UK Charts: Animal Crossing retakes the top spot with 135 per cent sales boost

Nintendo's Animal Crossing: New Horizons has returned to the top spot of UK physical sales chart thanks to a huge, 135 per cent sales boost week-on-week.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been a massive success for Nintendo, breaking several sales records since its launch. It's the fastest-selling game on Nintendo's hybrid console, besting even the biggest franchises from the publisher such as Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda.

This week, the game returned to the top of the UK physical sales charts thanks to a massive sales boost. With 135 per cent increase in week-on-week sales, Animal Crossing: New Horizons managed to beat Grand Theft Auto 5 in second and the usual heavy-hitters FIFA 20 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in third and fourth, respectively.

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Gamesindustry also reports that Assassin's Creed hype helped Odyssey climb from 17 to 13 spot on the chart.

Here is the Top Ten chart for the week ending 09 May 2020:

1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
2. Grand Theft Auto 5
3. FIFA 20
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
5. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe
6. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
7. Luigi's Mansion 3
8. Red Dead Redemption 2
9. Minecraft (Switch)
10. New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe