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Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl is UK number one – Games charts 20 November

Gotta buy ’em all (pic: The Pokémon Company)

Physical sales for both Call Of Duty: Vanguard and Battlefield 2042 have proven a disappointment, with Pokémon easily beating both.

Call Of Duty: Vanguard and Battlefield 2042 have been outgunned by Pokémon, and not even a mainline entry but controversial new remake of Diamond and Pearl, which many fans have heavily criticised.

That wasn’t enough to keep it from the top slot though, with Brilliant Diamond alone becoming the best-selling Switch game of the year and Shining Pearl already outdoing the entire lifetime sales of Metroid Dread so far.

The Pokémon remakes sold faster at launch than Call Of Duty: Vanguard but also beat Battlefield 2042 back into third place, with EA’s online shooter seeing sales fall 59% on 2018’s Battlefield 5. That’s likely to be compensated by the increase in digital sales but has come nowhere near close to beating Call Of Duty, let alone Pokémon.

UK all formats retail chart – 20 November

1 (-) Pokémon Brilliant Diamond (NS)
2 (-) Pokémon Shining Pearl (NS)
3 (-) Battlefield 2042 (PS5/PS4/XO/XSX)
4 (1) Call Of Duty: Vanguard (PS5/PS4/XO)
5 (2) FIFA 22 (PS4/XO/PS5/NS)
6 (14) Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS5/PS4)
7 (5) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)
8 (11) Far Cry 6 (PS5/XO/PS4)
9 (-) Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Dual Pack (NS)
10(15) Just Dance 2022 (NS/PS4/XO/PS5)

Ukie Games Charts©, compiled by GfK

Japanese console chart – 14 November

1 (-) Shin Megami Tensei 5 (NS)
2 (1) Mario Party Superstars (NS)
3 (-) Dragon Quest 10 Heroes of the Heavenly Stars Online (NS)
4 (4) Ring Fit Adventure (NS)
5 (-) Dragon Quest 10 Heroes of the Heavenly Stars Online (PS4)
6 (2) Call Of Duty: Vanguard (PS4)
7 (R) Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS)
8 (8) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)
9 (R) Minecraft (NS)
10(9) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (NS)

U.S. all formats chart – October

1 (-) Far Cry 6 (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
2 (-) Back 4 Blood (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
3 (-) Metroid Dread (NS)*
4 (1) Madden NFL 22 (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
5 (-) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
6 (2) FIFA 22 (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
7 (-) Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
8 (-) Mario Party Superstars (NS)*
9 (-) NHL 22 (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5)
10(3) NBA 2K22 (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)*

*does not include digital sales

Note: U.S. charts are organised by revenue, not unit sales

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GameCentral Top 10 – 2021

1. Returnal (PS5)
2. Monster Hunter Rise (NS)
3. It Takes Two (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
4. Guilty Gear -Strive- (PS4/PS5/PC)
5. Chicory: A Colorful Tale (PS4/PS5/PC)
6. Little Nightmares 2 (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
7. Genesis Noir (XO/NS/PC)
8. New Pokémon Snap (NS)
9. Scarlet Nexus (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
10. R-Type Final 2 (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PC)

GameCentral Top 20 – 2020

1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS)
2. The Last Of Us Part 2 (PS4)
3. Spelunky 2 (PS4/PC)
4. Ori And The Will Of The Wisps (XO/NS/XSX/PC)
5. Final Fantasy 7 Remake (PS4)
6. Half-Life: Alyx (PC VR)
7. Nioh 2 (PS4)
8. Hades (NS/PC)
9. Cyberpunk 2077 (XO*/PS4*/PC/Stadia)
10. Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS4/PC)
11. Doom Eternal (XO/PS4/NS/PC)
12. The Pathless (PS4/PS5/PC/iOS)
13. Star Wars: Squadrons (XO/PS4/PC)
14. Horace (NS/PC)
15. Ghostrunner (XO/PS4/NS*/PC)
16. Paper Mario: The Origami King (NS)
17. Streets Of Rage 4 (XO/PS4/NS/PC)
18. Immortals Fenyx Rising (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC/Stadia)
19. Mortal Shell (XO/PS4/PC)
20. Wasteland 3 (XO/PS4/PC)

The chart above lists our best reviewed titles of 2020 but as usual does not include remakes (with the special exception of Final Fantasy 7), remasters, expansions, re-releases, compilations, games not yet released in the UK, or versions of games previously released on other formats.

*Not recommended at launch