{"id":38338,"date":"2018-08-06T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/mario_games_litter_uk_top_10_but_crash_bandicoot_keeps_top_spot_for_sixth_week_running"},"modified":"2018-08-06T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T13:00:00","slug":"mario-games-litter-uk-top-10-but-crash-bandicoot-keeps-top-spot-for-sixth-week-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/08\/06\/mario-games-litter-uk-top-10-but-crash-bandicoot-keeps-top-spot-for-sixth-week-running\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Games Litter UK Top 10 But Crash Bandicoot Keeps Top Spot For Sixth Week Running"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7e3fdcaea4b55\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7e3fdcaea4b55\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Crash\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7e3fdcaea4b55\/crash.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7e3fdcaea4b55\/crash.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Crash\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>With another lack of major arrivals this week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/crash_bandicoot_n_sane_trilogy\"><strong>Crash\u00a0Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy<\/strong><\/a> has managed to secure a sixth consecutive week at the top of the UK gaming charts.<\/p>\n<p>The UK charts have an increasingly familiar look about them this week with Crash sitting at number one and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/lego_the_incredibles\"><strong>LEGO The Incredibles<\/strong><\/a> also keeping hold of its number two spot directly behind. Both titles have had multiple weeks of joy at the lofty heights of the table, and look set to stay there &#8211; or thereabouts &#8211; as we enter a relatively quiet month for new releases.<\/p>\n<p>Switch sales have been steadily rising over the summer months, and while we&#8217;d like to think that this is thanks to &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/04\/random_switch_actress_karen_embraces_her_nintendo_meme\">Nintendo Karen<\/a>&#8216;-style roof parties taking place up and down the country, this is actually more likely because of Nintendo&#8217;s evergreen list of big-hitters. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\"><strong>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/strong><\/a> actually tops the individual format chart this week, selling more copies than the highest-selling version of\u00a0Crash Bandicoot (which was\u00a0on Xbox One); it was the combined sales\u00a0of Crash on all three platforms which helped it to stay at number one on the all formats chart.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of that all formats chart, here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s top ten:<\/p>\n<p>1. (1) Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy<br \/>2. (2) LEGO The Incredibles<br \/>3. (5)\u00a0Mario Kart 8\u00a0Deluxe<br \/>4. (3)\u00a0<strong>The Crew 2<\/strong><br \/>5. (7)\u00a0<strong>Grand\u00a0Theft Auto V<\/strong><br \/>6. (6)\u00a0<strong>Call of Duty: WWII<\/strong><br \/>7. (4)\u00a0<strong>God of War<\/strong><br \/>8. (13) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_odyssey\"><strong>Super Mario Odyssey<\/strong><\/a><br \/>9. (9)\u00a0<strong>Jurrasic World Evolution<\/strong><br \/>10. (10)\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_tennis_aces\">Mario\u00a0Tennis Aces<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Did you buy any of these chart-topping games this week?<\/em>\u00a0<em>Any surprises this time around? Let us know your thoughts below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With another lack of major arrivals this week, Crash\u00a0Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy has managed to secure a sixth consecutive week at the top of the UK gaming charts. The UK charts have an increasingly familiar look about them this week with Crash sitting at number one and LEGO The Incredibles also keeping hold of its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}