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[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

When we check out the latest UK Charts data each week, we generally have a pretty good idea of where some of the newest titles will end up placing. Granted, Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake was a little lower than our estimates when it debuted in 14th place last week, but when we scrolled through this week's list and found it had disappeared entirely, well, we frankly couldn't believe it.

Alas, it's true. The exceptional RPG remake from Square Enix has crashed out of the top 40 altogether, marking a stark difference between audiences' tastes in the UK when compared to Japan. We knew it would never do gangbusters, of course – Dragon Quest never really does well in the UK – but goodness, this is absurd. At least its performance over in Japan will likely be enough to keep Squeenix satisfied for now.

Sigh... Anyway, nothing we can do about it. Elsewhere, Nintendo is performing well this week, with the likes of Super Mario Party Jamboree, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Nintendo Switch Sports all claiming a spot in the top 10. Meanwhile, Mario & Luigi: Brothership has continued its descent down the charts to land at position 17.

Here's a look at this week's top 40 in full, with platform breakdowns for all of the titles available on other consoles alongside the Switch:

Last Week​	This Week​	Game​	Platform Split​
2	1	EA Sports FC 25	PS5 40%, Switch 36%, PS4 13%, Xbox 12%
1	2	Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
3	3	Hogwarts Legacy	Switch 39%, PS5 26%, PS4 22%, Xbox 7%
4	4	Super Mario Party Jamboree
7	5	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
8	6	Nintendo Switch Sports
5	7	Super Mario Bros. Wonder
NEW	8	MySims Cozy Bundle
17	9	Astro Bot
10	10	Animal Crossing: New Horizons
11	11	Minecraft
20	12	Sonic X Shadow Generations	PS5 42%, Switch 41%, Xbox 10%, PS4 7%
28	13	Just Dance 2025 Edition	Switch 97%, PS5 3%
30	14	Marvel's Spider-Man 2
-	15	Mortal Kombat 1	PS5 70%, Switch 29%, Xbox 1%
9	16	The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
12	17	Mario & Luigi: Brothership
-	18	Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate	PS5 47%, PS4 45%, Xbox 9%
-	19	Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
15	20	Grand Theft Auto V
-	21	Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition
-	22	F1 24
23	23	Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
19	24	Lego Harry Potter Collection	Switch 60%, PS5 32%, PS4 6%, Xbox 1%
-	25	Star Wars Outlaws
36	26	Monster High: Skulltimate Secrets	Switch 90%, PS5 4%, PS4 4%, Xbox 3%
-	27	Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed	Switch 58%, PS5 37%, Xbox 5%
-	28	EA Sports UFC 5
18	29	Wreckfest	PS5 95%, Switch 5%
-	30	Metaphor: Refantazio
-	31	Hot Wheels Monster Trucks: Stunt Mayhem	Switch 76%, PS5 17%, PS4 4%, Xbox 3%
-	32	Alan Wake II
-	33	Fortnite Transformers Pack	PS5 39%, Switch 39%, Xbox 16%, PS4 5%
31	34	Undisputed
-	35	Gran Turismo 7
-	36	Stray	Switch 48%, PS5 39%, PS4 7%, Xbox 6%
16	37	Harry Potter: Quidditch Champion	PS5 44%, Switch 36%, PS4 13%, Xbox 6%
-	38	The Grinch: Christmas Adventure	Switch 87%, PS5 13%
-	39	Batman: Arham Knight
25	40	Mortal Kombat X

[Sales Data Compiled by GfK]

UK Charts: Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Crashes Out Of The Top 40

Y'all got no taste, or what?

www.nintendolife.com

 

[XXL]

Astro Bot back in the top 10

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

Space Marine 2 should be first!

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Astro Bot back in the top 10

Bro, you're on a roll with these Men_In_Boxes Robocop gifs. Love them!

 

[XXL]

Bro, you're on a roll with these Men_In_Boxes Robocop gifs. Love them!

I made them a few months ago when he was making Astro/GAAS threads.

But I keep them on speed dial for shit like this. Lol.

 

[willothedog]

Lego Horizon doing well.

