New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Debuts at the Top of the UK Charts - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 14 January 2019 / 2,920 Views

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe debuted at the top of the UK charts, according to according to GfK/UKIE for the week ending January 12. Sales for the game are up 24.8 percent compared to the launch of the original game on the Wii U. However, the original game was a launch title for the Wii U.

FIFA 19 drops to second place as sales dropped 52 percent. Red Dead Redemption 2 is in third as sales decline 53 percent.

Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition debuted in 11th with sales 28.6 percent higher than the original did in 2009.

Here are the top 10 best-selling titles (combined sales) for the week:

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
FIFA 19
Red Dead Redemption 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Battlefield 5
Grand Theft Auto 5
Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy
Forza Horizon 4

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.

8 Comments

zippy (on 14 January 2019)

Glad to hear this news. I'm one of those that bought it. I think its a superb game and easily the best of the New super Mario series. The original release was soured by the fact that NSMB2 had not long released on the 3DS.

Zach808 zippy (on 14 January 2019)

To this day, I can't understand Nintendo's logic in 2012. I mean, trying to push New Super Mario Bros as the Wii U's killer app after not only did NSMB2 release on 3DS just months before, but also turned out dissappointing? They must've had monkeys in charge of marketing.

pikashoe (on 14 January 2019)

I wonder what the gap is like with digital included.

Jranation (on 14 January 2019)

BOWSETTE FTW!!!!

jonathanalis (on 14 January 2019)

according to vgchartz numbers, NSMBU did 20k first week on wii U. deluxe might have sold 25k.

OlfinBedwere jonathanalis (on 14 January 2019)

So, a re-release in the middle of January when no-one was really expecting anything outsold the console launch window release of the original version? Dayy-um!