UK Charts: Mario Galaxy Loses Steam As Battlefield Blasts Onto The Scene

Battlefield! What a comeback. Best FPS to date!

Wtf from 3 to 5 is all the way down? Sonic racing crossworld at number 24 is what then?

No podium but still 4 of the top 10 are Ninty first party titles. Great week for Ninty. Good to see Battlefield back to give CoD some competition.

Just yesterday I was thinking "there's not a lot of buzz around Mario Galaxy". Well, it will be a steady seller. And I'm happily playing it.

@Mythra I think one got hit by a boomerang and the other got blue shelled, then mauled in the melee and spat out the back in 24th.

BLUEY is back on number 31. 😄

MK8D back in the Top10 😆 it’ll never die. Sonic Crossworlds, on the other hand, most certainly will.

@WheresWaveRace Minecraft is also the Nintendo version 👍

What's the rest of the platform split for Little Nightmares III, then? There's still 67% the article itself didn't account for (well, at most 67%--the numbers don't always add up to a clean 100%), and the chart doesn't list any platform splits for that title...

For the UK market, the titles in the top 3 are to be expected.

Pokemon Z-A should give a nice boost.

Even though I do not really care about Bluey, I am still glad to see it in the charts.

Well.. let's see what Pokémon Legends Z-A will do next week Can't wait.

@NintendoWife Which is ironic, as you can be a Bee in it. 😏

I'm still surprised Super Mario Galaxy 1+2 manages to stay this high in the list. Apparently a lot of people are getting it, despite all the backlash. I think this is probably due to the bubbles/echo chambers in which I find myself (Reddit being the loudest one and NintendoLife second), that these charts say something contrary to what I see a lot of people saying.

@AmplifyMJ Crossworlds is both multiplatform and cross-platform. It isn't going to die. Why even bring it up in the first place?

How can Mario Kart World still be 4th if this is only physical copies.
There can't be that many people not buying the bundle but immediately changing their minds and getting a physical copy; something's not right.

@Pillowpants For sure, I don’t think most people ever heard of a backlash.

@jolteon23 Same here super curious too as Pokemon seems to have a more casual fanbase so not sure many people will get a super expensive console for a game available on the previous one too. I reckon the split will be 60/40 or 70/30 Switch 1 to 2.

That's why I feel like Gen 10 Nintendo have to release a budget Switch 2 lite or something like they did for Switch 1 before Gen 8 released (IIRC 2DS before Gen 6 too)

I remember when I gave up on video games during around 2012/2013 but still wanted to play Pokemon but if it weren't for the 2DS not sure I would have jumped in.

@LofiPie27 as a presence on the chart it is. I don’t care either way, I’m more amused that MK8D, a comparatively ancient, single platform game that has sold tens of millions, is higher than a new, multiplatform release.

Problem is Crossworlds is super expensive, like it was much cheaper me importing it from Japan. Not surprised many don't wanna drop 50-60 quid on it.

MKW is also expensive but obviously the name alone sells that

@Mythra Yeah supposedly Galaxy dropping two spaces from #3 to #5 is "all the way down".

Yet Yotei dropping the same number from #1 to #3 is just "pushed down".

Like why does Galaxy deserve the exaggerated language?

@Wewewi I'm pretty sure these are retail numbers so includes download codes, GKCs and full physical games, i.e any SKU bought at retail. So then presumably MKW is counted as part of the bundle.

Let’s be fair, Galaxy remasters aren’t a tentpole release, but I still expect it to be in the top 10 for a while. It will have more legs than Yotei I’d imagine

Somehow I saw it coming. I was playing the SM 3D Collection this morning and I found that Sunshine aged better than Galaxy, despite it didn't meet everyone's tastes. Shame they aren't selling that collection anymore to make place for an overpriced bundle.

One thing to note about the Galaxy 1+2 bundle is that lots of people already have Galaxy 1 on Switch via 3D All Stars, there will be plenty of people who pick up Galaxy 2 standalone digital to go alongside 3D All Stars as it's cheaper.

The bundle is for those who missed out on 3D All Stars (they'd get 64 and some time in the future Sunshine via NSO Expansion Pack) or specifically want Galaxy 2 physical.

