Splinter Cell, Nintendo dominate April's best-selling games

Five of the top 10 sellers are exclusive to Wii and DS, Splinter Cell on top

Words: Brett Elston on May 14, 2010

This just in - Nintendo claims five of April's 10 best-selling games. Not surprising, given the Wii and DS' continued popularity, but savvy gamers like you probably want to know the list anyway.

01 - Splinter Cell Conviction (486,100)
02 - Pokemon SoulSilver (~243,000 sold)
03 - New Super Mario Bros Wii (200,000+)
04 - Pokemon HeartGold (192,000+)
05 - God of War III (180,300)
06 - Wii Sports Resort (179,000+)
07 - Battlefield Bad Company 2 (166,000, 360 version)
08 - Just Dance (144,000+)
09 - Wii Fit Plus (130,000+)
10 - Super Street Fighter IV (no total given, north of 100,000, PS3 version)

Numbers come from an email released by Nintendo, as well as a full NPD report from Gamasutra posted earlier today. We'll leave the industry trends and rampant speculation to the number-crunchers - we just want to know which games YOU bought and if you're surprised something else didn't make the list.

Off the top of my head I notice both Monster Hunter Tri and Dead to Rights: Retribution are missing, so that's not a totally encouraging sign. Also strange to see Final Fantasy XIII completely fall off the list.

Sound off in the comments!

May 13, 2010

Platforms:

Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS

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V13Dragongal - May 15, 2010 6:07 p.m.

I'm happy to be one of the over 200,000 people who bought New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Its a great game.
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jianmei5 - May 14, 2010 12:38 p.m.

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Tenfey - May 14, 2010 12:29 p.m.

I have yet to play Sam Fisher's Magical Auto-Headshot Adventure (tm)
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Clovin64 - May 14, 2010 8:15 a.m.

Nice to see God of war III still going strong. Stuff like Pokemon, Mario and Wii Sport/Fit will probably never leave the best seller charts. Apparantly thats the way that the gaming community swings.
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Tymiegie - May 14, 2010 3:53 a.m.

Glad to see Battlefield BC2 is still being picked up by people; good for Dice. Lovin' Conviction.
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NeoKef - May 14, 2010 1:56 a.m.

I bought Battlefield 2 this month... and my Spanish teacher bought Just Dance as she was telling us during class >_<
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RainbowStalin - May 14, 2010 1:29 a.m.

Any excuse to use that GIF...
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Tygerclaws - May 14, 2010 12:30 a.m.

Splinter Cell: Yeah, kinda figured it would be up there. Pokemanz: Obvious. New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Nostalgia goggles strike again, it seems. >.> God of War III: Yeah, figured this one would be there. Wii Sports Resort: Ugh. Just...ugh. Bad Company 2: *shrug* Don't really care for it. Just Dance: People really WILL buy anything... Wii Fit Plus: Unfortunately...I can understand WHY this is. I don't agree with it, as it goes against everything I hold dear as a gamer, but I understand it... Super Street Fighter IV: Not that surprising. Actually, I'm kinda surprised that FFXIII isn't up there, either, even though I thought the game was mediocre at best. Square must REALLY have taken a dive after XII. Let's see...I kinda wish that Metro 2033 would be in the running, simply because it deserves it. >.>
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kiwicrossing - May 14, 2010 12:26 a.m.

I'm happy to see that BFBC2 is still on the list. Also that SoulSilver is higher than HeartGold.
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Psylockerules - May 14, 2010 12:16 a.m.

golly, i hope SuperSfIV does better this month :S
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Corsair89 - May 14, 2010 12:15 a.m.

Ugh... Seeing Just Dance and Wii Fit Plus on here makes my blood boil. I'm not surprised, just pissed.
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killerrpgfan - May 14, 2010 12:12 a.m.

hmmmmmmmmm....... i wonder where red dead is going to be....
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