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Wii Fit Topples Pokemon Gold Record

Fourth consecutive week atop the? ?UK all format chart sees Wii Fit become NintendoĆ­s second-longest first-place runner.?

Wii Fit has now earned its fourth consecutive week at the top of the UK all format charts,? ?marking it as Nintendo’s second-longest running title at the top.?

Wii Fit has now enjoyed a total of eight weeks at the top of the chart?; ?one more than the once-phenomenon Pokemon Gold.? ?According to data provided by GfK Chart Track, Wii Fit is now edging closer to the? ?Kyoto-based company’s longest serving? ?UK number one,? ?Pokemon Yellow,? ?which has clocked ten combined weeks atop the charts since its release in? ?2000.

Sales of Wii Fit trimmed slightly?; ?down? ?2? ?percent on last week’s performance,? ?while its established peers in the top ten each saw an even higher decline in sales.

A? ?20? ?percent fall in weekly turnover saw Activision’s World At War drop to third,? ?while FIFA? ?09? ?shows a little more buoyancy?; ?shedding? ?12? ?percent in sales but enough to see Treyarch’s war shooter slip below.? ?Activision will no doubt be delighted with the? ?UK sales performance of World At War?; ?third in the charts is in fact the game’s lowest performance since its release thirteen weeks ago.?

Nintendo,? ?meanwhile,? ?is holding five positions in the chart.? ?Mario Kart Wii and Wii Play hold sixth and seventh respectively,? ?despite the former seeing a? ?13? ?percent sales decline and the latter dropping by? ?16? ?percent.? ?The DS title? ?Professor Layton and the? ?Curious? ?Village? (?down? ?14? ?percent?) ?skips down to fifth,? ?making way for Nintendo’s new arrival,? ?Mystery Case Files:? ?Millionheir,? ?which debuts at fourth.?

EA’s Skate? ?2? ?sees sales plunge? ?37? ?percent,? ?enough for the game to fall from fifth to eighth,? ?while a? ?28? ?percent drop sees Need? ?for Speed:? ?Undercover slip out of the top ten and back to thirteenth?; ?the same position it landed in two weeks ago.?

Activision’s Guitar Hero World Tour climbs back to tenth despite an? ?18? ?percent sales decline,? ?while Mario? & ?Sonic at the Olympic Games jumps three places up to ninth.?

All Format top-ten provided by Chart Track follows:?

?1.? ?Wii Fit?
?2.? ?
FIFA? ?09?
?3.? ??Call of Duty:? ?World at War?
?4.? ?Mystery Case Files:? ?Millionheir?
?5.? ?Professor Layton and the Curious Village?
?6.? ?Mario Kart Wii?
?7.? ?Wii Play?
?8.? ?Skate? ?2?
?9.? ?Mario? & ?Sonic at the Olympic Games?
?10.? ?Guitar Hero World Tour?

?Last Week.?
?UK? ?2009? ?Chart History.