@ShadLink

I used a voucher for Z-a and Prime 4 and purchased the upgrades for both.

I wonder how those are counted.

@Spider-Kev
These UK charts are all retail-only, digital sales aren't tracked at all.

@NintendoWife It will continue to sell steadily I would think, with Christmas around the corner it should keep within the top 10 until the new year, if not beyond...

I would imagine many folks still have both wii games in their collection.
I will triple dip for galaxy 1, lol, but Im not in a rush.

Nintendo need to start releasing some big titles for the Nintendo Switch 2, and there are still NONE on the horizon.
Passed up EA Sports putting in a decent effort, same old inferior garbage again.
No Black Ops
No Battlefield.
The BIG third party titles are all nowhere to be seen, and no MAJOR first party titles are even in the Horizon.
Mario Kart was disappointing.
Donkey Kong was never going to be big but was well adopted by the Nintendo fans, but nowhere want a system seller or a title that would draw new gamers to adopt the new console.
What are Nintendo doing? Half way into year 1, and there are ZERO huge titles being hinted at.

I'll definitely be picking up Battlefield next month, but I'm trying to work through Donkey Kong and Star Wars : Outlaws right now. Between BF6, Outer Worlds 2, and Metroid, I think I my fall/winter gaming is set (and I might throw the Oblivion remake in there too... hopefully it comes to Switch 2 though).

Pokemon will be no 1 next week.

So, what's the split in sales between the different GTAV versions?

Four out of the top ten games being Nintendo first party is pretty great going.

It's the UK, so not really surprising I think.

@Untempered-Link Love your avatar, by the way.

Never deserved to be #1in the first place.

@9_10DOH64 100% correct

really like the reference in the byline. great movie

Kinda interesting to see Animal Crossing: New Horizons so high up. You'd think if it's still selling so well, they could have put in some more updates, or at least some DLC!

Could really be a game that is supported for many years, but they just kinda left it alone at some point.

@Pillowpants

The backlash is nothing really big. There are more gamers that don't check YT or sites like NL then vice versa. We are a minority.

@9_10DOH64

Metroid 4 and Kirby Air Riders are on the way. MKW is a great game for many and sells great. DKB is also a great game to many gamers. I really don't see a problem.

@Cyrax77 That's pretty much what I was saying. It's probably my own bubbles/echo chambers that make me feel like it's a much bigger issue than it is to the general public.

Personally, I don't really see the issue, because this is not anything new for Nintendo, or any other company in gaming.

@Cyrax77 none of those are big games.
They are all Nintendo fan service games.
All the games you mentioned were easily knocked out of first place, second and third by actual big games such as Ghost of Yotai, Battlefield and inevitably Black Ops 7, 2 of which could have been on Switch 2, but aren’t.
Maybe BO7 will be, but nothing confirmed yet. Definitely not at launch and definitely not for Christmas, whereby it’s pointless as anyone who wants to play it, will already be doing so on PS5 /XB and wouldn’t double dip for an inferior version

@9_10DOH64

MP4 is a pretty big game. Not mainstream, but big nevertheless. You mention a missing systemseller, but have you heard about Mario Kart World?

BF6 and GoY are released this week. Let's see how they compare with Mario Kart World in a couple of months . DKB is still in the top 10, months after release. I see no problem here.

Even if games like BF6 and BO7 would release on the Switch 2, nobody with a PS5/PC/Xbox will buy the SW2 version so what's your point?

Little is said about the fact that Sonic Racing CrossWorlds has been a complete failure...

@Cyrax77 you’ve missed the point. Clearly.
Nintendo fans are fan service games. And they are typically great games.
However, where Nintendo has fallen down since GameCube is that major third party titles just aren’t available on their platform and there are some MAJOR hitters that outsell Nintendo titles that just are present on Nintendo and need to be.
Not necessarily BF or BO7, they are just recent examples but you can list them all going forward.
Nintendo needs to bring third parties fully onboard for Switch 2, the user base is there, they’ve proven that with Switch, they just need to convince third parties to start delivering.
We are entering month 6 and we still don’t have a major Nintendo title.