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Data for the week ending April 19. Mario Kart for Nintendo’s win. GT5 didn’t last long, did it?

1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
2. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
3. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Sony)
4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
5. Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)
6. Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Ubisoft)
7. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
8. UEFA Euro 2008 Austria-Switzerland (EA)
9. Brain Training (Nintendo)
10. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Activision)

Mario Kart Wii races to the top of the UK Charts this week, knocking GT5: Prologue off the top spot for the first time in two weeks.

As expected CoD4 finally drops out the top ten, as does Condemned 2. This data is for the week ending April 12.

1. [Wii] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
2. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (SCE)
3. [Wii] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
4. [Wii] Wii Play (Nintendo)
5. [Wii] Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
6. [Wii] Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)
7. [DS] Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
8. [360] Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (Ubisoft)
9. [Wii] Game Party (Midway)
10. [DS] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

By Mike Bowden

Mario & Sonic just couldn’t hold off Sony’s racer and Ubisoft’s menwithguns sequel. Today must be a dark day at Sega Europe.

1. Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (Sony)
2. Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Ubisoft)
3. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
5. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Activision)
6. Sega Superstar Tennis (Sega)
7. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
8. Viking: Battle for Asgard (Sega)
9. FIFA 08 (EA)
10. Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)

According to this, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games was the biggest selling game of February in the UK, followed by Devil May Cry 4 and Wii Play.

PC gaming’s looking rather grim by comparison, with the format only taking 15 percent of the market by units.

“Looking at the format share and you’ll notice that the PC is not doing particularly well at the moment, as it revolves around The Sims, World of Warcraft, Football Manager and the odd war/strategy title (e.g. Call of Duty), with the more traditional games not performing well at all,” said ChartTrack director Dorian Bloch. “We feel the market for PC games is on a downward spiral in terms of value generated in the UK market.”

Hit the link for all the UK sales stats you can handle, including some very dismal reading on the state of PC gaming in Britain.

EA’s co-op shooter debuts at number one in the UK this week, knocking Mario & Sonic off the top after four weeks. Guns pwn hedgehogs, clearly.

1. Army of Two (EA)
2. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
3. Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
4. Bully: Scholarship Edition (Rockstar)
5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
6. Frontlines: Fuel of War (THQ)
7. Game Party (Midway)
8. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of war Soulstorm (EA)
9. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
10. Lost: The Video Game (Ubisoft)

For the third week in a row, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is leading the UK all format charts, the head of a top-two duo for DS consisting of the Sega sports game and Brain Training. Here’s the list.

1. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
2. Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
3. Lost: The Video Game (Ubisoft)
4. Frontlines: Fuel of War (THQ)
5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
6. Lost Odyssey (Microsoft)
7. More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)
8. FIFA 08 (EA)
9. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
10. The Sims 2: FreeTime (EA)

The UK all-formats for the week ending February 23. Here’s last week’s, if you fancy comparing the two.

1. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
3. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training
4. Devil May Cry 4
5. Wii Play
6. Game Party
7. Turok
8. FIFA 08
9. Unreal Tournament III
10. The Simpsons Game

Sega will be pleased. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games on DS is top of the UK all-formats this week, with The Club debuting in tenth position. Here’s the list:

1. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
2. Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom)
3. Turok (Disney)
4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
5. Wii Play (Nintendo)
6. FIFA 08 (EA)
7. Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
8. Burnout Paradise (EA)
9. The Simpsons Game (EA)
10. The Club (Sega)

Capcom will be smiling this morning at news that DMC4 has made it to the top of the UK chart, with previous number one Burnout Paradise drifting down to fourth. Turok’s also put in a decent debut performance, coming in third. And way to go PDC World Championship Darts 2008: we never knew you had it in you.

1. Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom)
2. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
3. Turok (Touchstone)
4. Burnout Paradise (EA)
5. Wii Play (Nintendo)
6. PDC World Championship Darts 2008 (Oxygen Interactive)
7. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
8. Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
9. The Club (Sega)
10. FIFA 2008 (EA)