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What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular now.

Nintendo Wii
North America: 1. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 2. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 3. Mario Super Sluggers (Nintendo), 4. Wii Play (Nintendo), 5. Rock Band (Electronic Arts).

Japan: 1. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 2. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 3. Captain Rainbow (Nintendo), 4. Wii Sports (Nintendo), 5. Fatal Frame IV (Nintendo).

Europe: 1. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 2. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (Electronic Arts), 3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 4. Wii Play (Nintendo), 5. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega).

Xbox 360
North America: 1. Tales of Vesperia - Premium Edition (Namco Bandai), 2. Tales of Vesperia (Namco Bandai), 3. Madden NFL 09 (Electronic Arts), 4. Too Human (Microsoft), 5. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (Electronic Arts).

Japan: 1. Tales of Vesperia (Namco), 2. Clannad (Prototype), 3. Too Human (Microsoft), 4. SoulCalibur IV (Namco Bandai), 5. Dead Rising - Platinum Edition (Capcom).

Europe: 1. Too Human (Microsoft), 2. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 3. Beijing 2008 (Sega), 4. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 5. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (Electronic Arts).

PlayStation 3
North America: 1. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (Sony), 2. Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (Sony), 3. Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (Sony), 4. Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom), 5. Blazing Angels II: Secret Missions of WWII (Ubisoft).

Japan: 1. Afrika (Sony), 2. Battlefield: Bad Company (Electronic Arts), 3. SoulCalibur IV (Namco), 4. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Special Edition (Konami), 5. Valkyrie of the Battlefield: Gallian Chronicles (Sega).

Europe: 1. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 2. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Sony), 3. Beijing 2008 (Sega), 4. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (Electronic Arts), 5. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami).

PlayStation 2
North America: 1. Rock Band Special Edition (Electronic Arts), 2. Madden NFL 09 (Electronic Arts), 3. God of War II (Sony), 4. Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection (Konami), 5. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision).

Japan: 1. Persona 4 (Atlus), 2. J-League Winning Eleven 2008 Club Championship (Konami), 3. Sengoku Basara X (Capcom), 4. Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn! Dream Hyper Battle! (Marvelous), 5. Secret Game: Killer Queen (Yeti).

Europe: 1. SingStar Summer Party (Sony), 2. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision), 3. Lego Indiana Jones (LucasArts), 4. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar), 5. Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (Sony).

PC
North America: 1. The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts), 2. The Orange Box (Electronic Arts), 3. Baldur’s Gate II: Ultimate Collection (Vivendi), 4. SimCity 4 Deluxe (Electronic Arts), 5. Microsoft Flight Simulator X (Microsoft).

Japan: 1. Monster Hunter Frontier Online Season 3.0 Premium (E-Frontier), 2. Final Fantasy XI: The Vana’diel Collection (Square Enix), 3. Clannad Full Voice (Key), 4. Little Busters! (Key), 5. Ragnarok Online Summer Package 2008 (E Frontier).

Europe: 1. The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts), 2. Sid Meier’s Civilization IV Complete (2K Games), 3. The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff (Electronic Arts), 4. Football Manager 2008 (Sega), 5. Medieval II: Total War - Kingdoms Expansion Pack (Sega).

Nintendo DS
North America: 1. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo), 2. Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness (Natsume), 3. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo), 4. Brain Age (Nintendo), 5. Brain Age 2 (Nintendo).

Japan: 1. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo), 2. KORG DS-10 (AQ Interactive), 3. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (Square Enix), 4. Fire Emblem: New Dark Dragon and the Blade of Light (Nintendo), 5. Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (Nintendo).

Europe: 1. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo), 2. 42 All-Time Classics (Nintendo), 3. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo), 4. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega), 5. More Brain Training (Nintendo).

PlayStation Portable
North America: 1. God of War: Chains of Olympus (Sony), 2. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix), 3. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar), 4. Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness (NIS), 5. Madden NFL 09 (Electronic Arts).

Japan: 1. Fate/Tiger Colosseum Upper - Megamori Box (Capcom), 2. Phantasy Star Portable (Sega), 3. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom), 4. Clannad (Prototype), 5. Maplus: Portable Navi 2 (Edia).

Europe: 1. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix), 2. Final Fantasy I (Square Enix), 3. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami), 4. God of War: Chains of Olympus (Sony), 5. Final Fantasy II (Square Enix).

Wii Fit stays on the healthiest spot of the Wii chart. Tales of Vesperia - Premium Edition debuts on the top spot of the Xbox 360 chart. After a discount sale, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune rises to the top of the PS3 chart again. The Rock Band Special Edition returns to the PS2 stage. The Sims 2: Apartment Life expansion pack debuts on the PC’s top spot. New Super Mario Bros. returns to the #1 spot of the DS chart. Lastly God of War: Chains of Olympus returns to the PSP chart. — For the full lists go to Amazon’s US, JPN (PC) & UK sites.

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The past month we’ve given you the chance to win in our Tales of Vesperia competition. The task was a matter of mentioning which your favorite game in the 10-year-running series so far was. We heartily thank all gamers who participated, but of course out of the 167 great answers only one winner could be chosen at random…

“Christian” wins and gets a free copy of the Xbox 360 game Tales of Vesperia and a Tokunaga set! Congratulations to the winner! You’ll be contacted via email shortly.

