Nintendo and Switch 2 Maintain Leading Positions in UK Charts
Fresh weekly video game sales data for the UK has been published for the week ending August 15, 2026. Nintendo platforms continue to show impressive results: 7 out of the 10 most popular games of the week are available or will soon appear on the company's consoles.
Release Successes and Top Sales
The true triumph of the week was the remaster of the cult role-playing game The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, which soared to the top spot of the chart after its release on Switch 2. Nintendo exclusives also hold great positions:
- THE ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION REMASTERED
- POKEMON POKOPIA
- TOMODACHI LIFE: LIVING THE DREAM
- MARIO KART WORLD
- ASSASSIN’S CREED: BLACK FLAG RESYNCED
- 007 FIRST LIGHT
- HELL LET LOOSE: VIETNAM
- TEKKEN 8
- SPLATOON RAIDERS
- ELDEN RING
- Pokémon Pokopia climbed to 2nd place;
- Tomodachi Life took 3rd place;
- Mario Kart World made a significant jump from ninth to 4th place;
- Splatoon Raiders took 9th place on the chart;
- Elden Ring, whose release on Switch 2 is expected on August 28, returned to the top ten, taking 10th place.
Thus, three games in the top five and four in the top ten are full Nintendo exclusives, demonstrating high player interest in the platform's current library.
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