Smash the System
It’s mid-December and, hoo-boy, money is changing hands. With cash registers ringing and people grabbing up stuff for Tat-mas, it’s been a very profitable week for video game publishers. None more so that Nintendo, whose biggest release of the year,Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, has shot straight to the top of the U.K. Charts.
In fact, the latest in the button-mashing crossover series hadthe biggest launchfor a Switch title in the U.K to date, beating out titles such asSuper Mario OdysseyandZelda: Breath of the Wild(though, to be fair, there’s been a full year of console sales since those titles released). Ultimate has also seen the franchise’ biggest launch in the U.K. to date, beating out the launch figures forSmash Bros. 4andSmash Bros. Brawl. Good times for Team Nintendo.
Elsewhere in the charts,Just Cause 4parachuted in at number six, while perennial Christmas ClassicMario Kart 8 Deluxepushed back into the Top Five. Battle royale titlePlayerUnknown’s Battlegroundsburst back into the Top 40 at number 22. Pour a forty forDarksiders IIIhowever, which after last week’s inauspicious start, dropped out of the Top 40 entirely. No sign of thePersonaDancingtitles either. We gots no class I tells ya.
U.K. video game sales chartw/e: July 21, 2025(Chart reflects in-store sales only)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate –Nintendo2.Red Dead Redemption 2 –Take 23.FIFA 19–Electronic Arts4.Battlefield 5 –Electronic Arts5.Mario Kart 8 Deluxe –Nintendo6.Just Cause 4 –Square Enix7.Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 –Activision8.Spyro Reignited Trilogy –Activision9.Pokemon: Let’s Go Pikachu!– Nintendo10.Fortnite: Deep Freeze Bundle– Warner Bros.
U.K. video game charts[GFK Chart-Track]
