UK Charts: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon debuts at No.1 - Week 10, 2020

[Geobros]

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX is No.1 in this week's UK physical retail charts.

The boxed version of the Nintendo Switch game beats out Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which drops to No.2.

Digital download data is not included in the charts.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX is a remake of the very original games in the Mystery Dungeon series, which was released on Game Boy Advance (Red version) and Nintendo DS (Blue version) back in 2006. Those games reached No.14 and No.34 respectively.

The last game in the series was Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, which was released in February 2016 on Nintendo 3DS and reached No.9. Compared to that game, this new title's debut sales are 37.6% larger.

It is one of four Nintendo Switch exclusives in the Top Ten, the others being Minecraft (No.7), Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (No.8) and Luigi's Mansion 3 (No.10).

Last week's big new release, Two Point Hospital, drops from No.2 to No.6 with a 69% fall in sales week-on-week.

1 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX
2 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
3 Grand Theft Auto 5
4 FIFA 20
5 Tom Clancy's The Division 2
6 Two Point Hospital
7 Minecraft (Switch)
8 Mario Kart 8: Deluxe
9 Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy
10 Luigi's Mansion 3

UK Charts: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon debuts at No.1

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX is No.1 in this week's UK physical retail charts.The boxed version of the Ninte…

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[Deleted member 10737]

whoa! great debut for PMD.

edit: also great legs for luigi's mansion and crash trilogy. the latter has been charting for like 3 years now...

 

[Deleted member 51691]

Record debut for the series in the UK?

 

[Hero of Legend]

Odd way of wording for Minecraft on Switch. 🤔

 

[Mr.Fletcher]

Just popped in to check where GTAV is...

 

[TheZjman]

That is a crazy result for Mystery Dungeon.

 

[Andri]

This gives me hope for remakes of the Explorers games too, even if the heights of the DS titles(5m+) wont be reached by this remake.

 

[Zalman]

I think Mystery Dungeon worldwide sales will exceed a lot of expectations. Helps that it's a great remake.

 

[ILikeFeet]

if TPC was seeing if the series still had life, then it's more Vita than the Vita. I guess a new game will be fast tracked

 

[pswii60]

Record debut for the series in the UK?

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Doubt it. It's a very slow week and time of year so didn't take much to get to number one compared to Pokémon games releasing closer to the holiday season previously.

 

[Dwebble]

Strong opening for Mystery Dungeon- I'm enjoying the remake a lot, and this is an encouraging return for the series. Hope it does well enough to show interest in a new entry.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

This gives me hope for remakes of the Explorers games too, even if the heights of the DS titles(5m+) wont be reached by this remake.

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they'll probably do a new entry next. two remakes in a row is not the best idea.

 

[ArchedThunder]

Hopefully it does well worldwide, need Explorers DX and a new game.

 

[Adventureracing]

Doubt it. It's a very slow week and time of year so didn't take much to get to number one compared to Pokémon games releasing closer to the holiday season previously.

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It at least opened higher than the last one on 3DS though I doubt it performed super well. Seems a decent enough performance but as always tells us nothing without legs.

 

[ArchedThunder]

they'll probably do a new entry next. two remakes in a row is not the best idea.

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A new game followed by a remake of Explorers built on top of said new game sounds good to me. Maybe the new game in 2022 and Explorers DX in 2023 as an early Switch 2 game.

 

[Oregano]

Close to Kakarot's debut apparently(but lower).

 

[Andri]

they'll probably do a new entry next. two remakes in a row is not the best idea.

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New entry would be the greatest, but i kinda think they would coast on doing some remakes of the most popular titles to build more of an audience

 

[Deleted member 5028]

Has Dreams just evaporated entirely from the physical charts?

 

[Aostia82]

Not bad at all!

 

[RockmanBN]

Time for a new game or remake of Explorers down the line. Want all the remixes.

 

[ghostcrew]

The power of Pokemon!

Great results for Two Point Hospital... amazing that is been on the physical chart for two weeks now. Us Brits love Theme Hospital!

