Pokémon Sun And Moon Is Nintendo's Biggest UK Launch Ever

I really hope this is not a valid excuse for The Pokemon Company to delay the next mainline generation of Pokemon games.

Some good news for a change.

Wow, so suprassing X and Y, unlike in Japan. Why does Japan hate Nintendo? Why can't they love Nintendo like the UK does?

If that rumour about the '3rd game' being on Switch next year was not true, then Nintendo need to get onto GF immediately and make it happen. It would be far more of a system seller than Zelda.

Well, it is a great game from what I've played. Only problem I have with it: I trained a flipping male Salandit T_T

@Damo Haha, of course, I was just kidding. Apparently Wii Fit is the highest previous debut of a Nintendo game, which did about 350,000 in two weeks, so this is above that, but still a long way short of Japan's numbers.

Who was the guy on here who said Pokémon Go would lower Pokémon moon and sun sales. How wrong can someone be.

Also the Pokémon moon and sun being released on switch rumors did Nintendo no harm.

What a beast of a release. Amazing sales, now waiting to see 3DS hardware boost numbers.

@kobashi100 Somebody said that? Because that would mean that person knows nothing about the products except for the brand's name.

And still many say Nintendoome, lol Nintendo is dong really well these days even with the ness classic selling like hot cakes.
AND I BELIEVE that the switch will do even better. Just anounce the right games (main pokemon) Mario, zelda and why people should buy the Switch version. A big trailer where u surprise us with metroid. POKKEN 2 with adventure/story mode in it etc etc,

I think this shows that putting a huge franchise on Smartphones and at same Delivering a well made game can really have impact on console or portable Game devices.So what with mario Run ect coming out on I.O.S and Android on phones, tablets this I hope should do lot help the Switch.We will see

@Peach64 Nintendo doesn't sell well in England especially there consoles and Have good self space in GAME UK.

@Equinox Ant that the truth especially there consoles.3DS sells are ok.just.But GAME no shelf space.

@Piersen This! I'm refraining from looking up things on Serebii/Bulbapedia etc. as I want to explore things entirely for myself and have the adventure spoiler-free (although leaks and inconsiderate YouTube thumbnails have hindered that). With that in mind, I was curious to see what Salandit's hidden ability was, and thank goodness my eye caught glimpse of the whole male/female evolution part. I only raised my male by one level, so not all was lost - feel it for you though buddy, unlucky!

I have the feel that 3ds is going no were for at least 2 years and will become a Pokemon machine more so than the ds gameboy etc. The switch will have competition RE Pokemon for a while.

We all know this is because there isn't much sunny weather here.

Pokémon Sun & Moon is a beast.

There is another factor for the high sales- there is no big Wii U game this year for Christmas, Mario Maker 3DS seems a little underwhelming especially if you own the Wii U one, and even the XB1 and PS4 Christmas lineups are a little limited beyond the stale usual sequels and remaster she (although FFXV and the Last Guardian look good).

Pokemon is perhaps one of the few choices if you want a game this Christmas.

So what are the numbers?

Thats great news but also depressing given theres no shelf space allocated anywhere and this totals around 500k probably, if only both combined beat out FIFA.

Forget about Mario. Pikachu is the real nintemdo mascot

Pokémon Go is leading directly to a sale for this Nintendo mega-fan who somehow looked on at Pokémon from the side for its entire lifetime. That is except for Pokémon Snap and Pokémon Rumble.

I don't count, though, as I'm in the North American market.

(Oh, and just played Snap again with family now that we are all acquainted with Gen 1. That game. It is so good and full of potential. I mean it's short and not as fully realized as it could have been even back then, but the fact that a sequel wasn't made for the Wii U is almost a travesty. )

@kobashi100
Really hope the Switch Pokémon Stars game rumor is true. And I'm making a new 3DS hardware investment right now. Doesn't bother me in the slightest to get a remastered, high-resolution version we can play on the big screen with family able to look on. Even if it happens in less than a year.

Main entries to Mario, Zelda, and Pokémon in the launch window is just what a crucial Nintendo console launch needs. Having smart phone entries that lead up to them won't hurt either. (Could there be a Zelda smartphone launch closer to the BotW launch?)

