Super Smash Bros. Ultimate might have only launched for Nintendo Switch a few days ago, but it`s already breaking records. The fighting game has become the console`s biggest ever launch, according to sales monitor Chart-Track, meaning it also performed better in its opening weekend than Pokemon Let`s Go Pikachu and Let`s Go Eevee did combined in theirs.Red Dead Redemption 2 remains at No.2 for the week ending December 8, while FIFA 19 drops two places to No.3. Below these, Battlefield V spends a third consecutive week at No.4 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe benefits from hardware bundling with Switch consoles and Smash Bros. to finish at No.5.Three new entries hit the chart this week: Just Cause 4 debuts at No.6, PUBG`s PS4 release helps it re-enter the ranking at No.22, and Sega Mega Drive Classics` Switch debut helps it break back in at No.33.Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has been a critical success as much as a commercial one. Edmond Tran awarded the game a 9/10 in our Super Smash Bros. Ultimate review-in-progress, saying its `diverse content is compelling, its strong mechanics are refined, and the encompassing collection is simply superb.`You can read the full top 10 sales chart for this week below, courtesy of UKIE and GfK Chart-Track. Note this table does not include digital sales data, and so should not be considered representative of all UK game sales.Super Smash Bros. UltimateRed Dead Redemption 2FIFA 19Battlefield VMario Kart 8 DeluxeJust Cause 4Call of Duty: Black Ops 4Spyro Reignited TrilogyPokemon Let`s Go PikachuFortnite: Deep Freeze Bundle
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