Gamasutra: Super Smash Bros. Brawl best-selling title in US

For those of us eager to see just how today’s most anticipated next-gen titles did on the market, here’s a special treat: Gamasutra’s weekly column, Saling The World, has just rolled out the sales figures of the top five best-selling games for all platforms. Guess who got the top spot? You’ll find out at the full article (if the title didn’t clue you in enough). Read more, go ahead!

For those of us looking to see just how our favorite next-gen titles did in terms of sales, then here’s something that should enlighten you: Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Nintendo Wii is currently the best-selling title in the US, not only for the Nintendo Wii itself, but across all consoles. Yes, Masahiro Sakurai‘s epic of smashing and item-lobbing has sold that good in the US, and scoring second place after Wii Fit in Japan.

This report comes directly from Gamasutra’s weekly column, Saling The World, where the top five sellers for every available platform in the US, Japan and Europe are gathered. This is through the computation gleaned from public sales information of Amazon.com and its regional sites. Pre-orders are disregarded from the final figures, of course.

What about the other platforms and top-notcher titles? To sate your curiosity, here’s the full list of top fives:

Nintendo Wii:
North America:

• Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• Wii Play
• Super Mario Galaxy
• Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
• Carnival Games

Japan:

• Wii Fit
• Dairantou Smash Brothers X
• Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
• Wii Sports
• Family Ski

UK:

• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
• Carnival Funfair Games
• Big Brain Academy for Wii
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
• Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

Xbox 360:
North America:

• Army of Two
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
• Rock Band Special Edition
• Halo 3

Japan:

• Skate
• The Idolm@ster: Live for You!
• Bioshock
• The Idolm@ster – Xbox 360 Platinum Collection
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

UK:

• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Burnout Paradise
• Assassin’s Creed
• Formula One Championship Edition
• Resistance: Fall of Man

PlayStation 3:
North America:

• The Eye of Judgment
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• MLB 08: The Show
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
• Army of Two

Japan:

• Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan!
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Devil May Cry 4
• Winning Post 7: Maximum 2008
• Makai Senki Disgaea 3 — First Print Limited Edition

UK:

• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Burnout Paradise
• Assassin’s Creed
• Formula One Championship Edition
• Resistance: Fall of Man

PC:
North America:

• The Sims 2: FreeTime
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Sins of a Solar Empire
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Soulstorm
• The Sims 2 Deluxe

Japan:

• Clannad Full Voice
• The Sims 2: Freetime! Data Set
• Final Fantasy XI: Altana no Kamihei
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• RPG Tsukuru VX

UK:

• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Soulstorm
• The Sims 2: FreeTime
• The Sims 2
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Crysis

Nintendo DS:
North America:

• Professor Layton and the Curious Village
• Mario Party DS
• Brain Age
• New Super Mario Bros.
• Brain Age 2

Japan:

• DS Bimoji Training
• Hayate no Gotoku! Ojousama Produce Daisakusen Boku Iro ni Somare! Oyashiki-Hen
•  Hayate no Gotoku! Ojousama Produce Daisakusen Boku Iro ni Somare! Gakkou-Hen
• Sekaiju no Meikyuu 2: Shoou no Seihai — Limited Edition
• Duel Love: Koisuru Otome wa Shouri no Megami

UK:

• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
• Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training
• Professor Kageyama’s Maths Training
• More Brain Training
• Cooking Mama

PSP:
North America

• God of War: Chains of Olympus
• Patapon
• Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
• Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
• Star Wars Battlefront II

Japan:

• MyStylist — Camera Bundle
• Monster Hunter Portable 2nd
• Musou Orochi
• Maplus: Portable Navi 2
• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

UK

• Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
• Patapon
• Call of Duty: Roads to Victory
• The Simpsons Game
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

Whew – that’s a lot! Hopefully, you saw your favorite titles manifest themselves on the list. Congratulations to the top spots!

Via Gamasutra