Another Week in Europe

Featuring charts from across the region, Another Week in Europe documents the buying habits and quirky tastes of a whole continent of DS lovers.

The emergence of Mario Kart Wii this week caused tremors throughout the charts, something that didn't bode well for the DS. Apparently, training your brain has become a far less appealing pastime now that you can perform cartwheels on a bike as a giant ape, whereas Mario & Sonic could only hang on to third spot pretty much ... everywhere. As usual, the MIA titles are a greater source of interest, with Assassin's Creed failing to chart anywhere on its opening week.

Next week sees a sudden rush of shovelware (and we bet The Sun Crossword Challenge does really well, depressingly), and The World Ends With You.

United Kingdom (Week ending April 12th)

01. (__) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
02. (01) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
03. (02) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
04. (05) Wii Play (Wii)
05. (03) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Wii)
06. (11) Carnival: Funfair Games (Wii)
07. (06) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
08. (04) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (360)
09. (12) Game Party (Wii)
10. (10) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)

Ireland (Week ending April 12th)

01. (__) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
02. (01) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
03. (03) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii, NDS)
04. (04) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
05. (06) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS)
06. (05) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
07. (02) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (360, PS3)
08. (14) Wii Play (Wii)
09. (07) Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC)
10. (11) Condemned 2 (360, PS3)

Netherlands (Week 15, 2008)

01. (__) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
02. (01) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
03. (03) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
04. (04) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
05. (__) Assassin's Creed (PC)
06. (02) Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath (PC)
07. (__) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
08. (__) More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (NDS)
09. (__) Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
10. (__) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3)

Germany (Week 15, 2008)

01. (__) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
02. (01) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
03. (03) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
04. (02) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
05. (04) More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (NDS)
06. (05) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
07. (07) Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (NDS)
08. (08) Mario Party 8 (Wii)
09. (06) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS)
10. (09) Mario Kart DS (NDS)

Spain (Week 15, 2008)

01. (__) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
02. (02) Wii Play (Wii)
03. (01) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
04. (04) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PSP)
05. (05) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Wii)
06. (03) God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP)
07. (09) FIFA 08 (PS2)
08. (__) Assassin's Creed (PC)
09. (08) Assassin's Creed (PS3)
10. (06) Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

Sweden (Week 15, 2008)

01. (__) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
02. (__) Assassin's Creed (PC)
03. (01) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2)
04. (__) Virtua Tennis 3 (PS3)
05. (04) World of Warcraft (PC)
06. (03) Singstar Svenska hits Schlager (PS2)
07. (07) Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
08. (__) Sega Rally (PS3)
09. (__) Virtua Fighter 5 (PS3)
10. (02) Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (PS3)

Denmark (Week ending April 12th)

01. (01) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
02. (__) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
03. (03) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC)
04. (__) Assassin's Creed (360, PS3, PC)
05. (02) FIFA 08 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
06. (04) The Sims 2: FreeTime (PC)
07. (07) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360, PS3, PC)
08. (09) Counter-Strike: Source (PC)
09. (05) Need for Speed: ProStreet (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
10. (13) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2, XB, PC)

Read: UK, Irish, Dutch, and Danish chart data.
Read: German, Spanish, and Swedish chart data.