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'Mario & Sonic' regain the top spot

Published Tuesday, Mar 18 2008, 14:43 GMT | By David Gibbon
'Mario & Sonic' regain the top spot
After being knocked off the top spot last week by strong sales of EA's Army of Two, Sega's official game of the 2008 Beijing Olympics regains its number position in the latest all-formats games chart.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games went back up to number one for the seventh time since its release, despite seeing its sales fall by 22%.

Last week's number one Army of Two saw it sales dip by some 39%, causing it to fall to this week's second place.

Activision's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare stayed at number five for a third successive week, while Take-Two's Bully: Scholarship Edition swapped places with Dr Kawashima's Brain Training to rise one place to number three.

The DS Brain Training game has now spent an impressive 93 weeks in the top 40, with Nintendo's New Super Mario Brothers just behind that at 90 weeks.

Last week's new releases Turning Point: Fall of Liberty from Codemasters and Rising Star's No More Heroes failed to enter the top ten, debuting at 17 and 18 respectively.

The top ten games in full:

1. (2) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
2. (1) Army of Two (EA)
3. (4) Bully: Scholarship Edition (Take2)
4. (3) Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
5. (5) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
6. (16) Carnival: Funfair Games (Take2)
7. (20) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Activision)
8. (9) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
9. (12) Cooking Mama 2 (505 Games)
10. (14) FIFA 08 (EA Sports)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2008 ELSPA Ltd
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