We all know that the Pokémon series is big - perhaps one of the biggest gaming brands there is, and certainly one of Nintendo's most important properties.
However, the news that the series has now passed 300 million units sold (across 76 different titles) puts just how gargantuan it is into perspective; that figure doesn't even include downloaded versions or free-to-down games, like Pokémon GO, either.
The figure will no doubt have been significantly boosted by the recent launch of Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon on 3DS, the latest million-selling release in the series which started life in the '90s.
Here's to the next 300 million!
[source japanesenintendo.com]
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pii Pika-pika pikapi? kachu ka kaaa pi-pika-pika-pi!
The Mario franchise on the other hand has sold near 600 million units...(well it had a big head start and there are more Mario games out there). Pokemon is closing the gap though.
That's... pretty insane!
Fun fact. "Pika" means the male genital organ in portuguese. Slang, Pica, if you will.
@MattFox Hahhaha yeah, it was joke after joke on school.
After Pokémon Switch it will jump to 400kk!
Woah. That's almost half of Mario. I guess they have gotten really close to Zelda then or maybe even surpassed it if I'm not wrong.
Still got a while to go before they reach Dragon Ball Z numbers.
@Will_Iam2049 1. Use of Language
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@PigmaskFan
Pika ?
Pika Pika ?
Pikaaa...!
To put this into context, this is 1 copy sold to every 3 half baked new Pokemon monsters!
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@MattFox
Speaking about Same words but different meaning....
Buta = Boar in Japanese language
Buta = Blind in Indonesian language
@Anti-Matter
baka - Japanese for stupid
baka - Croatian for grandmother
@MattFox Don't forget Laputa in Spanish
Wow, 300 million! That's a lot of Pokemon masters!
@Anti-Matter: One of my favorites from German class back in the day:
Gift - English for present
Gift - German for poison.
Pokemon games reached 290 million units shipped by March 2017. Given sales of older titles and spinoffs, I'd estimate that Pokemon Ultra Sun/Moon has shipped 5-6 million copies by now.
Pokemon on Switch is going to be a monster.
@Yasaal
Zelda games have sold 80 million copies sold worldwide. Pokemon surpassed Zelda in sales after Pokemon Gold/Silver's release.
@Tyranexx In Norwegian
Gift = Married
Gift = Poison
@Octane lol...someone reported you for that post. xD
@westman98 My bad. I based my claim on a Smash 4 Fact shown in the loading screen that mentioned the Zelda series has about 200m+ counting VC and other stuff. Totally not credible
@Joeynator3000 Gotta love those nonsense reports! Sometimes I'm staring five minutes at a post wondering why it was ever reported in the first place.
The mainline Pokemon games have sold nearly 220 million copies prior to Pokemon Ultra Sun/Moon.
Red/Blue/Green: 31.38 million
Yellow: 14.64 million
Gold/Silver: 23.10 million
Crystal: 6.39 million
Ruby/Sapphire: 16.22 million
Fire Red/Leaf Green: 12.00 million
Emerald: 7.06 million
Diamond/Pearl: 17.67 million
Platinum: 7.60 million
Heart Gold/Soul Silver: 12.72 million
Black/White: 15.64 million
Black/White 2: 8.52 million
X/Y: 16.20 million
Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire: 13.85 million
Sun/Moon: 15.91 million
Ultra Sun/Moon: 5-6 million (estimate)
Ignoring Gen I and II...
> The new entries have each sold 16-17 million
> The remakes have each sold 12-14 million
> The "3rd versions" entries have each sold 6-8 million
I expect that trend to continue on Switch.
Wow. I take it we'll be seeing many more Pokemon games in the future.
Gotta catch em all.
I had to....
"Pokémon series is big - perhaps one of the biggest gaming brands there is"
Not entirely sure how you measure how big a gaming franchise truly is, do you count all the other merch associated with it, the tv shows, movies, trading cards, etc. etc. Does all that stuff count or not?
Cuz if all that stuff counts toward that title, then frankly there is no perhaps about it, not only would Pokemon be considered the biggest gaming brand there is, but it is in fact the biggest media franchise in the world, by a wide margin at that (at least when it comes to money made). Besting Star Wars which comes in at number 2 by over $13 billion. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_highest-grossing_media_franchises
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