Ubisoft’s Just Dance has knocked Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 from the top of the UK all formats chart.

The Wii exclusive dance title – which debuted at 100 on the all formats chart seven weeks ago – recorded a 114 per cent increase in weekly sales to become Ubisoft’s first chart topper since Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 back in March 2008.

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And it looks like they’re putting a little extra spit-and-polish on their promotion of this one, giving it the full television commercial treatment and everything. Check it out:

From Capcom: “Our ad agency had the idea to create this stop-motion short (a la Robot Chicken) to celebrate the zanyness of the game. Since it wasn’t something that I recall any other video game publisher doing before, we jumped all over the idea. We tried to keep it as true to the heroes’ characteristics as possible, so you’ll see some signature moves in there. You can see the spot in HD glory on USA, SyFy, Adult Swim and more starting next Monday.”

I’m just thrilled that MegaMan Volnutt got such a prominent spot.

Don’t forget to pre-order for the special lenticular trading cards, or if possible, check out the festivities of the Nintendo World Launch Event.

French-based publisher and developer Ubisoft has reported that sales targets for its third-quarter and full-year 2009-10 have been revised downwards to €495 million and around €860 million respectively, from the previously announced figures of €540 million and €1,040 million.

The company said that the revisions are due to a decrease in the DS market and a stronger focus towards AAA games adding that James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game and “several non-casual Wii titles” are reporting lower-than-expected sales.

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According to an interview with Official Nintendo Magazine UK, Platinum’s Shigenori Nishikawa reveals that “”I think MadWorld was very well received and was acknowledged for its innovative graphical style and gameplay. We would definitely be interested in making a sequel in the future.”

Of course, despite being “well received” the game was a bomb on store shelves, selling just around 60,000 copies despite a heavy marketing push from Sega. Of course, this mainly be due to the “Mature games on Wii” conundrum, but it isn’t a problem with him, apparently.

The Nyko Wand+ will feature the same form factor and size of the original Nyko Wand controller, adding in one very important addition: Wii MotionPlus compatibility. No more dongles or attachments, it’s right there for you when needed. The Wand+ will also make use of Nyko’s already-established Trans-Port technology, allowing for attachment controllers that don’t make use of the Wii Remote’s established buttons.

All this comes a darn good value, as the Wand+ will be sold for $39.99, just five bucks more than a standard Wiimote. If you’re not scared off by unlicensed peripherals, this could be worth a look.

Sony didn’t actually discuss PlayStation 3 and PSP very much during its mostly yawn-worthy CES 2010 press conference, but they happily released this number: PlayStation 3 sold 3.8 million hardware units worldwide during the five-week holiday period following Thanksgiving.

Nintendo announced earlier this week that Wii sold in excess of three million units during the month of December in the United States alone. No doubt worldwide figures are much higher.

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