UK Chart Highlights LXXX | Nintendo Brains the Competition

The lasting power of Brain Training and Big Brain Academy in Japan has been phenomenal, with the former over the 2.6 million mark and the latter easily over 1.3 million in that territory alone. Now the trend has well and truly leaked over into Europe, with people going crazy for the brain exercise programmes. When will the madness end?

With the release of the Cars movie, the game solidifies its No.1 position in both Top 40 charts, with GTA: Liberty City Stories holding at No.2, Brain Training (sales increasing by 3%) up a place to No.4 and Big Brain Academy up four to No.12 on the All Prices Top 40. New Super Mario Bros. may have seen its own sales dip 5% from last week, but it still holds firmly onto No.2 in the Full Price Top 40, with Pirates of the Caribbean 2 up one to No.3, Formula 1 06 jumping six to No.5 and Animal Crossing moving back up a notch to No.9. In fact, even Dalmatian & Friends is on the rise once more, up two to No.12.

Further down, Liberty City Stories on PSP shoots up ten to No.18, Juiced: Eliminator enters at No.22, Miami Vice PSP drops six to No.24 and Mario Kart DS is up a spot to No.26, just ahead of a re-entry for Worms: Open Warfare at No.27. Elsewhere, in a VERY strong week for the DS, Zoo Tycoon on the portable makes it first ever Top 40 appearance at No.32, one place ahead of PSP's LocoChoke-o, with Super Monkey Ball Adventure (down two to No.37) and Lab & Friends (falling ten to No.39) being the only other games of note this week.

Cars is the dominant force yet again on the GC Top 20, although whether it makes any real contribution to the Top 40 is debatable. Pok