UK Leaderboard: Metroid Prime Remastered Bags Franchise’s Fourth Big Box Launch

After a few weeks of digital exclusivity on Nintendo Switch, Metroid Prime is remade has finally landed in retail stores across the UK.

Although the release is not enough to knock Hogwarts legacy From the throne, Retro Studios’ shooter won silver, selling for about half of the money original management back in 2003. According to Chris Dring from Games Industry, this also makes Metroid Prime Remastered the fourth biggest box release in the entire franchise.

Considering the title shade has dropped digitally before, this is still an impressive debut!

In other places, Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe slipped to sixth this week, while Octopath Traveler II completely fell out of the top 10 to land in fourteenth place. The Switch version of the Team Asano RPG is still dominating the PlayStation, accounting for 81% of the platform split.

The only other newcomer this week is Team Ninja Crouching Dragon: Fall of Kingdom, entered the chart at number eight. The split here is mainly based on Sony’s platform, which accounts for 89% on PS5, 7% on PS4 and 5% on Xbox Series X/S (though it should be remembered that Wo Long is the launch Day One Game Pass product. ).

Here’s your look at the full UK rankings:

[Compiled by GfK]

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