Unsurprisingly, the fastest-selling console in the history of the UK Videogame Charts was Nintendo’s newly-launched, ‘new gen’ Wii, with nearly 105,000 consoles and 170,000 copies of launch games already sold since Wii-E day last Friday, outselling the Xbox 360's first weekend hardware sales by 35,000 and first weekend launch software sales by around 20,000 units.

The good news continues for Nintendo with the second best-selling software format this last week (in terms of value) being the DS, which means that Nintendo’s home console and handheld formats account for over a quarter of all software value sold through the week. Impressive stuff, say wii (sic).

In the All Formats Top Ten, EA’s FIFA 07 scores its impressive second hat-trick at the top of the chart this year, while the publisher’s Need for Speed: Carbon holds firm at number two, no doubt bolstered by the release of the Wii version. The Christmas chart is only a week away - will Need for Speed pull ahead with a last minute sales burst to take the Christmas glory crown yet again?

Konami’s had a good week with increased sales of the PSP and Xbox 360 versions of Pro Evolution Soccer 6 kicking the game up one place to number three this week, swapping places with Activision’s Call of Duty 3 which drops one place to number four.

Six out of the fourteen Wii titles available at launched this weekend feature in the All Formats Top 40, with the console’s ‘killer app’ The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess straight in at five, bought by over two-thirds of new Wii owners. You can see SPOnG’s full review of Twilight Princess to see why you need this game.

The second most popular Wii game is Wii Play which is straight in at number nine, mainly because it is sold as part of a no-brainer, must-buy bundle with an extra Wii Remote. The game itself is worth your £35 alone, so it’s no surprise it’s selling healthily.

Third party Wii publishers also did good business last weekend, with Ubisoft’s Red Steel in at 19, Rayman Raving Rabbids in at 30 and Midway’s movie cash-in Happy Feet (Wii version new this week) hot-footing it up the chart seven places to number 11.