Another Week in Europe

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon pair Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness reached mainland Europe this week and performed well on the whole, achieving lofty positions in the charts of Holland, Germany, Spain, and Italy (in the UK, they're occupying 21st and 24th place respectively). Cooking Guide (top ten in Ireland, Spain, and Italy) continues to help most Europeans to be better cooks (I emphatically do not count myself in that number), and would you check out that German top ten. Ho boy, go Deutschland!

Next week, we'll see whether or not Guitar Hero: On Tour can match the runaway success of the U.S. version. Will Activision's outside-the-box marketing techniques have worked?

Note: The Swedish charts will be taking a break during the summer months (which sounds like a terrific idea to us), and should return later this year.

United Kingdom (Week 28, 2008)

01. (04) Wii Fit (Wii)
02. (01) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
03. (02) Big Beach Sports (Wii)
04. (05) Wii Play (Wii)
05. (03) Battlefield: Bad Company (360)
06. (08) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
07. (07) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
08. (17) Carnival: Funfair Games (Wii)
09. (09) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
10. (12) Unreal Tournament III (360)

Ireland (Week 28, 2008)

01. (05) Wii Fit (Wii)
02. (01) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
03. (06) Kung Fu Panda (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, NDS)
04. (02) LEGO Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
05. (03) Grand Theft Auto IV (360, PS3)
06. (09) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii, NDS)
07. (07) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
08. (04) Battlefield: Bad Company (360, PS3)
09. (10) Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What To Eat? (NDS)
10. (11) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS)

Netherlands (Week 28, 2008)

01. (01) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
02. (02) Wii Fit (Wii)
03. (__) Pokémon Mystery Dungeon/Explorers of Darkness (NDS)
04. (__) Pokémon Mystery Dungeon/Explorers of Time (NDS)
05. (08) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
06. (05) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
07. (06) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
08. (__) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
09. (03) Battlefield: Bad Company (PS3)
10. (07) Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)

Germany (Week 28, 2008)

01. (01) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
02. (03) Wii Fit (Wii)
03. (05) Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (NDS)
04. (__) Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (NDS)
05. (02) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
06. (06) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
07. (08) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)
08. (__) More Brain Training From Dr. Kawashima (NDS)
09. (__) Mario Kart DS (NDS)
10. (09) Mario Party 8 (Wii)

Spain (Week 27, 2008)

01. (01) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
02. (__) Wii Fit (Wii)
03. (03) Wii Play (Wii)
04. (02) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots (PS3)
05. (04) Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What to Eat? (NDS)
06. (__) Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (NDS)
07. (__) Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (NDS)
08. (05) Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)
09. (__) My Baby Girl (NDS)
10. (__) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PS2)

Italy (Week 27, 2008)

01 (01) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
02 (__) Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (NDS)
03 (__) Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (NDS)
04 (02) Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What to Eat? (NDS)
05 (03) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
06 (05) Wii Fit (Wii)
07 (04) Cooking Mama 2 (NDS)
08 (06) Imagine Babies (NDS)
09 (10) Pokémon Diamond (NDS)
10 (08) Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)

Denmark (Week 28, 2008)

01. (05) Pro Cycling Manager 2008: Tour De France (PC)
02. (01) LEGO Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
03. (03) FIFA 08 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, NDS)
04. (02) Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (360, PS3, Wii, PS2)
05. (04) The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff (PC)
06. (09) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC)
07. (06) Grand Theft Auto IV (360, PS3)
08. (07) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
09. (08) Battlefield: Bad Company (360, PS3)
10. (13) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2, XB, PC)

Read: UK chart data
Read: Irish chart data
Read: Dutch chart data
Read: German chart data
Read: Spanish chart data
Read: Italian chart data
Read: Danish chart data

Featuring charts from across the region, Another Week in Europe documents the buying habits and quirky tastes of a whole continent of DS lovers. Want to know what's selling everywhere else? Then check out our weekly Japanese sales articles here, or the latest North American sales here.