad thing? I don't think Nintendo cares (much) about the first sales if it can get high sales afterwards.

@Yoshii: High first sales lead to more publicity ==> more sales! And the game release would have probably attractred much more attention by media outside the videogaming world ==> more sales!

This just goes to show how gaming has changed. The target audience is a lot different now to what it was 10 - 20 years ago. Well done for #2 spot.

@Guybrush_Threepwood

Incredibly, there are a small proportion of us (myself included) who couldn't give two hoots about the world cup beyond "did we win/lose?"

I spent my Friday night playing Galaxy 2 and Halo 3.

@SoulSilver IV: Not everybody is interested in football or the World Cup of course. But millions of Europeans are watching and celebrating it! So would you really release your Triple A blockbuster videogame on the same day the most popular and commented event of this year starts if you were head of Nintendo's marketing departement?

Yeah it is a bit stupid releasing it on the opening day of the world cup. This is one of the most eagerly awaited games for me and I have the money but I'm going to wait until the tournament ends as I just wont have the time to play it with all the games. I'm even watching one right now...

Mario can't be number 1! Remember...

First is the worst,
Second is the best,
Third is the one with the treasure chest,
Fourth is the one with the polka-dotted dress.
Seeing Mario in a dress would be funny but mean, and number three is pretty good, too.

Nice! I just got this game on Saturday and, though I'm only about ten stars in, I like it even more than the original! It should pass Red Dead soon, also.

I expect it to go #1 sooner or later.

Same in Holland. The chart is published on Saturday. So counting only Friday and a lot of pre-orders, Galaxy 2 managed to reach the second spot of the Wii List and the fifth spot on the all-platforms list. I expect it to reach the top spot on both lists next Saturday.

So keep watching this thread:
https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/wii/wii_top_10_list?start=20

@labrat...so Wario should go for number 3?

@Jimlad
Wii games going up against multiplats (Xbox and PS3) seems fair to me, since the Wii has sold more than both of them combined. Not that initial sales will matter that much for a Mario title, this will sell big at Xmas and beyond.

@Raylax (#13): Seconded. Now...extend that statement to all professional sports, minus the Olympics (which I attended in person).

BACK TO TOPIC...
In any case, I'm glad to see SMG2 doing well. The first game fell a tad flat on sales, if I'm not mistaken.

Shigeru Miyamoto is the father of Entertainment,he is like the god of gaming,only he can come up with an idea that will blow your mind away and truely make a mario game that can have you gaming 10 hours a day...And when he dies what will happen to mario...who will take his place....