Nintendo's long-awaited Metroid Prime has shot straight to number one on ELSPA's official UK game sales chart as compiled by Chart-Track this week, while last week's number one, Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven, fell six places down to seventh position. The remainder of the top 10 is more or less what we've come to expect in recent weeks, although Ubi Soft's Rayman 3 did manage to climb from 10th position to third now that it's available on all current console platforms.

　　In addition to Metroid Prime, new entries this week included Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield and the Xbox version of Shenmue II. Super Mario Sunshine also put in an unexpected appearance at number 17, no doubt because of the game's new budget price and because of the fact that major UK retailers including Argos and Dixons have recently slashed their GameCube console prices.

　　Rank This Week / Rank Last Week / Title / Publisher / Platforms

　　1 / * / Metroid Prime / Nintendo / GC

　　2 / 2 / The Sims / EA / PS2, PC

　　3 / 10 / Rayman 3 / Ubi Soft / PS2, GBA, GC, XB

　　4 / 4 / The Getaway / SCEE / PS2

　　5 / 5 / GTA: Vice City / Rockstar / PS2

　　6 / 3 / Lord of the Rings, Two Towers / EA / XB, GC, PS2, GBA

　　7 / 1 / Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven / Activision / PS2

　　8 / 6 / FIFA 2003 / EA / PS2, XB, PS, GC

　　9 / 7 / Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance / Midway / PS2, XB, GC, GBA

　　10/ 12 / Command & Conquer: Generals / EA / PC

　　11 / 11 / Dancing Stage: Party Edition / Konami / PS

　　12 / 8 / Super Monkey Ball 2 / Infogrames / GC

　　13/ 13 / Splinter Cell / Ubi Soft / PC, XB

　　14 / 14 / Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone / EA / PS, PC, GBA

　　15 / * / Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield / Ubi Soft / PC

　　16/ 15 / Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of Cortex / Vivendi / PS2, GC, XB

　　17 / * / Super Mario Sunshine / Nintendo / GC

　　18 / * / Ghost Recon / Ubi Soft / XB, PS2, PC

　　19/ * / Shenmue II / Microsoft / XB

　　20 / 19 / Harry Potter and Chamber of Secrets / EA / PS2, PS, GBA, PC

　　An asterisk indicates that the game did not appear on the previous week's list of best-selling games in the UK.

　　The list above ranks games across all formats according to retail sales in the UK. Where more than one platform is indicated for a single game, these are in order according to sales, with the best-selling version first. For a list of games ranked according to GameSpot review score, visit our Top Games page.