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No stopping Nintendo's cart racer.
The latest NPD sales numbers put Mario Kart Wii a distant second to the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV. In Japan, however, it's a different story as the Wii title has remained fixed at the top of the software charts for five weeks in a row.
Retail tracker Media Create reports today Mario Kart Wii sold another 106,780 units over the week of May 5 to May 11. The game was originally released on April 10 and has claimed the top spot every week since.
Mario Kart originally stole the top spot from Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G which, earlier this week, became the first PSP title to top the two million sales mark. Monster Hunter has remained in second place since Mario Kart Wii's release, and this week added another 82,466 units to its total.
As with the top two, the rest of the chart remained mostly unchanged. Coming in at third was Wii Fit, with 52,744 units. It was followed by Link's Bowgun training (Nintendo, Wii, 48,808), Meccha! Taiko Drum Master DS Adventure on the Seven Islands (Namco Bandai, NDS, 34,474), Pokemon Ranger Batonnage (Pokemon, NDS, 27,035), Deca Sporta (Hudson, Wii, 21,986), Wii Sports (Nintendo, Wii, 20,586), Bokura ha Kaseki Horida (Nintendo, NDS, 17,338), and Smash Bros. X (Nintendo, Wii, 16,403).
There weren't any new releases in the top 50, possibly because there weren't any new releases over the week.
The hardware charts remained as static as the software charts once again, although with slightly lower sales across the board. PSP was at the top once again with 89,884 units. The Wii and DS followed with, respectively, 67,308 and 51,228 units. At the bottom of the pack were the PS3, PS2 and Xbox 360 with, respectively, 8,054, 7,464 and 1,298 units.
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