 

[Kingpin Rogers]

Expected Pokémon to flop tbh so this is a pleasant surprise.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

Has Dreams just evaporated entirely from the physical charts?

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the top 40 isn't out yet but the first three weeks were:
8-->15-->19

 

[Godzilla24]

What happend to Dreams?

 

[Deleted member 51691]

What happend to Dreams?

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Should have a huge digital share and be an evergreen as more and more games are created and shared on social media

 

[Seafoam Gaming]

Holy frick, is this the first time PMD did this the week after launch? I don't remember GTI or Super doing this. Pretty bewildered and happy to see newcomers enjoying the game.

 

[Mr.Fletcher]

Doubt it. It's a very slow week and time of year so didn't take much to get to number one compared to Pokémon games releasing closer to the holiday season previously.

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Yeah, I'd imagine the sales numbers are very low. Still, it's cool to see for those who hope for remakes in the future.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Expected Pokémon to flop tbh so this is a pleasant surprise.

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But why

 

[Lelouch0612]

Expecting Pokémon MD DX to cross 1m by the end of March (we'll know at the end of April either way).

I have a lot of fun with the game, visual style is great and it lends itself very well to short burst sessions.

 

[Kingpin Rogers]

But why

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Didn't think many people would be interested in a remake of a Pokemon spinoff game. Never doubt Pokemon it seems.

 

[Wise]

I don't think pokemon ever flops

 

[hank_tree]

I know I bought it when I normally wouldn't have because there's been such a lack of releases since the holidays.

 

[Deleted member 48434]

Didn't think many people would be interested in a remake of a Pokemon spinoff game. Never doubt Pokemon it seems.

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It's probably the most loved Pokemon spin off and it's got a pretty dedicated fanbase.
Also, a lot of kids played it back in the day and are now nostalgic for it, and I know because I was one of those kids.

 

[Theswweet]

I remembered playing PMD Rescue Team in freaking Elementary School. The nostalgia factor is definitely strong!

 

[Deleted member 2791]

With digital, PMD DX did over 50% more than the last mainline game. Definitely a great debut.

 

[Lelouch0612]

With digital, PMD DX did over 50% more than the last mainline game. Definitely a great debut.

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Yeah it even had a special digital Gold Coin offer.

 

[Deleted member 48434]

With digital, PMD DX did over 50% more than the last mainline game. Definitely a great debut.

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Wait, by mainline, do you mean SwSh?
That can't be right, SwSh sold absolutely insane.

 

[Deleted member 30077]

Should have a huge digital share and be an evergreen as more and more games are created and shared on social media

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I keep seeing this narrative but Dream's got almost zero presence on social media. It's completely dead on Twitch for example despite it not being that old.

 

[Deleted member 2791]

Wait, by mainline, do you mean SwSh?
That can't be right, SwSh sold absolutely insane.

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Last mainline PMD game.

 

[Deleted member 48434]

Last mainline PMD game.

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Oh, Super PMD.
I thought Super didn't sell all too well, everyone keeps going on about how PMD is dying.

 

[Moist_Owlet]

It has zero competition right now

 

[Lelouch0612]

It has zero competition right now

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And ?

If you only need an empty week to sell then we would have way more successful games every year.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

It has zero competition right now

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that doesn't work for all new releases tho...

 

[Kerotan]

Crash bandicoot is doing so well.

 

[Corrie1960]

Can't wait for paper Mario to be number one

 

[Toxi]

What the fuck at N Sane Trilogy still charting.

 

[ArchedThunder]

What the fuck at N Sane Trilogy still charting.

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Yeah, it's pretty N Sane

 

[Gnorman]

I'd like to think Two Point Hospital has done fairly well at retail but it's impossible to say without numbers.

 

[Lelouch0612]

I'd like to think Two Point Hospital has done fairly well at retail but it's impossible to say without numbers.

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The fact that it is still in the top 10 despite dropping by almost 70% WoW means it had a good debut imo.

 

[Jessie]

Time to remake Explorers.