@SanderEvers yeah I've heard that. Could really go either way now with those numbers on 3ds.

Well as usual, UK or European people are really hyped with Football, the sport that most people likes but I NEVER like or even care at all. I just don't get it or understand for such an euphoria about Football that I feel disgust to see the domination that at certain point i'm tired to see those lame mainstream lifestyle over and over again. That sport really lame for me. Football anywhere, bored to see, irritated to hear, very rare to see different sport get most attention. Sorry for my lament about that sport. Instead football, I'm interested more with Bodybuilding or Boxing or Muay Thai. They are so sexy to me despite only few people cares.
Anyway, congratulations for Pokemon Sun/Moon can reach Top 3 !

@Peach64 To be fair, Famitsu reported it to have a slightly lower launch while Media Create has reported a slightly higher. All in all, the launch was about the same contrary to the rise in the West

Pokemon Sun/Moon sold more in one day than what Wii Fit sold in two days, not two weeks, which puts its launch sales at around 290,000. Not quite 300,000.

Nevertheless, that is double the launch sales of Pokemon OR/AS, the previous record holder for the fastest selling Pokemon game. Pokemon Sun/Moon is also the 3rd biggest launch of the year in the UK, under FIFA and COD, and above Tom Clancy's The Division and Battlefield 1. Incredible numbers.

Imagine how strong Pokemon sales must be in other European countries like France, Germany, Spain, and Italy, where Nintendo actually has a meaningful presence...

Is there like a list of Nintendo's biggest software launches in the UK? Be interesting to see where the last couple of Zeldas fit in terms of sales. I think Breath of the Wild has a chance to break this record too.

It certainly makes a nice change to see a Nintendo in the top selling games for a change,

I just feel bad for all those people wasting there money on that trash "infinite warfair"

@Piersen WHAT? NO I HAVE A MALE SALANDIT LEVEL 40 I THOUGHT: WHY ISN'T IT EVOLVING WHAT THE FRICK

Good. Sun and Moon are fantastic Pokemon games, and they deserve to be successful.

@MrGawain Agreed,

I think the only other Wii U game coming out this year (retail) is Minecraft Story Mode, there was Darksiders: Warmastered Edition, but I believe that's delayed till who knows when...

For 3DS while there isn't a ton coming out this Holiday, the system has SOOOO many games, that it's easy to pick some of the evergreen titles that keep selling.

For Ps4, I currently only have one for FFXV, the only other reason I bought one is because of all the amazing indie titles it has, and since my Mac either isn't supported or can't run most, I thought a Ps4 was a cheaper alternative.

So Pokemon is a very attractive NEW release compared to some of the rest, but I'd say nostalgia played a strong part.

@Anti-Matter football should not be sexy. It's a sport. People like football. I like football nothing wrong with it.
You are allowed to enjoy what ever sport you like. Nintendo is a business. They will make games for the mass. They want to make money. Look at the Wii u. Nintendo gave up

Sun and Moon are terrific. I like that they changed enough to make it feel familiar and new. The quality of life stuff was long overdue, like adding quick access to poke balls on the battle screen and the ride pager is great instead of the horrible TM Slaves.

@Tyranexx I'd like to know as well. I bought Moon physically but downloaded Sun.

@Piersen I know your pain, but those days are over for me. Now I have a shiny salazzle which is my pride this generation.

Here are the UK launch sales of the last few Pokémon:

Pokémon Platinum: 59,000
Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver: ~90,000
Pokémon Black/White: Between ~125,000 and ~144,000
Pokémon Black 2/White 2: ~62,000
Pokémon X/Y: 124,000
Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire: 145,000
Pokémon Sun/Moon: ~290,000

Pokémon Sun/Moon will likely sell well over 500,000 copies in the UK by the end of the year, which a roughly 50/50 split, give or take 2-3%, between each version. Should be enough to make both titles among the top 20 best selling games of the year in the UK, which is an achievement that no Pokémon game since Gold/Silver was able to accomplish.