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Just Dance 2 Dominates 2010 Wii Sales, Pokémon Owns DS Charts
Ubisoft moved over five million units of its smash hit dancing game in 2010, according to NPD. Epic Mickey and Michael Jackson The Experience crested a million sales each on the year as well. Perhaps third parties aren't as hosed as they once were on Nintendo's console?
The data Gamasutra has released in an exclusive partnership breaks "new releases" out of the overall Wii data, a step unnecessary for HD consoles that have more than a handful of good games released each year.
While Epic Mickey selling well is welcome news, it saddens us to see that so many people were suckered into buying the terrible Call of Duty: Black Ops port. Not as much as it makes us cringe to see a top 10 list with games we barely recognize (Wipeout) and non-games (uDraw Studio), though, as that paints the sad state of Wii development in stark contrast.
Top 10 Wii New Releases, Calendar 2010
- Just Dance 2
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Donkey Kong Country Returns
- Epic Mickey
- Michael Jackson The Experience
- uDraw Studio
- Wipeout: The Game
- Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Wii Party
Surprising absolutely nobody, the DS chart is a bunch of Pokémon and other kid-targeted fare, with a few solid performers placing well to give us hope – Super Scribblenauts (4), Dragon Quest IX (8), and Sonic Colors (9) are good games by any measure.
Top 10 DS New Releases, Calendar 2010
- Pokémon SoulSilver
- Pokémon HeartGold
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem
- Super Scribblenauts
- Toy Story 3
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- Zhu Zhu Pets
- Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of Starry Skies
- Sonic Colors
- Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs
Gamasutra has a giant pile of further information and analysis of NPD's 2010 data, which was unfortunately not made available to Game Informer. Nonetheless, data filtered through another publication is better than no data at all.
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