lvl99 Pixel
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Pokémon Sun & Moon sold 14.69 Million Units in 2016. X & Y outsell Black & White
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oh, you work @ Nintendo? pls do tell us
I'm hunting for better sources for the GameBoy games, so at the moment I'm using the sources wikipedia is using. I know I have a press release about it somewhere.
Greninja96
Banned
Wow, did not expect Sun & moon to do almost 15 million in less that two months. Insane numbers.
Whats amazing and surprising to me is that older games are still selling really well full price, despite a new game coming out. Those legs are insane.
Whats amazing and surprising to me is that older games are still selling really well full price, despite a new game coming out. Those legs are insane.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Holy shit, so much for me thinking Sun and Moon would be the worst selling first titles of a gen, that shit is gonna pass BW (and maybe even RS) before Stars is even announced.
XY is really close to passing RS, I wonder if it can manage that last little bit with Sun and Moon out and Stars around the corner.
XY is really close to passing RS, I wonder if it can manage that last little bit with Sun and Moon out and Stars around the corner.
SciencePilot
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Chezzymann
Member
20 million when?
MegaManTrigger
Banned
Do we actually know that? It's easy to say stuff won't have XYZ, but we don't know until an announcement is made.
Also, Pokemon being in 720p handheld mode and maybe 900p-1080p in docked mode and superior hardware to run double battles might be enough to get people to convert to Switch.
I am of the belief that Sun & Moon was intended to be a Switch launch title but, when Switch got delayed, they altered it to 3DS and downported it.
I have nothing to support this theory, and it is not based on any insider knowledge, but given Sun & Moon's mechanics/features, it makes so much sense
Obliterator
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Pokémon GO did wonders for the brand. Crazy sales
ArchedThunder
Banned
According to Eurogamer Sun and Moon was always 3DS, but was developed alongside Stars for Switch, which could explain the reasons you feel like SM were intended for Switch, because they were thinking about Stars at the same time.
I don't think that's quite right though. I think there are elements of that, but not that they were developed alongside eachother. I think it's a lot more complicated than that.
We'll see, though
AdventureRacing
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You would have to think it's on track to pass diamond/pearl based on those numbers that's a pretty good revival of the brand. I think the switch release and the 3DS slowing down will mean that sun/moon won't have quite as good legs as previous games. Stars could end up being the best selling 3rd version of all time as well. Perfect time for the brand to have a revival in its popularity, the switch needs a killer app and Pokemon is certainly that.
According to our extensive nintendo sales thread, Yellow sold more than 14.5 million copies. A couple of those numbers are wrong according to it.
Sun/Moon seems like it's on track to oust Diamond/Pearl as the best-selling post-pokemania game, which is incredible.
Sun/Moon seems like it's on track to oust Diamond/Pearl as the best-selling post-pokemania game, which is incredible.
That's a pretty good theory, makes a freaking lot of sense!
Can't wait to see what Game Freak announces in the upcoming months.
AppleSautts
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According to ZhugeEX on Twitter, Nintendo made $150 million in profit from Pokemon GO.
lvl99 Pixel
Member
We need a console version of mystery dungeon first. Pokemon as people is so much more appealing.
Bow before the GOAT pokémon.
Sure, the goat was in that game, but that isn't Gogoat!
Impressive, would be cool to see some of the newer games outsell first gen.
ArchedThunder
Banned
We'll probably get mystery dungeon in like a year or 2.
lvl99 Pixel
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on switch? iirc the last 3ds one was supposed to be the last one
Linkstrikesback
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http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=963700
I have no reason to discredit that thread anyway.
Edit' I'm too slow.
goldenpp72
Member
Sure seems like Nintendo is going third party any day now.
TheUntamedLegend
Member
Care to elaborate?
lvl99 Pixel
Member
That happened.
It was awful. One of the worst Pokémon games I have ever played.
ewww, thats not at all what i meant!
Lack of any 3DS features. Shift to barely use more than one screen at a time. Very limited touch screen use. Online shift to an obscure menu-based system in a menu option.
ArchedThunder
Banned
MaximumSpider
Banned
Man, this is a disgrace to Pokemon Mystery Dungeon.That happened.
It was awful. One of the worst Pokémon games I have ever played.
AdventureRacing
Member
Doesn't the switch have a touch screen? Not sure which way they'll go but I feel like Pokemon is well suited to touch screens so I'd be surprised to see the not take advantage of that.
MegaManTrigger
Banned
In fairness, one large touchscreen isn't the same as having two screens in which one is a touchscreen.
GinoFelino
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But everyone kept telling me nintendo is doomed 
Hoping for that Stars reveal soon.
Hoping for that Stars reveal soon.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Is it a codename though?
I'm still holding out hoping that they are going to call it Rainbow... He is the prism Pokemon after all.
TheUntamedLegend
Member
It makes more sense that they developed Sun and Moon/Stars simultaneously for the 3DS and the Switch. Breath of the Wild is similar in that they did not develop/removed dual screen functionality from the Wii U version.
plus ho-oh will be in the upcoming movie and seemingly have ash obtain a rainbow wing
much better name than stars imo
unknownstranger
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Even with that saying it'll outsell Yellow is ridiculous when Yellow sold more copies than the Wii U sold consoles.
goldenpp72
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Pretty sure Yellow sold a ton based on people thinking it was something new, considering the sales of the rest beyond it, coupled with the obscene red/blue hype of course. These third versions will never go over 10 million again on a single system, but they can certainly pull a huge figure.
Unknown Soldier
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Yellow sold a ton because it was the first game to star Pikachu, it was loosely tied into the anime which was at the time a huge sensation, and I think it came out around the time of the first theatrical film. Yeah.
Black & White got hit with bad timing. A DS game that came out three weeks before the 3DS in the west (granted, 6 months before in Japan) and in a time when piracy was rampant on the DS.
I expect S/M to significantly slow them down.
At least thei remakes will come in glorious hd.