UK Chart Highlights | Nintendo & Sony Slide Down, Microsoft Takes Advantage

Sadly the demand for the Wii is currently so high that Nintendo is having trouble supplying a constant batch of systems to the market, not just in the UK but around the entire world. With the innovative console doubling sales of the PS3 in the US and still tracking over three times that of Sony's powerhouse platform in Japan, it really is no wonder stock is drying up. But obviously that means we are in for one of those weeks where everything dips...

The All Price Top 40 sees the ridiculous Little Britain game jump from No.14 to No.2, Sega's MegaDrive Collection dip one to No.5, Brain Training rebound seven to No.14, Wii Play plummet from No.7 to No.27, Zoo Tycoon DS fall ten to No.38 and Big Brain Academy slip five to No.40. The Full Price Only Top 40 sees another Xbox 360 game top the chart as Eidos' Battlestations: Midway claims No.1, ahead of PES6 and FIFA 07, both of which stick where they are, whilst Lost Planet drops three to No.4. New Super Mario Bros. dips just a place to No.7, Avatar enters in at No.9 from THQ, Capcom's Okami on PS2 enters at No.12 (No.1 on the PS2 Top 20, showing Sony's system is losing some strength in the UK) and poor WarioWare: Smooth Moves collapses from No.4 to No.15.

Zelda is also hit hard, dropping eight to No.18, but the DS is back on the up, as Lab & Friends leaps from No.33 to No.19, Dalmatian & Friends is up five to No.21, Animal Crossing only slips three to No.23 and Starfox Command drops eight to No.25. Surprisingly The Sims: Life Stories only enters this week at No.26 (in a 'low' sense), but equally surprising (in a 'way too high' sense) is the fact that Pawly Pets: My Vet Practice is in at No.28 on DS and its brother, My Pet Hotel is in at No.31! Mario Kart DS climbs two to No.32, Medal of Honour Heroes on PSP (No.4 on the PSP Top 20) is back at No.37 and Red Steel finishes off the Top 40, falling from No.25 to No.40.

And now onto the latest Wii Top 10, here in full list format (subject to copyright conditions):

1.) WarioWare: Smooth Moves (Nintendo)
2.) Wii Play (Nintendo)
3.) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)
4.) Red Steel (Ubisoft)
5.) Rayman Raving Rabbids (Ubisoft)
6.) Rampage: Total Destruction (Midway)
7.) Call of Duty 3 (Activision)
8.) Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Sega)
9.) Avatar: The Legend of Aang (THQ)
10.) Need for Speed: Carbon (Electronic Arts)

With sales dropping quite heavily this week, you would expect some major movement, yet the entire top five remains the same, with WarioWare at No.1 again, Wii Play, then Zelda, Red Steel and Rayman at No.5. New in this week is Midway's first entry into the Top 10, as Happy Feet never made the chart