 

[Loomy]

Granted, Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake was a little lower than our estimates when it debuted in 14th place last week, but when we scrolled through this week's list and found it had disappeared entirely, well, we frankly couldn't believe it.

I hope SE didn't think releasing DQ3 HD-2D in the name was going to result in big numbers.

 

[nowhat]

I hope SE didn't think releasing DQ3 HD-2D in the name was going to result in big numbers.

I can't recall the last time SE suits would have been satisfied with the sales of any game.

 

[Synastry]

Boy that Lego Horizon game bomb a week after release and its already out of the top 40.

Good to see GT7 back in the top 40 but I'm sure that's cause of the pro update.

 

[onQ123]

We will probably never see another Mortal Kombat on Xbox

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

I hope SE didn't think releasing DQ3 HD-2D in the name was going to result in big numbers.

JRPG sales in the UK these days seem pretty dire. The audience has declined a lot from my observation and the games seemed to be only picked up by legacy JRPG fans like myself in their late 20s, 30s and maybe 40s. Hence why the barely hold up in the charts. The teens and young adults never grew up with them or are exposed to other things like GAAS.

Depressing times in Europe for the genre but at least they still have a big audience in the US and Asia. Also on PC.

 

[Hookshot]

Boy that Lego Horizon game bomb a week after release and its already out of the top 40.

It has 80 people playing it on Steam, it peaked at 602 players. Worldwide sales could be in the low thousands over all 3 systems.

 

[ADiTAR]

surprised to see EA FIFA thingy sells so well on Switch, I think they did n advert for it too.
It also has feature parity which helps.

Switch is healthy. I do wish it wasn't so they release SwUtch already.

 

[Fake]

Lego Horizon fans:

 

[Physiognomonics]

Astro Bot will keep selling for years.

 

[HeWhoWalks]

Xbox fans:

Indeed.

 

[GHG]

Anyone who disagreed with me want to revisit the comments I made on Lego Horizon prior to release?

 

[RoboFu]

Look at all those switch titles...

Good job UK... U r Killin it !

 

[Humdinger]

Dragon Age: Veilguard dropped off the list. It was 24 last week.

 

[Flabagast]

Dragon Age: Veilguard dropped off the list. It was 24 last week.

Seems like despite somewhat good early sales, it wont have any legs at all

 

[XXL]

Dragon Age: Veilguard dropped off the list. It was 24 last week.

 

[Robb]

Pretty interesting to see the platform splits.

 

[Kacho]

Lego Horizon absolutely ignored lol

 

[ap_puff]

UK bros where's the DQ3 sales? C'mon man

 

[Humdinger]

Seems like despite somewhat good early sales, it wont have any legs at all

I'm going to wait for November NPD/Circana sales to say for sure, because this is just physical sales in the UK - but yeah, it's not looking good.

 

[Fake]

Lego Horizon absolutely ignored lol

Switch will save Lego Horizon they said.

 

[Mr Moose]

Switch will save Lego Horizon they said.

Let's wait for digital sales.

So we can make fun of it bombing hard.

 

[nial]

Astro Bot back in the top 10

Men_in_Boxes' hate against Astro Bot was so forced...

 

[[Sigma]]

Lego and Zero Dawn Remastered of Horizon looking like

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

UK bros where's the DQ3 sales? C'mon man

See my post above. JRPGs here are extremely frontloaded, mostly purchased by legacy fans and I think completely ignored by teens and by many early 20 somethings.

I'd be keen on seeing some demographic data someday on stuff like Metaphor or FF7/FF16 for here.

I don't think it's conincidence you have the likes of FF16, Tales of Arise, Metaphor etc going for more mature vibes so they can remain relevant with the target audience who are older.

 

[PeteBull]

Ahh yiss, modern audience push up simulator aka DA:V bombed into oblivion and never coming back, and same with Hermen's "the flop" Hults most beloved baby- lego horizon went the way of the Dodo bird

 

[Physiognomonics]

Lego Horizon absolutely ignored lol

A flop similar to Concord. November is the month it should be selling, like Astro Bot is.