Hey, did anybody else think that the whole Pokémon obsession would've died off by now? Well, uh-- I guess not. Despite running at full tilt for over ten years as one of gaming's biggest merch-spawning cash-o-demons, Pokémon is still at the heart of gotta catch 'em all compulsive disorders for gamers around the world, the US being no exception. Nintendo revealed today that nationwide pre-orders for Pokémon Diamond and Pearl for the DS have topped out at over 533,000.
The report also notes that these numbers are more than twice what was raked in by the last two Pokémon titles, LeafGreen and FireRed, which ended up selling over 3.4 million units in North America alone. With the DS and DS Lites having sold almost 37 million units worldwide, Nintendo's got a pretty massive install base to hook on oddball monster-catchin'. That is, potentially, a whole lot of pokemans.
With numbers like these, perhaps it's not too early to suggest that these latest titles in the series might be the best-selling games of 2007. Expect the gates of hell to spill open once Pokémon Diamond and Pearl land next week.
[Via Reuters UK]
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12:39 AM on 04.18.2007
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"I choose you...HamSandwichmon!"
"Come forth...Plasticlawnchairowth!"
And it'll still Print Money.
Lookin' forward to catchin' me some pokemans.
The guy from Labyrinth just turned into a bird!
a) The games will be listed separately, not together, thus splitting the marketplace.
b) Some shit game like Cars will somehow launch up to the top of the list.
Fair comparison?
Bring me my Pokemon MMO for I need to pwn 8 year olds online...
To be honest I dont find the figure that surprising, I've imported 5 copies for people, and another friend of mine has imported a further five. Yet still more people want copies off us... its the DS fever I tell you.
Keep the core system if you insist but at least make it a more fast paced and balanced.
http://www.destructoid.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4664
feel free to post if you're either getting diamond pearl, and if you're starting with Piplup (ftw), Chimchar, or Turtwig.