Aussie game charts: February 19-25

The Burning Crusade's reign at the top of the Australian game charts has ended. Final Fantasy XII--the newest chapter in one of gaming's most revered role-playing series--has pushed the denizens of Azeroth out of the number one position in sales charts down under.

Despite already being available in Japan and the US for several months, Final Fantasy XII was released in Australia only on February 22, and its impact on the charts for the week of February 19 to February 25 was immediate. Longtime number one The Burning Crusade was forced to settle for fourth spot this week, behind strong newcomers Crackdown for the Xbox 360 and Supreme Commander for the PC, according to data trackers GfK Australia.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for the Nintendo Wii made a comeback this week, landing at fifth spot to be Nintendo's sole representative in the overall sales charts. The strong debut of Final Fantasy XII, Crackdown, and Supreme Commander pushed out some recent top 10 fixtures, including Gears of War and Lost Planet for the Xbox 360, and WarioWare: Smooth Moves for the Wii.

All sales stats, including console-by-console breakdowns, can be found below:

Top 10 Full-Priced Games
1. Final Fantasy XII, PS2
2. Crackdown, Xbox 360
3. Supreme Commander, PC
4. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, PC
5. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Nintendo Wii
6. Avatar: The Legend of Aang, PS2
7. World of Warcraft, PC
8. Cricket 07, PS2
9. Need for Speed Carbon, PS2
10. Guitar Hero 2 bundle, PS2

Top 10 Game Boy Advance Games (over A$40)
1. Pokémon Emerald
2. Happy Feet
3. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team
4. Avatar: The Legend of Aang
5. Bratz: Rock Angelz
6. Pokémon Ruby
7. Pokémon Sapphire
8. Bratz: Forever Diamonds
9. Dogz 2005
10. Lego Star Wars 2

Top 10 Wii Games (over A$50)
1. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
2. Excite Truck
3. WarioWare: Smooth Moves
4. Rayman Raving Rabbids
5. Red Steel
6. Avatar: The Legend of Aang
7. Rampage: Total Destruction
8. Need for Speed Carbon
9. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
10. Call of Duty 3

Top 10 PC Games (over A$20)
1. Supreme Commander
2. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
3. World of Warcraft
4. The Sims 2: Pets
5. The Sims 2: Life Stories
6. Desperate Housewives
7. Age of Empires III
8. The Sims 2
9. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
10. Battlefield 2142

Top 10 Nintendo DS Games (over A$40)
1. Avatar: The Legend of Aang
2. Bratz: Forever Diamonds
3. Nintendogs: Dachshund and Friends
4. New Super Mario Bros.
5. Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends
6. Nintendogs: Labrador and Friends
7. Cars
8. Pokemon Ranger
9. Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
10. Mario Kart

Top 10 PS2 Games (over A$50)
1. Final Fantasy XII
2. Avatar: The Legend of Aang
3. Cricket 07
4. Need for Speed Carbon
5. Guitar Hero II bundle
6. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007
7. Lego Star Wars 2
8. SingStar Legends bundle
9. Buzz! Junior Jungle Party bundle
10. Okami

Top 10 PSP games (over A$40)
1. Ghost Rider
2. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
3. Sega Mega Drive Collection
4. Avatar: The Legend of Aang
5. Need for Speed Carbon
6. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
7. Daxter
8. Tekken: Dark Resurrection
9. Rocky Balboa
10. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007

Top 10 Xbox Games (over A$50)
1. Need for Speed Carbon
2. Lego Star Wars 2
3. Call of Duty 3
4. Scarface: The World Is Yours
5. FIFA 2007
6. Melbourne Cup Challenge
7. NBA Live 07
8. The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
9. Eragon
10. Destroy All Humans! 2

Top 10 Xbox 360 Games (over A$50)
1. Crackdown
2. Gears of War
3. Battlestations Midway
4. Lost Planet
5. F.E.A.R.
6. Saints Row
7. Fight Night Round 3
8. Need for Speed Carbon
9. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
10. Massive Entertainment Pack

All data supplied by GfK Australia.