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Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl place first and second in UK boxed games charts

The remakes of the 2006 Nintendo titles entered the UK boxed games charts at number one and number two respectively. The dual pack release meanwhile entered at number 9. 

The other high placing new release was Battlefield 2042, developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts, entering the charts at number three.

Subsequently Activision's Call of Duty: Vanguard and EA's FIFA 22 dropped to numbers four and five respectively.

Discover the full Top 40 below:

Top 40 Entertainment SoftwareWeek 46 Year 2021
Ending 20th November
LWTWTitleAge RatingLabel
1POKEMON BRILLIANT DIAMONDPEGI 7+NINTENDO
2POKEMON SHINING PEARLPEGI 7+NINTENDO
3BATTLEFIELD 2042PEGI 16+EA GAMES
14CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARDPEGI 18+ACTIVISION
25FIFA 22PEGI 3+EA SPORTS
146MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALESPEGI 16+SONY COMPUTER ENT.
57MARIO KART 8 DELUXEPEGI 3+NINTENDO
118FAR CRY 6PEGI 18+UBISOFT
9POKEMON BRILLIANT DIAMOND & SHINING PEARL: DUAL PACKPEGI 7+NINTENDO
1510JUST DANCE 2022PEGI 3+UBISOFT
311ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONSPEGI 3+NINTENDO
812MINECRAFTPEGI 7+NINTENDO
713MARIO PARTY SUPERSTARSPEGI 3+NINTENDO
2114RIDERS REPUBLICPEGI 12+UBISOFT
15ASSASSIN'S CREED VALHALLAPEGI 18+UBISOFT
416FORZA HORIZON 5PEGI 3+MICROSOFT
1017MARVEL'S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXYPEGI 16+SQUARE ENIX
18NERF LEGENDSPEGI 7+MAXIMUM GAMES
1919RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APARTPEGI 7+SONY COMPUTER ENT.
20THE LAST OF US PART IIPEGI 18+SONY COMPUTER ENT.
1321SUPER MARIO 3D WORLD + BOWSER'S FURYPEGI 7+NINTENDO
1722LEGO HARRY POTTER COLLECTIONPEGI 7+WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
623JURASSIC WORLD: EVOLUTION 2PEGI 16+SOLD OUT SALES & MARKETING
24KENA: BRIDGE OF SPIRITSPEGI 12+MAXIMUM GAMES
1625FORTNITE MINTY LEGENDS PACKPEGI 12+EPIC GAMES
3026JUST DANCE 2021PEGI 3+UBISOFT
1827GRAND THEFT AUTO VPEGI 18+ROCKSTAR
28GHOST OF TSUSHIMA: DIRECTOR'S CUTPEGI 18+SONY COMPUTER ENT.
2729NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. U DELUXEPEGI 3+NINTENDO
3630LEGO JURASSIC WORLDPEGI 7+WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
2431POKEMON SWORDPEGI 7+NINTENDO
2232MINECRAFT DUNGEONSPEGI 7+MOJANG
2533THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILDPEGI 12+NINTENDO
3334SUPER MARIO ODYSSEYPEGI 7+NINTENDO
2935HOT WHEELS UNLEASHEDPEGI 3+MILESTONE
3236SUPER MARIO PARTYPEGI 3+NINTENDO
2637LUIGI'S MANSION 3PEGI 7+NINTENDO
3138SUPER SMASH BROS. ULTIMATEPEGI 12+NINTENDO
39DEMON'S SOULSPEGI 18+SONY COMPUTER ENT.
3440METROID DREADPEGI 12+NINTENDO