Mario Strikers: Battle League Football scores UK number one – Games charts 11 June-GameCentral-Entertainment – Metro

Proof that football isn’t as popular as golf, at least on Switch (pic: Nintendo)

Another Nintendo Switch exclusive has debuted at the top of the physical sales charts, with The Quarry only a few spots behind.

Nintendo has earned itself another UK number one in the physical sales charts, although the Mario Strikers series continues to be the least popular of their major sports titles, even in the UK.

Although it makes even less effort to simulate the real sport than the other games, it sold 6% less than 2018’s Mario Tennis Aces and 20% less than 2021’s Mario Golf: Super Rush.

The other new entry of the week is The Quarry, which only made it to number four – although most of its sales are likely to have been digital. In terms of physical sales though 85% were on PlayStation formats, no doubt as a result of the game being considered a spiritual sequel to Sony exclusive Until Dawn (and because Xbox owners tend to buy games digitally more than PlayStation owners).

UK all formats retail chart – 11 June

1 (-) Mario Strikers: Battle League Football (NS)
2 (3) Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (NS/PS5/XO/PS4)
3 (1) Horizon Forbidden West (PS5/PS4)
4 (-) The Quarry (PS5/PS4/XSX/XO)
5 (2) Nintendo Switch Sports (NS)
6 (11) Kirby And The Forgotten Land (NS)
7 (4) FIFA 22 (NS/PS4/PS5/XO/XSX)
8 (5) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)
9 (6) Pokémon Legends: Arceus (NS)
10 (9) Minecraft (NS)

Ukie Games Charts©, compiled by GfK

Japanese console chart – 5 June

1 (1) Nintendo Switch Sports (NS)
2 (-) The Quintessential Quintuplets the Movie: Five Memories of My Time with You (NS)
3 (2) Kirby And The Forgotten Land (NS)
4 (3) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)
5 (-) The Quintessential Quintuplets the Movie: Five Memories of My Time with You (PS4)
6 (5) Minecraft (NS)
7 (7) Ring Fit Adventure (NS)
8 (8) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (NS)
9 (6) eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 (NS)
10 (R) The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild (NS)

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U.S. all formats chart – April

1 (-) Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
2 (1) Elden Ring (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
3 (-) MLB The Show 22 (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5)^
4 (-) Kirby And The Forgotten Land (NS)*
5 (-) Nintendo Switch Sports (NS)*
6 (6) Call Of Duty: Vanguard (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
7 (2) Horizon Forbidden West (PS4/PS5)
8 (8) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)*
9 (-) Gran Turismo 7 (PS4/PS5)
10 (3) Pokémon Legends: Arceus (NS)*

*does not include digital sales
^Xbox digital sales not included

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

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GameCentral Top 20 – 2021

1. Returnal (PS5)
2. Metroid Dread (NS)
3. Wildermyth (PC)
4. Forza Horizon 5 (XO/XSX/PC)
5. Monster Hunter Rise (NS)
6. The Forgotten City (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
7. Inscryption (PC)
8. Chicory: A Colorful Tale (PS4/NS/PS5/PC)
9. Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
10. Loop Hero (NS/PC)
11. Psychonauts 2 (XO/PS4/XSX/PC)
12. Guilty Gear -Strive- (PS4/PS5/PC)
13. Dungeon Encounters (PS4/NS/PC)
14. Halo Infinite (XO/XSX/PC)
15. It Takes Two (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
16. Genesis Noir (XO/NS/PC)
17. New Pokémon Snap (NS)
18. Little Nightmares 2 (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
19. Death’s Door (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
20. The Eternal Cylinder (XO/PS4/PC)

The chart above lists our best reviewed titles of 2021 but as usual does not include remakes, remasters, expansions, re-releases, compilations, games not yet released in the UK, or versions of games previously released on other formats.

Readers’ Top 20 – 2021

1. Returnal (PS5)
2. Metroid Dread (NS)
3. Psychonauts 2 (XO/PS4/XSX/PC)
4. Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
5. Forza Horizon 5 (XO/XSX/PC)
6. Resident Evil Village (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC/Stadia)
7. Life Is Strange: True Colors (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC/Stadia)
8. The Forgotten City (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
9. Far Cry 6 (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC/Stadia/Luna)
10. Outriders (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC/Stadia)
11. Chicory: A Colorful Tale (PS4/NS/PS5/PC)
12. Tales Of Arise (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
13. Little Nightmares 2 (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
14. Death’s Door (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
15. It Takes Two (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
16. Monster Hunter Rise (NS)
17. The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (PS4/NS/PC)
18. Deathloop (PS5/PC)
19. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (PS5)
20. Halo Infinite (XO/XSX/PC)

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