Saling The World: Kinect, Just Dance 2 Head Pre-Holiday Charts

Gamasutra's weekly column, "Saling The World", covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide. This week's charts, with data taken from December 16th, 2010, find Microsoft's Kinect Adventures bundle and Just Dance 2 leading software sales in the U.S. and the UK, while Monster Hunter Portable 3rd is off to an impressive start in Japan. Data for "Saling The World" comes courtesy of the public sales information on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Amazon.co.jp, with sales split out for each platform and territory, and pre-orders disregarded. This results in a true sense of what games are selling worldwide on the real-time updated service, as follows: Multiplatform North America: 1. Kinect Sensor with Kinect Adventures (Microsoft, X360), 2. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft, Wii), 3. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo, Wii), 4. Epic Mickey (Disney, Wii), 5. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision, X360). Japan: 1. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (Capcom, PSP), 2. Wii Party (Nintendo, Wii), 3. Donkey Kong Returns (Nintendo, Wii), 4. Gundam Musou 3 (Koei, PS3), 5. Ninokuni: Shikkoku no Madoushi (Level 5, DS). UK: 1. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft, Wii), 2. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision, X360), 3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii), 4. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo, Wii), 5. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision, PS3). Microsoft's Kinect Adventures peripheral bundle leads North American software sales after a recent restock at Amazon, as Donkey Kong Country Returns and Epic Mickey overtake Call of Duty: Black Ops for third and fourth place in the domestic multiplatform charts. Capcom's Monster Hunter Portable 3rd leads Japan's cross-platform sales rankings for the second week in a row, while Just Dance 2 stays on top in the UK. Nintendo Wii North America: 1. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft), 2. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo), 3. Epic Mickey (Disney), 4. Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft), 5. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo). Japan: 1. Wii Party (Nintendo), 2. Donkey Kong Returns (Nintendo), 3. Keito no Kirby (Nintendo), 4. Mario Sports Mix (Nintendo), 5. Wii Sports Resort - Wii Remote Plus Bundle (Nintendo). UK: 1. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft), 2. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 3. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo), 4. Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft), 5. Just Dance (Ubisoft). Just Dance 2 edges out Donkey Kong Country Returns in the United States this week, as Michael Jackson: The Experience enters the domestic top five following a recent price drop at Amazon. Wii Party overtakes Donkey Kong Returns for the top spot in Japan, meanwhile, as Mario Kart Wii challenges Just Dance 2 for chart dominance in Europe. Xbox 360 North America: 1. Kinect Sensor with Kinect Adventures (Microsoft), 2. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision), 3. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft), 4. Kinect Sports (Microsoft), 5. Dance Central (MTV Games). Japan: 1. Your Shape: Fitness Evolved (Ubisoft), 2. Final Fantasy XIII Ultimate Hits International (Square Enix), 3. Call of Duty: Black Ops - Dubbed Edition (Square Enix), 4. Dance Evolution (Konami), 5. Gundam Musou 3 (Bandai). UK: 1. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision), 2. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft), 3. FIFA 11 (EA Sports), 4. Kinect Sports (Microsoft), 5. Fable III (Microsoft). Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood moves up to third place in today's Xbox 360 sales chart in the United States, with Kinect Sports and Dance Central trailing close behind. Ubisoft's Your Shape: Fitness Evolved and an enhanced rerelease of Final Fantasy XIII finish as this week's biggest Xbox 360 sellers in Japan, while Black Ops continues to lead platform sales in the UK. PlayStation 3 North America: 1. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision), 2. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft), 3. Gran Turismo 5 (SCEA), 4. NBA 2K11 (2K Sports), 5. PlayStation Move Starter Bundle (SCEA). Japan: 1. Gundam Musou 3 (Bandai), 2. Call of Duty: Black Ops - Dubbed Edition (Square Enix), 3. Tales of Graces F (Namco), 4. Gran Turismo 5 (SCEI), 5. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft). UK: 1. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision), 2. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft), 3. FIFA 11 (EA Sports), 4. Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda), 5. Gran Turismo 5 (SCEE). Call of Duty: Black Ops, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, and Gran Turismo 5 continue to drive PlayStation 3 software sales both in the United States and the UK. The Dynasty Warriors: Gundam sequel Gundam Musou 3 heads platform sales in its first week of release in Japan, meanwhile, followed by a recently released dubbed version of Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops. PC North America: 1. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (Blizzard), 2. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard), 3. The Sims 3: Late Night (EA Games), 4. Sid Meier's Civilization V (2K Games), 5. The Sims 3 (EA Games). Japan: 1. Nobunaga no Yabou: Tendou - Power-Up Kit (Koei), 2. Nobunaga no Yabou: Tendou with Power-Up Kit (Koei), 3. Ragnarok Online 8th Anniversary Package (E Frontier), 4. Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix), 5. Dragon Nest - Premium Package (E Frontier). UK: 1. Football Manager 2011 (Sega), 2. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (Blizzard), 3. The Sims 3 (EA Games), 4. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision), 5. The Sims 3: Late Night (EA Games). World of Warcraft: Cataclysm dominates PC software sales for the second week in a row in North America, while StarCraft II continues to enjoy boosted sales at second place. Koei's recent Nobunaga's Ambition series expansion Nobunaga no Yabou: Tendou - Power-Up Kit debuts at the top of the PC charts in Japan, while Sega's Football Manager 2011 maintains its sales lead over Cataclysm in Europe. Nintendo DS North America: 1. Super Scribblenauts (Warner Bros.), 2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo), 3. Sonic Colors (Sega), 4. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo), 5. Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (Nintendo). Japan: 1. Ninokuni: Shikkoku no Madoushi (Level 5), 2. Pocket Monsters Black (Nintendo), 3. Inazuma Eleven 3: Sekai e no Chousen! The Ogre (Level 5), 4. Pocket Monsters White (Nintendo), 5. Tongari Boushi to Mahou no Otana (Konami). UK: 1. Professor Layton and the Lost Future (Nintendo), 2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo), 3. Art Academy (Nintendo), 4. Toy Story 3 (Disney), 5. Lego Harry Potter (Warner Bros.) Super Scribblenauts leads over all competition as the Nintendo DS's biggest seller leading up to the holiday season in North America, outselling New Super Mario Bros. and the recently discounted Sonic Colors. Level 5 and Studio Ghibli's Ninokuni: Shikkoku no Madoushi keeps its spot atop the charts in Japan, as Inazuma Eleven 3: Sekai e no Chousen! The Ogre finishes its debut week at third place. PlayStation Portable North America: 1. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (Square Enix), 2. God of War: Ghost of Sparta (SCEA), 3. EyePet with Camera (SCEA), 4. Madden NFL 11 (EA Sports), 5. NBA 2K11 (2K Sports). Japan: 1. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (Capcom), 2. Shining Hearts (Sega), 3. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami), 4. Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei (Spike), 5. Tantei Opera: Milky Holmes (BushiRoad). UK: 1. FIFA 11 (EA Sports), 2. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (Square Enix), 3. God of War: Ghost of Sparta (Warner Bros), 4. Lego Harry Potter (Warner Bros.), 5. WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 (THQ). Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep and God of War: Ghost of Sparta once again claim the top two PSP chart spots in the United States, with no new releases available to challenge their continued reign. Capcom's Monster Hunter Portable 3rd and Sega's Shining series sequel Shining Hearts see big sales in Japan, meanwhile, as FIFA 11 remains an unstoppable force in the UK.