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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe debuts at top of Games Charts

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Nintendo Switch races to the top of the All Formats Chart this week to become Nintendo’s first All Formats No1 since ‘Pokemon White Version’ on DS back in W9 2011 and the first Mario title at the top since ‘Mario Kart Wii’ back in W34 2008.  There are also new entries for ‘Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3’ from CI Games/Koch at No2 and ‘Little Nightmares’ from Bandai Namco at No4. 

Renewed stock of Nintendo Switch hardware comes just in time with ‘The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ also benefiting as it jumps from No10 to No5 (its highest chart position since its second week of launch).  ‘Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands’ drops from top spot to No7.  ‘FIFA 17’ almost drops out of the Top 10 for the first time as it falls from No3 to No9.  There are two more entries that make the Top 40 with ‘Outlast Trinity’ debuting at No14 and ‘Puyo Puyo Tetris’ for Nintendo Switch new at No18.

Top 40 Entertainment Software (All Prices)
Week 17 Year 2017 Ending 29th April

LW TW Title Age Rating Publisher
  1 MARIO KART 8 DELUXE PEGI 3+ NINTENDO
  2 SNIPER: GHOST WARRIOR 3 PEGI 18+ CI GAMES
2 3 GRAND THEFT AUTO V PEGI 18+ ROCKSTAR
  4 LITTLE NIGHTMARES PEGI 16+ BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT
10 5 THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD PEGI 12+ NINTENDO
4 6 LEGO WORLDS PEGI 7+ WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
1 7 TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON: WILDLANDS PEGI 18+ UBISOFT
8 8 CALL OF DUTY: INFINITE WARFARE PEGI 18+ ACTIVISION
3 9 FIFA 17 PEGI 3+ EA SPORTS
6 10 HORIZON ZERO DAWN PEGI 16+ SONY COMPUTER ENT.
5 11 ROCKET LEAGUE PEGI 3+ 505 GAMES
12 12 FORZA HORIZON 3 PEGI 3+ MICROSOFT
9 13 MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA PEGI 16+ EA GAMES
  14 OUTLAST TRINITY PEGI 18+ WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
24 15 HALO 5: GUARDIANS PEGI 16+ MICROSOFT
11 16 LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER PEGI 7+ WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
7 17 OVERWATCH PEGI 12+ BLIZZARD
  18 PUYO PUYO TETRIS PEGI 3+ SEGA
20 19 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM SPECIAL ED. PEGI 18+ BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
17 20 TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW 6: SIEGE PEGI 18+ UBISOFT
16 21 MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION PEGI 7+ MICROSOFT
13 22 WWE 2K17 PEGI 16+ 2K
15 23 YOOKA-LAYLEE PEGI 7+ TEAM 17
14 24 BATTLEFIELD 1 PEGI 18+ EA GAMES
22 25 LEGO STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS PEGI 7+ WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
18 26 FOR HONOR PEGI 18+ UBISOFT
26 27 1-2 SWITCH PEGI 7+ NINTENDO
21 28 MAFIA III PEGI 18+ 2K
29 29 POKEMON SUN PEGI 7+ NINTENDO
25 30 TOM CLANCY'S THE DIVISION PEGI 18+ UBISOFT
31 31 RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARD PEGI 18+ CAPCOM
35 32 MARIO KART 7 PEGI 3+ NINTENDO
40 33 DARK SOULS III: THE FIRE FADES EDITION PEGI 16+ BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT
28 34 MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION PEGI 7+ SONY COMPUTER ENT.
  35 GEARS OF WAR 4 PEGI 18+ MICROSOFT
  36 FALLOUT 4 PEGI 18+ BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
19 37 SNIPER ELITE 4 PEGI 16+ SOLD OUT SALES & MARKETING
  38 CITIES SKYLINES: XBOX ONE EDITION PEGI 3+ PARADOX
  39 POKEMON MOON PEGI 7+ NINTENDO
27 40 HITMAN: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON PEGI 18+ SQUARE ENIX

Ukie Games Charts ©, compiled by GfK