UK Charts | 22nd February, 2003

TOP 40 ALL SOFTWARE (ALL PRICES) WEEK 8 YEAR 2003

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(1) 1 THE SIMS EA GAMES

(3) 2 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY ALLIANCE MIDWAY

(2) 3 COMMAND AND CONQUER: GENERALS EA GAMES

(4) 4 THE GETAWAY SONY COMPUTER ENT.

(5) 5 GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY ROCKSTAR

(6) 6 FIFA 2003 EA SPORTS

(10) 7 CRASH BANDICOOT - WRATH OF CORTEX PLATINUM

(9) 8 LORD OF THE RINGS - THE TWO TOWERS EA GAMES

(17) 9 HARRY POTTER - PHILOSOPHER'S STONE EA GAMES

(16) 10 MAX PAYNE PLATINUM

(8) 11 DANCING STAGE PARTY EDITION KONAMI

(12) 12 HARRY POTTER - CHAMBER OF SECRETS EA GAMES

(11) 13 JAMES BOND 007: NIGHTFIRE EA GAMES

(18) 14 DANCING STAGE EUROMIX KONAMI

(21) 15 THE SIMS: UNLEASHED EA GAMES

(N) 16 I.G.I 2: COVERT STRIKE CODEMASTERS

(13) 17 SIM CITY 4 EA GAMES

(38) 18 TREASURE PLANET DISNEY INTERACTIVE

(22) 19 WWE SMACKDOWN! SHUT YOUR MOUTH THQ

(20) 20 TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER 4 ACTIVISION 02

(15) 21 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 2003 EA SPORTS

(19) 22 MEDAL OF HONOR: FRONTLINE EA GAMES

(25) 23 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2 KONAMI

(7) 24 UNREAL II - THE AWAKENING ATARI

(31) 25 SCOOBY-DOO & THE CYBER CHASE THQ

(24) 26 MONSTERS, INC. PLATINUM

(23) 27 SPIDER-MAN THE MOVIE ACTIVISION

(N) 28 DARK AGE OF CAMELOT: SHROUDED ISLES WANADOO

(32) 29 GRAND THEFT AUTO 3 ROCKSTAR

(N) 30 WRC II EXTREME SONY COMPUTER ENT.

(39) 31 GRAN TURISMO 3 PLATINUM

(N) 32 SIM CITY 3000 DICE MULTIMEDIA

(26) 33 TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON RED STORM

(N) 34 DEAD TO RIGHTS NAMCO

(N) 35 X-MEN: NEXT DIMENSION ACTIVISION

(N) 36 CRAZY TAXI PLATINUM

(N) 37 RATCHET AND CLANK SONY COMPUTER ENT.

(N) 38 SHREK: TREASURE HUNT TDK

(40) 39 TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER 3 PLATINUM

(N) 40 LONDON RACER II DAVILEX

Change a-plenty in the charts this week, but still only one GameCube title (Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, rising up to No.2). The Sims on the PS2 remains victorious yet again, Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone rebounds to No.9 and Max Payne shoots up to No.10. Elsewhere the PC game IGI2 enters in at No.16, but Unreal II suffers a major sales reduction, dropping from No.7 to No.24.

The highest new entry on the XBOX, Namco's Dead to Rights at No.34, leads us to believe that the large console isn't doing as well in the UK as Microsoft would have us think. Both Halo and Splinter Cell are no longer present in the Top 40. Finally, renewed interest in The Sims' granddaddy, Sim City, has lead to the budget version of Sim City 3000 crashing in at No.32.
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TOP 20 NINTENDO GAMECUBE WEEK 8 YEAR 2003

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(1) 1 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY ALLIANCE MIDWAY

