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IIIIITHE1IIIII on 26 December 2012
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smbu2000 said:
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

1. It's Pokémon. Higher sales than Animal Crossing are to be expected.

2. The game is perfectly playable on the 3DS.

It's not really the main game though, it's more like the 3rd version that usually releases (Emerald/Platinum/etc.) The sales for those are usually lower than the main games. AC on the DS sold over 5 million copies.


Those five million copies are after seven years of being on sale though. If we compare the first ten weeks we see that AC sold 1,7 million copies while Black/White 2 sold 2,6 million. Even the previous third entry, Pokémon Platinum, sold 1,9 million in its first ten weeks despite being one single version, so Black & White 2 outselling it is not unexpected.

Bottom line: Pokémon outselling AC is not a surprise. I should take back not calling it an amazing feat though since the Pokémon brand staying this strong for so long in Japan in itself is amazing.