The UK market had two notable retail releases last week on 3DS, and the positive news is that one made a solid impact on the charts while another did well in the 3DS-only results.
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon was the big-name arrival, and the latest in the spin-off series secured 9th place in the all-format chart, which is a solid result. More impressively that translated to 4th place in the single-format charts, which is an impressive outcome in which it only came behind Call of Duty: Black Ops III (2nd and 3rd on PS4 / Xbox One) and Street Fighter V, with Capcom's latest leading the way on PS4. That 2D fighting game, by the way, was pushed down to second in the all-format results by Black Ops III.
That's a strong result for the latest 'mon title, potentially trading on the current buzz around the 25th Anniversary in addition to its brand name.
Project X Zone 2 also arrived, though it failed to break the top 40. It did, however, make its debut in second place in the 3DS-only chart, showing that decent numbers in the 3DS community picked it up in the UK.
A positive week for Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, in particular, and next week's results will hopefully include a strong showing for Bravely Second: End Layer.
[source chart-track.co.uk]
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Deserves it! I got this game on Saturday and it really does feel like a return to the roots of the series. MUCH better than Gates to Infinity.
Unfortunately, as Bravely Default never made into the top 40 charts, I doubt Bravely Second will either. I hope I'm wrong though.
Might pick it up, does it still have the grid-based movement though? Always found it a bit jarring.
Hate to be that guy, but it's the 20th anniversary of Pokémon, not the 25th. =P
Even with cheats (non-max-stat stuff) this game takes absolutely forever to 100%. I'm two-to-four dungeons from finishing it up with 100 hours of gameplay. I hate to see the total gameplay time for a legit user on this game who 100%'d it. Yikes.
25th lol
Good to see the Pokemon anniversary get started in a positive way. It's so complicated with the anniversaries with Mario at 30, Zelda at 30, Pokemon at 20 and Kirby at 25. It's too much for a fan like me!
Even Sonic is 25 ... I feel old.
As a person who got Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon past Friday, I have to say I have really enjoyed Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon and having a Jukebox option on the side is amazing ^^.
Good, SMD was an amazing game!
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