I know its stating the obvious but Pokemon is a beast!

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Pineapple said:

The sales are quite insane. For a comparison, Pokemon Diamond/Pearl sold 2.6 million in its first 4 weeks. Diamond/Pearl ended up selling 6 million in Japan, and become the 5th best selling game ever there.

Black/White should end somewhere around there too. That will make the top 7 best-selling games in Japan all either Pokemon or Mario. It will also make the DS have 6 of the top 10 best selling games there.

 

 

Someone brought up a question about the biggest franchises. Pokemon is nowhere near Mario. But again, nothing is anywhere near Pokemon either. Unless you count the Wii series. Don't shoot me if I forgot anything.

1. Mario - 416.5 million

2. Pokemon - 194 million

3. Grand Theft Auto - 87 million

4. Final Fantasy - 84 million

5. Sonic - 75 million

6. Call of Duty - 68 million

Zelda - 60 million

 

It's a short list, because I'm really just illustrating a point with the top 3.

That list is a bit wrong, I think.

It should go: 

1. Mario

2. Pokemon

3. The Sims

4. Final Fantasy

5. GTA

...8. Zelda

(I think :p) And Mario is definitely not over 400million xD I think it's over 200 million, and Pokemon is about 50 million behind it.