UK Charts: Mario Galaxy Starts Strong, But It Can't Topple Sony's Latest

Well deserved, Ghost of Yotei is excellent.

Be interesting to see what the % of Switch 1 and 2 sales will be for Pokemon & Metroid. Also I wonder if Nintendo would push a budget Switch 2 (lite or something) before Gen 10 like they did before Gen 8, given how expensive the Switch 2 is I feel like they may need to.

Also surprised many people are buying Switch 2 Editions of Zelda, isn't it much cheaper buying a used copy and then upgrade pack?

Despite all the backlash the Mario Galaxy bundle is getting, it's still performing very well. I wonder if this is also partially due to scalpers getting in on things. I'm very glad I managed to snatch a copy for € 51,60 via Amazon, thanks to a Deku Deals alert! That was a pretty good deal. My copy will be arriving tomorrow and I can't wait to get started on Super Mario Galaxy 2, as I never properly played it.

Sonic Racing crossworlds dropping very fast. In two or three weeks, nobody will talk about this so called "Mario Kart Killer".

@Bats1234 It might be people who never owned the original Switch and are just now discovering these classics. I know some people who weren't into Switch, but got a Switch 2 because it's more powerful than the original and the Steam Deck, making it a more viable option for them as their new handheld.

@JimNorman, would it be possible to fill in the platform info for single platform games as well? With many games I don't know what system they release for. Thank you!

Do we have figures for EA Sports FC 26 on Switch 2...
They seem to be missing in action this week, they did last week too..

@Pillowpants Fair point maybe people have didn't own a Switch 1 haven't realised it's cheaper buying a used copy of SW1 version and then upgrade. Or maybe people want the full Switch 2 Edition on the cart.

@Bats1234 I bought Kirby on Switch 1 and the upgrade pack as it was cheaper. Some people just opt for the simpler option or just don't know that you can upgrade I guess. Or they just love the red carts and big red banner on the case.

Got the other ghosts game on my playstation sub. Got to hard for my liking so I'm good on that. As for Mario loving the collection even if I did own galaxy on all stars which I sold. Now I get galaxy back in 4k and hopefully going to do a better job of getting closer to 100 percent

Right...let me just plot up over here for the Bluey post.

10/40 first party titles. Nearly every 1 in 4 retail games sold in the UK is a Nintendo first party game. BOSSING IT!

Kirby fell off fast, huh? It'll be interesting to see how long Air Riders will stay in the UK chart for. My guess? Not long.

@BANJO It's mentioned in the article that they haven't been split out for some reason.

@Rob3008 Thank you, yes it is, I missed that.... Very strange indeed. Oh well..

Aw...
BLUEY was not on Top 40 this week. 😟
Maybe next week it will show up.

@BANJO The percentages that are given there add up to 97%.

@Pillowpants I doubt scalpers have anything to do with it. The game isn't a limited time thing & it's not particularly hard to find either.

@Bats1234 I bought the Switch 2 Editions of both Zeldas even though I already own the originals because I wanted them on the cart.

@Gabe250 Yeah, could be, but you'd be amazed how many scalpers are out there, thinking to make a quick buck on games like these. And Nintendo is not exactly known for "printing" some games a lot.

DIGIMON STORY AT 14TH WE DID IT WOOO

@Anti-Matter nice one, thank you! Laters peeps…

Sonic Racing deserves more sales, hopefully it does well enough to justify another game in the future, love the series!

Another case of the online rage and whinging about the price of Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 at complete odds with sales performance. We saw this exactly with the Switch 2 itself, which proved to be the fastest selling console launch ever. Why the disparity? Almost all the whinging is by Nintendo haters or non buyers. You notice them particularly in open forums and they easily distort the real interest, which typically isn't expressed commensurately or at the same intensity as the whinging. Negativity is a powerful motivation to express opinions or emotions in general.

I bought the two games and thought the package was tremendous value. Two classics for $70 compared to Donkey Kong Country Returns HD for $60 (a true scam!). Even in my local AUD currency, Galaxy was $80 vs $70 for DKC and $60 for Metroid Prime Remastered. While they are not remasters like Metroid, they don't need to be. An upgraded port was sufficient.

Yotei deserves some time at the top!

@HalBailman Yup. Personally, I consider Mario Galaxy 2 a serious contender for the title of "best game ever made," and while I cringed a little paying $40 for it, it's kind of worth it to be able to replay an officially remastered version of the GOAT.

Wow a couple old mario games from 2007/2010 can't steal the spotlight from a new tripple AAA Sony big budget title! I'm so shocked. I'm positively gob smacked. Flabbergasted I tell ya!

Not. 😉

@Mythra do these sales count Mario Kart in Switch 2 Bundle? Also anyone thing Crossworlds would be Mario kart were just coping.

Pretty good for Mario Galaxy. I think the big question will be what impact the movie will have on it. Itd be interesting if it can beat the originals.

@illmatic20xx Yeah even looking at the chart. Chances are Crossworlds is going to be under Mario Kart 8 by next week. Let alone MKW.

The series just aren't in the same ballpark.

@BTB20 That's a good point, thank you.

@JimNorman Great, Thank you for this. That's very small, FC 25 performed much better than this generally, often some weeks even having the largest share (this was often when it was on a steep sale however) It's not a bad port, hopefully it's share will increase in the coming weeks. Thank you once again.

Mario only took two spots out of the top 5 in a market that's historically relatively weak for Nintendo. Doomed.

I bought my PS4 mainly for games like Horizon and Ghost of Tsushima, and a bit for PES. Ghost of Yotei won’t make me buy a PS5 though - my wallet hopes so at least (excellent Switch backlog helps!)

@Mythra To be fair, when people refer to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds as a "Mario Kart killer," they're not referring to sales. They're just saying that they think the game is more fun to play.

(For the record, I think I'll end up preferring Mario Kart World, though I need to actually play more of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds before I form a full opinion, but I'm waiting for the Switch 2 physical version.)

While the UK weekly sales are rather insignificant, the most amusing thing here is how quickly Sonic Racing fell off, especially as a multiplat release.

Mario Kart World > Sonic Racing Crossworlds, and it’s not even close.

I expect Yotei to drop off by next week too.

It's going to be intresting when that Mario Kart World Switch 2 console bundle is phased out likely when Pokemon drops where the game will be in the charts then being one of the weaker games in the Mario Kart series.

This makes me sick. I really, really needed this game to fail.
Everyone who bought this, has given their final ok and told Nintendo:
"Charge us whatever you want, we will always pay"
So that's what we're going to get from now on. Thanks, everyone!

@Pillowpants at this point that's all people do. Complain and still end to up buying the very thing they complain about.

Happens with Pokemon all the time.

One thing that hit me looking at the breakdown of sales by platform for multi platform games Xbox is really struggling.

Eg NBA 2K26, EA Sports FC 25/26 and Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

I'd prefer healthy direct competition so that they all need to win over customers, as its better for consumers.

@PinderSchloss

You're Welcome. I even bought it 3(!) times (digital, a sealed copy for my collection and a copy that I gave my daughter). Maybe I will buy one for my sister too.

Yes, I'm that evil consumer that made sure that you can't buy this game for the price you are willing to pay for it.

Great for PS5 owners as they get an amazing game, while we get yet another remaster/port/whatever for a crazy price, and we show ourselves happy about it too. Duh.