Pokémon Brand Retail Sales Hit $2 Billion in 2014, With Lifetime Series Game Sales at Over 270 Million

You got to buy it! You got it buy it! Chinpokomon!!!

I am happy to have contributed $0!

@Ryno Shame, you've missed out on an incredible series of games.

@Reno you missed out BIG time!!

I just recently bought Omega Ruby and really enjoying it, and I've bought many Pokemon game, and movies, and cards, and watch alot of the cartoon...I'm obviously a poke-geek lol

Pokken Tournament Wii U.

Seems like they've announced the holiday Pokemon games - BW2 and ASOR - during winter, Jan or Feb - so I'm not expecting one this holiday, not even Gray or ZetaEmerald.

Pokepark 3 is overdue though. Or 700+ Pokemon amiibo for Pokemon Snap U. Hey @JaxonH you got enough money saved up for 700 more amiibo?

Gotta buy 'em all

Good to hear. I've been a fan of Pokemon since Yellow and haven't looked back. Still an amazing series.

@rjejr
Oh dear goodness no. I can't afford another line of Pokemon. The 20 NFC figures from Rumble U were bad enough (of course those were BLIND PACKS, a collectors worst nightmare).

And yet somehow, why do I get the feeling they're going to do exactly that...

@rjejr
Is Pokepark 2 any good on Wii? Should I look into getting that game and its predecessor? They're kind of expensive, semi-rare I believe. Like $30-40 and that was a year ago IIRC...

Pokemon has to be one of the most valuable IP's in the world now, makes 4 billion for Lucas's IP look like small change.

Put that Pokemon game on the Wii U and not talking that rumble junk.

@Ryno hey me too! Even as a kid, I had no interest in the games.

@rjejr I'm personally waiting on a Colo/XD sequel myself(wishful thinking at this point, eh?) but they probably would be crazy to pull off a game with its own line of Poké amiibo.

@rjejr I think Pokemon would be a good case for the amiibo cards. Far cheaper. Don't think anybody could take over 700 figures for $13 a pop - that is, if you can find them in stores that aren't Toys R Us (they charge $14 for whatever reason). That's a stock nightmare for Nintendo.

At one point, the Pokemon franchise as a whole (meaning all forms of media) actually made up 6% of Japan's GPD. That's how big the franchise is. It's honestly become a staple of Japanese culture at this point, much like Coca Cola or other powerhouse household brands around the world.

I swear, they should release a Pokemon Online Tournament game or something along that nature. NO!! Online RPG!!! And I'm talkin making the game so good, that the money would pay off the American National Debt!!

@MrPuzzlez Pretty sure they'd receive a cease and desist letter from both the US and Japanese governments because an official Pokemon online MMORPG would completely halt all productivity.

@TheRedCap30 Even more when you take into account how many of them would be eBay exclusive. Rumor has it that the lowest stocked one is Raichu

But it could be the game that would ultimately save the Wii U!! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease Nintendooooooooooo!!!

Good, they deserve it!

I've spent lots of money on Pokemon, but never regretted any of it. It's a great series.

@Ryno Because you use emulators and R4 cards?

@DarthNocturnal - You're right Z, totally blew that one. I just liked the sound of ZetaEmerald, kind of looks like the name of a Pokemon.

How about using some of that Pokemon money on a new F-Zero

I generally dislike people who have to add their two cents on things that don't even matter to them and reply with useless comments. But enough with this rant...

As for me, I've been a die hard Pokemon fan since its creation and I never regret any of the money I put into this franchise. I could honestly go without console games. I would like a newer and shinier stadium, not that Pokemon revolution failure, and that's really it for me. More 3DS versions please!

@IceClimbers - Cards would probably be the way to go for Pokemon, though I can honestly see all 700+ selling in Japan. I remember the 1st time I was in the Ntinodo World store a few years back looking at an entire wall of Pokemon toys, it wasn't all 500 or however many there were back then, but it was a lot.

I've thought if they did a Pokemon type amiibo game there would be 3 waves - Wave 1 all the starters (I think that's 18 or so) Wave 2 the popular ones - Pikachu of course, and whoever else is popular, I'm a big fan of Sudo Wudo myslef (though I call him Sudsy Wudsy, I'm odd) maybe they could call it the TV and movie line? and then Wave 3 would be about 2 dozen of the legendaries. So about 60 in all, or any 1 year of Skylanders toys as a reference point. Maybe th eother 640 they could do as cards?

@JaxonH - Pokepark 1 was shallow to say the least. Run around as Pikachu making friends by fighting them. I don't recall much more than that. Ithink it was meant for pre-schoolers, 4 or 5 year olds.

Pokepark 2 had a darker sinister stroyline, and it was better b/c you got to play as Pikachu and 3 others, the BW starters I think, and after finishing the main storyline there was an added dungeon w/ a higher difficulty which I always appreciate (really hated the way Pikmin 3 ended).

But no, don't play it, there are better things to do w/ your time and money.

Pokemon is probably my favorite video game franchise. I'm glad to see it's massive success.

I must have contributed about $2000 to that since I was a little girl. Maybe more. I've been buying Pokemon junk all my life.

Unfortunately, most of said junk from my childhood was either lost or thrown out.

Expected something like this would improve.

Now if only Nintendo owns Pokemon......

I'd love to see a new pokemon stadium where you can fight online,i wonder how many people thought this would die out by 2001?

@Tazcat2011 What? Its only worth that much?

@luckybreak Lucasfilms? Yeah that's what disney paid in '12. Half cash and half disney stock.

Personally I prefer the handheld versions of pokemon. The games aren't big enough to move to a console but I think that is part of the fun with the pokemom games. I always find myself beating the game in a few days to unlock every thing needed to start training competitive pokes.

I think cards would work best for pokemon with amiibo but not sure I would be happy if I was an avid pokemon tgc player and had to buy a second set of cards if maybe in someway they combined the tgc with amiibo cards they would sell a few more? Just my opinion think it makes sense.

Make a pokemon game for Wii U. Profit for nintendo and pokemon company to expand

I have played Pokemon since the beginning and my children are into Pokemon. My son is just getting into the card game now.

@Crimzonlogic
"Thrown out"?
Heresy...
Anyway.
I bought my 3ds xl only for it. Found many other fine games for my 3ds anyway . And i have found Lindsey Stirling because of them(Pokemon) .
"This was a day like others, maybe there was the rainbow (not in the sky but in my heart). I have checked news on web on my favourite game magazine website. There was news about Pokemon X/Y after their premiere. And some guy/girl pasted link to Pokermon Dubstep." Rest is the story. Its not the best song with her but i love it. So i want to thank CD-ACTION and Pokemon to made my day and found Lindsey.
So no matter how dumb your hobby can be, it can guide you to something even more amazing or worth your effort.
Peace.

Not too surpising, Pokemon is the second most profitable video game franchise in the world after all, only beaten by the portly plumber himself.

As for. Pokemon Amiibo, Amiibo cards would be perfect. All they have to do is make the normal TCG cards double as NFC cards. Two birds, one stone.