It was another strong week for Nintendo in the UK this week, and in particular for its iconic mascot.
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury is the best selling box game in the UK for the fourth consecutive week, ranking first, despite an 18% drop in sales. Meanwhile, other Mario titles on the charts have seen an increase in sales.
Mario Kart 8: Deluxe is in 4th place at No. 6, after a 7% increase in sales. Meanwhile, Super Mario 3D All-Stars enters the Top Ten again at position 6, after a 36% increase in sales. The Mario collection was created to mark the 35th anniversary of Super Mario Bros, and is being discontinued at the end of the month (including the digital version). Nintendo spent the week reminding fans that games will no longer be sold, which may explain part of the increase.
A little further down, Super Mario Odyssey went from No.17 to No.13 after a 5% increase in sales.
It was a strong week for Nintendo in general. Six of the top ten in the box were Nintendo Switch games, and all increased in sales week by week. The biggest riser was Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which rose from 7th to 3rd place after a 40% increase in sales. Animal Crossing saw an update this week with items and clothes from the Mario series.
There were no new releases on the charts, although Yakuza: Like A Dragon returns to the Top 40 at No.35 after the release of the PS5 version.
Elsewhere, Spider-Man: Miles Morales holds second place, after a slight 19% drop in sales, suggesting that PS5 shares are still coming in strongly in the UK. However, the success of PS4 The Last of Us Part 2 drops from number 3 to 11. The game returned to the charts last week after the price discount.
New releases from last week fell sharply week after week. New RPG Switch Bravely Default 2 drops from No.11 to No..33 after a 74% drop in sales. Meanwhile, Persona 5 Strikers, which debuted at No. 5 last week, has completely disappeared from the charts.
This data only counts the physical sales of the game.
Here is the Top Ten GfK for the week ending March 6:
| Last week | This week | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Super Mario 3D World + Bowser Fury |
| two | two | Spider-Man: Miles Morales |
| 7 | 3 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons |
| 6 | 4 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe |
| 8 | 5 | Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War |
| 13 | 6 | Super Mario 3D All-Stars |
| 9 | 7 | Grand Theft Auto 5 |
| 10 | 8 | Minecraft (switch) |
| 14 | 9 | Ring Fit Adventure |
| 12 | 10 | Assassin’s Creed Valhalla |