Pokémon Sword and Shield surpass 22 million copies sold

Nintendo launched its financial report for Q2 2021, which ended on Sept. 30, earlier at the moment. And together with the Nintendo Change hitting 92.87 million items offered, Pokémon Sword and Defend have offered a complete of twenty-two.64 million copies lifetime. 

This places the latest mainline entries within the franchise simply 1.1 million copies shy of surpassing the Sport Boy Colour’s Pokémon Gold and Silver variations 23.73 million copies offered, that are the second best-selling titles within the collection—solely trailing the unique Pokémon Pink, Blue, and Inexperienced’s 31.05 million copies offered. 

At the end of Q1 2021, Sword and Defend had simply surpassed 21 million copies, that means the sport continues to promote barely over 1 million items per outcomes interval. This makes catching Gold and Silver’s lifetime whole very obtainable for the eighth era titles. 

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Moreover, Pokémon: Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee can be nonetheless promoting copies, totaling simply over 500,000 extra copies to go from 13.28 million to 13.83 million copies offered lifetime. New Pokémon Snap has additionally offered 2.19 million copies since launching in April, although that doesn’t embody Japanese gross sales figures. 

Pokémon Good Diamond and Shining Pearl are the following entries within the collection, releasing for Change worldwide on Nov. 19, adopted by Pokémon Legends: Arceus on Jan. 28, 2022.