First Pokémon RPG for Nintendo 3DS Launches Simultaneously Around the World
REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 15, 2013 – On Saturday, Oct. 12, Pokémon X
and Pokémon
Y for Nintendo
3DS became the first set of games in franchise history to launch
simultaneously worldwide. Nintendo reported today that the games
combined to sell more than 4 million units across Japan, Europe*
and The Americas on Saturday, Oct. 12, and Sunday, Oct. 13.
"The early response to Pokémon X and Pokémon
Y not only reaffirms the ongoing passion of Pokémon fans,
but also indicates that an entirely new generation of gamers is eager
to experience the franchise for itself," said Nintendo President Satoru
Iwata.
Since this was the first global launch in franchise history, there
isn't an exact historical precedent for comparison. However, when
combining and comparing regional data for previous launches, Pokémon
X and Pokémon Y would be the fastest-selling
Nintendo 3DS games of all time and are tracking ahead of the last
Pokémon RPG titles, Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon
White 2, by more than 70 percent.
With more than 245 million** games sold worldwide, the Pokémon
franchise continues to be one of the strongest brands in the history of
video games. Since 2002, five sets of Pokémon titles have
combined to exceed 10 million units sold to date worldwide, with three
sets combining to surpass 15 million units. That list includes:
**Pokémon global sales are based on internal sales figures, and are current as of March 31, 2013.
About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii U™ and Wii™ home consoles, and Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo DS™ families of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 4.1 billion video games and more than 655 million hardware units globally, including the current-generation Wii U, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS XL, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi™ and Nintendo DSi XL™, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™, Nintendo GameCube™ and Wii systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, Metroid™, Zelda™ and Pokémon™. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, please visit the company's website at http://www.nintendo.com.
