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Pokémon Alpha Sapphire and Pokémon Omega Ruby are flying off store shelves and it isn’t even out yet. Dengeki Online reports the Pokémon remake has been pre-ordered over one million times in Japan.

Reservations for Pokémon Alpha and Pokémon Omega Ruby have outpaced those for Pokémon X and Pokémon Y.

http://www.siliconera.com/2014/11/1...omega-ruby-pre-ordered-1-million-times-japan/

 

[Magwik]

1 million in Japan alone? Pokemon numbers will never stop amazing me

 

[ec0ec0]

has been pre-ordered over one million times in Japan.

sounds more impresive to me than "more than one million preorders"

haha

 

[Lebon14]

Really impressive. Really.

 

[lupinko]

It should be noted that many people buy multiple copies, myself included. I have the special dual pack bundle preordered at the local Pokemon Center, and have eshop money in the wallet for digital versions.

 

[DragonKnight]

I want to get this but im waiting for the new 3ds to drop first.

 

[SwiftDeath]

Old

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=931327

Still great numbers though

 

[Altered Juice]

"pre-ordered over 1 million times"

 

[Principate]

Good lord Japan really loves it's Pokémon.

 

[Hatchtag]

How the hell has Corocoro not leaked yet? Also a copy is out in the wild.

 

[Banamy]

Every single year I buy pokemon. It's one of those franchises I'll always buy. Forever.

 

[RE_Player]

Every single year I buy pokemon. It's one of those franchises I'll always buy. Forever.

Same. Never missed a generation and sometimes buy both versions. It's a classic formula that will never get old for me.

 

[The Lamp]

There's something wrong with me.

I buy Pokemon every year, but the formula is so stale and repetitive by now I only ever play a few hours and move on to other games and forget about it.

I'm entranced with the idea of Pokemon more than I actually enjoy playing and completing the game.

I'm part of the problem.

 

[braves01]

A million pre-orders? Damn

 

[MissileTrick]

That's bananas, I still haven't ordered mine yet.

 

[Laconic]

I hope they mass produce accordingly.

 

[-Horizon-]

Its old news but dang man, still pretty amazing to me hearing it again. The power of Pokemon. Especially a remake.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

so hyped for this game

 

[Floridian]

Tons of people are ready to experience one of the best generations in 3D.

 

[MaximumSpider]

My reaction?

 

[chertipros]

R.I.P. smash Bros U. Not that it ever really had a chance

 

[Frog-fu]

The King.

 

[NormalFish]

The thirst for

Spoiler

Flannery

at work.

 

[Zeyphersan]

Wonder if it'll top XY numbers

 

[Brazil]

Wonder if it'll top XY numbers

No way.

 

[harmonize]

Wonder if it'll top XY numbers

They won't even come close. B2W2 had more preorders than BW, yet ended up selling several million less than them.

It'll fall somewhere within the other remake numbers, definitely not the mainline games.

 

[wmlk]

Wonder if it'll top XY numbers

Remakes have very impressive pre-order numbers. This is still nothing surprising.

 

[Josh7289]

Wow.

 

[botty]

King Hoenn. Who is surprised.