UK Charts: Final Fantasy Pushes Mario vs. Donkey Kong Further Down The Standings

As it so happens I just finished off Mario VS Donkey Kong and started Final Fantasy VII Rebirth over the weekend.

M VS DK was a solid game, not GotY material or anything, but a solid release that honestly got pretty tough at times (especially certain boss fights & the EX missions).

The Grasslands have opened up for me in FFVII Rebirth and it's been fun travelling between all the points of interest on Chocobo back.

Rebirth will have to wait, still have to finish remake!

That pic is funny, lol.

Good to see Helldivers 2 stay strong at #4. It seems to be doing better than when it debuted. On the contrary, GTA V sneaks into the top 10 again which makes me frown

@Axecon Why do you care that Gta V is there? It's a good game. As is MK8, there's a reason they keep selling.

Mario Vs. Donkey Kong was much more fun, than I thought it would be. Even did the time trials, because it was fun. Hope those sales are good.

I feel like this is the end for Square Enix though and I will not support them anymore. To me it feels like, whatever they do with Final Fantasy now, it always ends like the Final Fantasy X audio drama, simply destroying the legacy.

1 week at number 1 and 3 in the top 5 for Mario vs Donkey Kong, good stuff.
Also EA Sports FC 24 sold most physically on Switch this week. Surely that's a first..
(I'm aware it's been on a steep discount on Amazon, that's probably helped)

@Jhena ...How did that end?

@MirrorFate2
Do you mean the end of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth or Final Fantasy X's audio drama?

@Jhena Both.

@Poodlestargenerica @Axecon I've noticed that too. Whenever GTA V pops in here, they always seem to whine. I'm curious about that as well. When an older Nintendo game like MK8 hangs around for years, everyone here cheers. But when GTA V does it, its a problem for some reason? I guess I don't understand...

@Digitamamon64 Once upon a time it was because people wanted them to make a new one, but that's coming soon enough.

@MirrorFate2
The audio log ended with Sin returning. Completely destroying the impact and everything the cast had accomplished in Final Fantasy X.

Without really spoilering too much of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, I think they killed THAT scene. And in general the ending gives the feeling of: "Like is any of this for real... or not", sprinkled with an unsettling tone of mental illness.

Time to go to bed for today. If you want to know more, I will write to you later.

looking forward to see how many physical versions of the game sold in japan.. if it disappoints the conclusion is japanese gamers no longer value final fantasy as a franchise regardless it would not shock me to see final fantasy rebirth selling 5 million copies worldwide in it's first week...

Finally, an opportunity for me to share a link to one of mankind's greatest contributions to society: "One-Winged Kong."

https://youtu.be/rkxqt9SVO4E?si=CM4JBE5Zz3pTqyVo

@Jhena You can ignore the audio log, at least, and stay with both X and X-2. Rebirth, however, that sounds oof.

@Not_Soos
I would like to thank you personally for reminding me of that masterpiece. I have now been sucked back into the DK rap pipeline.

@Not_Soos Wow, what an experience.
He's here for you. He's here for all of us.

@Not_Soos I don't remember this at all but I had already liked the video so I must have seen it at some point. What an absurd masterpiece.

Game selling Octopath Traveller II for £19.99 seems to have added some sales in the past couple of weeks. Certainly did the trick for me, though I was always going to get it at some point.

And that's fair. Wish I had a PS5. But it's just too expensive and I have no other reason to own one. I'm impatiently waiting for the PC release... hopefully not more than a year away.

@datamonkey And I just finish the 1fts game in the series. Now I'm starting FF2, doing my best to avoid spoilers if any until then

@Shiro28 oh cool you have a little way to go until you get to FF7 rebirth then! Enjoy and I’ll stop talking now to avoid accidental spoilers! 😂

@datamonkey Preceate it. I had a lot of fun with the first one. More than I thought I would. The second is definitely more story focus. Now my mains have their won name and they can talk lol. Just 2 hours played for now. Helldivers 2 has taken over my life but I'll get back to it shortly