If you didn’t win: Don’t forget to join our other competition for a DS Lite handheld and N+ DS games.

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Tales of Vesperia is getting a Collector’s Edition for those that pre-order the game before it’s August 26th release date. It will include a 10th Anniversary soundtrack CD celebrating a decade of Tales role-playing.

The Tales of Vesperia: Special Collector’s Edition exclusively for Xbox 360 will run you $69.99.

In addition to the game and the soundtrack CD the Collector’s Edition will come in a metal case and features exclusive artwork by series characters designer Kosuke Fujishima.

Specifics on the tracks included on the disc haven’t been fully revealed, but Namco Bandai did note that out of the 25 songs on the disc, 14 of them will be from Tales of Vesperia, while the remainder of the songs will come from Tales of Symphonia (4 tracks), Tales of the Abyss (3 tracks), Tales of Phantasia (2 tracks) and Tales of Destiny (2 tracks).

Highlighting the 10th anniversary of the Tales series in North America, Tales of Vesperia launches the role-playing genre to new heights of interactive storytelling and captivating gameplay. Featuring a strategic real-time battle system and incredible “living anime” graphics, the game offers a true next-generation role-playing experience with all the classic touches that fans of the genre expect.

Don’t forget that you can enter our Tales of Vesperia competition for a chance to win a copy of Tales of Vesperia.

This will also include a different kind of collectors item, the game will come along with an exclusive Tales of Vesperia Tokunaga plushy set!

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Welcome to our “Tales of Vesperia” competition where you now have the chance to win the upcoming Tales of Vesperia game for Xbox 360 along with a Tokunaga set! Courtesy of Tales Brigade in celebration of the series’ 10th Anniversary.

What do you need to do to win? Answer this question: “What’s your favorite game in the Tales series?”

What are the rules? Winners must be located in the USA. All you have to do is leave a comment on this page with your answer before the August 19th game launch date is over. Fill out your real email so we can contact you if you win (your email will be invisible to other readers, only the site staff can see it). The winner will be announced the next day. Good luck!

Get hyped, watch a trailer for Tales of Vesperia:

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Step into the world of Tales of Vesperia with the demo that’s out on Xbox Live Marketplace right now. The Xbox 360-exclusive is an epic console role-playing game from renowned Japanese developer Namco Tales Studio. It will be in stores on August 19th, 2008.

You’ll be playing the first Tales RPG release in HD, as the next evolution of the revered role-playing series comes to Xbox 360, with detail and graphics never before seen in the series. Now, real-time battles are more exciting than ever with Overlimits, the ability to unleash fatal strikes, combinations, and special Burst Artes.

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Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World is set two years after the events of Tales of Symphonia for the Nintendo GameCube. The Wii-exclusive has a release date in America on November 1st, 2008.

Dawn of the New World follows the journey of two new young heroes, Emil Castagnier and Marta Lualdi, as they seek to uncover the mystery of why their world has fallen into ruin. In their quest, their paths will cross with the original cast of Tales of Symphonia (including Lloyd and Colette) as well as a summon spirit known as Ratatosk who claims to be the lord of all monsters.

Dawn of the New World introduces a new monster recruitment feature in which players can capture more than 200 unique enemies and train them to actively participate in battle. Players can then feed these monsters to make them more effective, and even evolve them into several new fearsome forms. The game also features an updated real-time battle system that lets players move freely in all directions around the battlefield, execute powerful unison attacks and take advantage of a new elemental alignment system for even more strategic depth.

Check Tales of Symphonia 2 out in action in this Japanese first video of the RPG.


Tales of Symphonia 2 title screen and opening.

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The debut of the Tales series on the Xbox 360 and in HD graphics, Tales of Vesperia is set in a world reliant on a mysterious ancient technology known as Blastia. The game follows former knight Yuri as he delves into a shadowy plot to use these magical devices to control civilization, or destroy it.

A party of five evade guards and battle forest creatures in the Tales of Vesperia Xbox 360 demo (still a work in progress). The game will be released in America on August 19th, 2008, and not in Europe until 2009. Take a look at the first English footage:

Sounds like they kept the Japanese soundtrack!

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Tales of Vesperia is the debut of the Tales series on the next-gen Xbox 360 (and an exclusive) and will be released in America in September 2008. The RPG is set in a world reliant on a mysterious ancient technology known as Blastia. The game follows former knight Yuri as he delves into a shadowy plot to use these magical devices to control civilization, or destroy it.

The game makes significant additions to the series’ trademark real-time combat system, allowing players to do battle in massive battlefields (with twice as many enemies in battle compares to Tales of the Abyss, 7-8 foes now) and learn new special attacks that are tied to individual weapons. New finishing blows allow players to take down enemies in a single hit with correctly timed button combinations, while mission-based battles increase the variety of each encounter as players gain unique items by fulfilling various battle objectives. Players can also use materials collected by successfully executing finishing moves to craft rare and unique equipment for their characters.

Experience the same music and lyrics whether you are playing the English version or the Japanese version. Watch this interview with the Tales of Vesperia producer Tsutomu Gouda and the game’s singer and songwriter Bonnie Pink.