Saling The World: Club Penguin Tops U.S. DS Sales; Layton and Kirby Lead in Japan

Gamasutra's exclusively compiled weekly real-time Amazon.com charts, "Saling The World", covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide. This week's charts, with data taken from December 4th, 2008, find Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force taking a first-place sales victory on the Nintendo DS in North America, as Fallout 3 leads console sales in Japan. Data for "Saling The World" comes courtesy of the public sales information on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Amazon.co.jp, with sales split out for each platform and territory, and pre-orders disregarded. This results in a true sense of what games are selling worldwide on the real-time updated service, as follows: Nintendo Wii North America: 1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 2. Active Life: Outdoor Challenge (Namco Bandai), 3. We Ski (Namco Bandai), 4. Trauma Center: New Blood (Atlus), 5. Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 2 Bundle (Konami). Japan: 1. 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de (Sega), 2. Machi e Ikouyo: Doubutsu no Mori (Nintendo), 3. Machi e Ikouyo: Doubutsu no Mori WiiSpeak Bundle (Nintendo), 4. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 5. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo). UK: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 2. Wii Play (Nintendo), 3. Carnival: Fun Fair Games (2K Games), 4. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 5. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega). Holiday-related sale prices and promotional discounts place Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Active Life: Outdoor Challenge at the top of this week's Wii sales chart at Amazon in North America. We Ski and Trauma Center: New Blood also see a sales boost after recent drops in price, while longtime chart favorites Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit finish outside of the top five. Sega's anticipated adventure title 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de comes out on top in its first week of release in Japan, meanwhile, as Machi e Ikouyo: Doubutsu no Mori drops to second place. Xbox 360 North America: 1. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 2. Gears of War 2 (Microsoft), 3. Fallout 3 (Bethesda), 4. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 5. Fable II (Microsoft). Japan: 1. Fallout 3 (Bethesda), 2. Saints Row 2 (THQ Japan), 3. Agarest Senki: Reappearance (Compile Heart), 4. The Last Remnant (Square Enix), 5. Tales of Vesperia (Namco). UK: 1. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 2. FIFA 09 (EA Sports), 3. Fable II (Microsoft), 4. Gears of War 2 (Microsoft), 5. Fallout 3 (Bethesda). Call of Duty: World at War and Gears of War 2 head Xbox 360 software sales in North America for the fourth week running, as Valve's survival-horror shooter Left 4 Dead drops out of the top five. Fallout 3 maintains strong sales, while Fable II returns to the chart at fifth place. Fallout 3 also sees a big week in Japan, where it finishes as the region's best-selling title across all platforms in its first week of release. Saints Row 2 and Agarest Senki: Reappearance make impressive debuts as well, as The Last Remnant and Tales of Vesperia round out the regional top five. PlayStation 3 North America: 1. LittleBigPlanet (SCEA), 2. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 3. Prince of Persia (Ubisoft), 4. Guitar Hero World Tour: Guitar Kit (Activision), 5. Fallout 3 (Bethesda). Japan: 1. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009 (Konami), 2. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots -- Special Edition (Konami), 3. Grand Theft Auto IV (Capcom), 4. Pro Yakyuu Spirits 5 Kanzenban (Konami), 5. MotorStorm II (SCEI). UK: 1. Resistance 2 (SCEE), 2. LittleBigPlanet (SCEE), 3. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 4. FIFA 09 (EA Sports), 5. Need for Speed: Undercover (EA Games). LittleBigPlanet rises up to surpass Call of Duty: World at War in this week's North American PS3 sales numbers. Call of Duty also finds new competition in Prince of Persia, which places third in regional sales in its debut week. Other recent hits like Resistance 2 and Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe finish outside of the week's top five, though Fallout 3 remains in the running at fifth place. Konami's World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009 tops PS3 sales in Japan, meanwhile, as Resistance 2 debuts to take first place in the UK. PlayStation 2 North America: 1. Rock Band Special Edition (MTV Games), 2. Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories (Square Enix), 3. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 4. Guitar Hero World Tour: Guitar Kit (Activision), 5. Madden NFL 09 (EA Sports). Japan: 1. Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World -- Special Edition (Bandai), 2. Pro Yakyuu Spirits 5 Kanzenban (Konami), 3. Real Rode -- Kirakira Box (Kadokawa Shoten), 4. Real Rode (Kadokawa Shoten), 5. Devil Summoner: Kuzunoha Raidou tai Abaddon Ou -- Plus (Atlus). UK: 1. SingStar: ABBA (SCEE), 2. FIFA 09 (EA Sports), 3. SingStar: Boy Bands vs. Girl Bands (SCEE), 4. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 5. SingStar Singalong with Disney (SCEE). Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories makes a resounding sales impact in its first week of North American release, finishing just behind Rock Band Special Edition as this week's second-best selling PS2 title. A discounted Guitar Hero World Tour peripheral bundle also makes an impression in this week's charts, as Lego Batman and Madden NFL 09 remain top picks for the upcoming holidays. Elsewhere, Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World takes the top spot in its first week of Japanese release, while SingStar: ABBA remains in high demand in Europe. PC North America: 1. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard), 2. Spore (EA Games), 3. Fallout 3 (Bethesda), 4. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 5. Left 4 Dead (EA Games). Japan: 1. Left 4 Dead (Zoo), 2. Fantasy Earth Zero: Equitis Edition (Square Enix), 3. Lineage Episode Re: -- Premium Kit ver. 2 (E Frontier), 4. Ragnarok Online 6th Anniversary Package (E Frontier), 5. The Sims 2: Mansion & Garden Pack (EA Games). UK: 1. Football Manager 2009 (Sega), 2. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 3. Spore (EA Games), 4. Left 4 Dead (EA Games), 5. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard). Though sales results across other platforms fluctuated wildly in recent weeks as a result of Black Friday deals and pre-holiday discounts, PC software sales have remained relatively consistent worldwide. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King remains the PC platform's top seller in North America, with Spore coming up a close second. Left 4 Dead comes out on top in Japan, while Europe finds a new sales leader in Football Manager 2009. Nintendo DS North America: 1. Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney), 2. Personal Trainer: Cooking (Nintendo), 3. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo), 4. Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (Nintendo), 5. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo). Japan: 1. Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe (Nintendo), 2. Layton Kyouju to Saigo no Jikan Ryokou (Nintendo), 3. Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (Nintendo), 4. Pocket Monsters Platinum (Nintendo), 5. Layton Kyouju to Saigo no Jikan Ryokou -- Special Edition (Nintendo) UK: 1. More Brain Training (Nintendo), 2. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo), 3. Imagine: Teacher (Ubisoft), 4. 42 All-Time Classics (Nintendo), 5. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo). Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force and Personal Trainer: Cooking lead this week's Nintendo DS sales results in North America. Both titles were popular choices throughout Amazon's Black Friday sale period, and even after returning to full price, both continue to outsell popular titles like Mario Kart DS and New Super Mario Bros. Nintendo takes over every spot in the Japanese Nintendo DS charts, meanwhile, with Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe and Layton Kyouju to Saigo no Jikan Ryokou coming out on top. Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode moves up a spot in this week's results, while Pocket Monsters Platinum returns to the top five following a brief absence. PlayStation Portable North America: 1. God of War: Chains of Olympus (SCEA), 2. Madden NFL 09 (EA Sports), 3. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 4. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 5. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar). Japan: 1. Eiyuu Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki Set (Nihon Falcom), 2. Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam (Bandai), 3. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G -- PSP the Best (Capcom), 4. Patapon 2: Don Chaka (SCEI), 5. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX: Tag Force 3 (Konami). UK: 1. FIFA 09 (EA Sports), 2. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 3. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami), 4. Football Manager Handheld 2009 (Sega), 5. Call of Duty: Roads to Victory (Activision). God of War: Chains of Olympus surpasses Madden NFL 09 in this week's North American PSP sales, boosted by a recent discount in price at Amazon. The week's results are otherwise unsurprising, with The Force Unleashed, Lego Batman, and GTA: Liberty City Stories remaining popular choices among holiday shoppers. Nihon Falcom's recently released Eiyuu Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki Set takes top honors in Japan, meanwhile, heading a lineup that also includes recent hits like Gundam vs. Gundam and Patapon 2: Don Chaka.