(2) 2 SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE NINTENDO

(4) 3 STAR FOX ADVENTURES NINTENDO

(5) 4 MARIO PARTY 4 NINTENDO

(N) 5 RAYMAN 3 UBISOFT

(6) 6 ETERNAL DARKNESS: SANITY'S REQUIEM NINTENDO

(7) 7 LUIGI'S MANSION NINTENDO

(3) 8 STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTER LUCASARTS

(10) 9 SUPER SMASH BROS: MELEE NINTENDO

(13) 10 FIFA 2003 EA SPORTS

(11) 11 WWE WRESTLEMANIA X8 THQ

(N) 12 SSX: TRICKY EA SPORTS

(15) 13 TIMESPLITTERS 2 EIDOS INTERACTIVE

(8) 14 JAMES BOND 007: NIGHTFIRE EA GAMES

(N) 15 NHL 2003 EA SPORTS

(18) 16 NBA LIVE 2003 EA SPORTS

(14) 17 SCOOBY-DOO: NIGHT OF 100 FRIGHTS THQ

(12) 18 MEDAL OF HONOR: FRONTLINE EA GAMES

(17) 19 ACE GOLF EIDOS INTERACTIVE

(16) 20 RESIDENT EVIL CAPCOM

The top two games remain static this week, with Mortal Kombat seemingly the only title keeping the GameCube alive. The latest Star Wars game, Bounty Hunter, is dropping like a lead weight, this week down five places to No.8 - which would explain why Lucas Arts is losing faith in the 'Cube and has cancelled RTX Red Rock. The major exclusive to Nintendo, Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc, doesn't exactly have the impact that some thought it would, creeping in at a weak No.5, but maybe next week matters will improve.

The continued revival of fortunes for the world of WWE is mirrored in WWE Wrestlemania X8's position (no.11) and EA's reduced line of GC games sees SSX: Tricky re-enter at No.12, NHL 2003 in at No.15 and NBA Live 2003 up to No.16.
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TOP 20 NINTENDO GAMEBOY ADVANCE WEEK 8 YEAR 2003

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(1) 1 LORD OF THE RINGS - THE TWO TOWERS EA GAMES

(3) 2 HARRY POTTER - CHAMBER OF SECRETS EA GAMES

(2) 3 YOSHI'S ISLAND - SUPER MARIO ADVANCE 3 NINTENDO

(4) 4 SPYRO 2: SEASON OF FLAME UNIVERSAL INTERACTIVE

(5) 5 SONIC ADVANCE SEGA

(7) 6 SUPER MARIO ADVANCE 2 NINTENDO

(6) 7 CRASH BANDICOOT: XS UNIVERSAL INTERACTIVE

(8) 8 MARIO KART: SUPER CIRCUIT NINTENDO

(12) 9 WWE ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA X8 THQ

(9) 10 FIFA 2003 EA SPORTS

(10) 11 COLUMNS CROWN SEGA

(15) 12 LORD OF THE RINGS-FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING BLACK LABEL

(11) 13 METROID FUSION NINTENDO

(13) 14 RUGRATS: I GOTTA GO PARTY THQ

(16) 15 STAR WARS EP II: NEW DROID ARMY THQ

(18) 16 SCOOBY DOO THQ

(N) 17 RAYMAN 3 UBISOFT

(20) 18 WARIOLAND 4 NINTENDO

(17) 19 SPIDER-MAN THE MOVIE ACTIVISION

(14) 20 LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE PROPHECY UBISOFT

There are three main points of interest this week: Metroid Fusion is on the tumble again, down to No.13; the one-month-exclusive Rayman 3 shuffles into the back of the chart at a terrible No.17; and Wario Land 4 is on the rise (No.20-No.18)! More people must be reading my review of it...

The only other thing of note is this strange turn-around for all wrestling games on Nintendo consoles. The GBA's Road to Wrestlemania climbs up three spots to No.9 - and shows no signs of stopping just yet. Maybe it's because the WWE is actually improving in quality at present. Who knows?!
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TOP 20 NINTENDO GAMEBOY COLOUR WEEK 8 YEAR 2003

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(2) 1 POKEMON SILVER NINTENDO

(1) 2 YU-GI-OH! DARK DUEL STORIES KONAMI

(3) 3 POKEMON GOLD NINTENDO

(4) 4 HARRY POTTER - CHAMBER OF SECRETS EA GAMES

(5) 5 MEGAMAN XTREME 2 CAPCOM

(6) 6 TOKI TORI CAPCOM

(N) 7 SABRINA ANIMATED: SPOOKED SIERRA ONLINE

(7) 8 POKEMON TRADING CARD GAME NINTENDO

(9) 9 POKEMON CRYSTAL NINTENDO

(13) 10 DRAGON BALL Z INFOGRAMES

(10) 11 LEGEND OF ZELDA: ORACLE OF SEASONS NINTENDO

(N) 12 NYR: NEW YORK RACE WANADOO

(12) 13 WWF: BETRAYAL THQ

(8) 14 SHREK TDK

(14) 15 LEGEND OF ZELDA: ORACLE OF AGES NINTENDO

(11) 16 TWEENIES: DOODLE'S BONES BBC MULTIMEDIA

(15) 17 THE SIMPSONS: TREEHOUSE OF HORROR THQ

(18) 18 POKEMON PINBALL NINTENDO

(16) 19 HARRY POTTER - PHILOSOPHER'S STONE EA GAMES

(N) 20 SCRABBLE: NEW EDITION UBISOFT

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