Top iPad game apps: NFL Kicker, Paper Monsters report brisk sales

[In this weekly column, Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free iPad gaming applications on the App Store as of today, with NFL Kicker! HD, Angry Birds Seasons HD and Paper Monsters currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.] This week's top paid titles are: 1. Where's My Water? ($0.99) 2. Words With Friends HD ($0.99) 3. Angry Birds Seasons HD ($1.99) 4. NFL Kicker! HD ($0.99) 5. Paper Monsters ($0.99) 6. Monopoly for iPad ($0.99) 7. Kingdom Rush ($0.99) 8. Smash Cops ($2.99) 9. Fruit Ninja HD ($2.99) 10. Angry Birds HD ($4.99) Disney's Where's My Water? heads the iPad's sales charts for the third week in a row, leading over Zynga's Words With Friends HD. Angry Birds Seasons HD moves up to third place following the recent release of Chinese New Year-themed content, as Full Fat's NFL Kicker! HD claims fourth place in its premiere week. Crescent Moon Games' 2D platformer Paper Monsters finishes at fifth in its first week of release, meanwhile, as Armor Games' recently updated strategy title Kingdom Rush returns to the top ten at seventh. Here are this week's top free iPad applications: 1. Temple Run 2. Mystery Manor: Hidden Adventure 3. Crime City HD 4. My Country 5. Charadium II HD Free 6. Card Ace: Casino HD 7. Jet Ball HD 8. Pinball HD Collection 9. Top Girl HD 10. Fashion Story: Valentine's Day Imangi's 3D platformer Temple Run spends its third week atop the free app charts, fending off renewed competition from Funzio and Game Insight's sim titles Crime City HD and My Country. A trial version of On5's multiplayer drawing title Charadium II HD moves up to fifth place in today's results, as a Valentine's Day-themed update for TeamLava's Fashion Story takes tenth.