Despite having the best opening of the year in the UK last weekBorderlands 3 and 2K Games have had to settle for second place this week after a strong debut from Nintendo and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.

In its first week of availability, Link's Awakening shot to the top of the weekly UK sales chart, beating out Borderlands 3 in the process. This wasn't just any regular old debut for Nintendo, though. According to GamesIndustry.bizLink's Awakening is now the best Switch launch of the year in the UK, surpassing the mark that Super Mario Maker 2 left earlier this year. Considering how many high-quality Switch releases there have been this year as well, that's an impressive feat.

As for the rest of the top five spots this week, Borderlands 3, Mario Kart 8 DeluxeGears 5, and PES 2020 rounded out the lineup. In the realm of new releases this week, Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch ended up nabbing slots at both 23rd and 26th, thanks to the two different versions of the game which hit PS4 and Switch last week. Obviously, if both were combined, the game would've ended up coming in much higher on the chart.

Per usual, you can find the full top-40 list from the past week down below.

Last Week

This Week

Title

Age Rating

Publisher

1

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LINK'S AWAKENING

PEGI 7+

NINTENDO

1

2

BORDERLANDS 3

PEGI 18+

2K

6

3

MARIO KART 8 DELUXE

PEGI 3+

NINTENDO

2

4

GEARS 5

PEGI 18+

MICROSOFT

3

5

EFOOTBALL PES 2020

PEGI 3+

KONAMI

20

6

TOM CLANCY'S THE DIVISION 2

PEGI 18+

UBISOFT

8

7

GRAND THEFT AUTO V

PEGI 18+

ROCKSTAR

7

8

SPYRO REIGNITED TRILOGY

PEGI 7+

ACTIVISION

10

9

CRASH TEAM RACING NITRO-FUELED

PEGI 3+

ACTIVISION

4

10

NBA 2K20

PEGI 3+

2K

11

TRUCK DRIVER

PEGI 3+

MAXIMUM GAMES

9

12

SUPER MARIO MAKER 2

PEGI 3+

NINTENDO

15

13

RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2

PEGI 18+

ROCKSTAR

12

14

MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN

PEGI 16+

SONY COMPUTER ENT.

28

15

CRASH BANDICOOT N.SANE TRILOGY

PEGI 7+

ACTIVISION

17

16

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD

PEGI 12+

NINTENDO

14

17

MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION

PEGI 7+

SONY COMPUTER ENT.

16

18

SUPER SMASH BROS. ULTIMATE

PEGI 12+

NINTENDO

22

19

MINECRAFT

PEGI 7+

NINTENDO

21

20

FORZA HORIZON 3

PEGI 3+

MICROSOFT

23

21

SEA OF THIEVES

PEGI 12+

MICROSOFT

25

22

MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION

PEGI 7+

MICROSOFT

23

NI NO KUNI: WRATH OF THE WHITE WITCH

PEGI 12+

BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT

29

24

SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY

PEGI 7+

NINTENDO

11

25

THE DARK PICTURES ANTHOLOGY: MAN OF MEDAN

PEGI 16+

BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT

26

NI NO KUNI: WRATH OF THE WHITE WITCH REMASTERED

PEGI 12+

BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT

30

27

NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. U DELUXE

PEGI 3+

NINTENDO

5

28

GREEDFALL

PEGI 18+

FOCUS HOME INTERACTIVE

13

29

WRECKFEST

PEGI 7+

THQ NORDIC

32

30

POKEMON: LET'S GO, PIKACHU!

PEGI 7+

NINTENDO

24

31

CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 4

PEGI 18+

ACTIVISION

32

KINGDOM HEARTS III

PEGI 12+

SQUARE ENIX

18

33

ASTRAL CHAIN

PEGI 16+

NINTENDO

34

LEGO JURASSIC WORLD

PEGI 7+

WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE

34

35

SUPER MARIO PARTY

PEGI 3+

NINTENDO

36

OVERCOOKED! 2

PEGI 3+

TEAM 17

26

37

F1 2019

PEGI 3+

CODEMASTERS

38

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE REMASTERED

PEGI 16+

ACTIVISION

27

39

CONTROL

PEGI 16+

505 GAMES

31

40

FIFA 19

PEGI 3+

EA SPORTS