Has Pokemon surpassed Mario?

[PAOerfulone]

Mario franchise lifetime sales according to VGC are listed at 558.40 million
Pokemon franchise lifetime sales are listed at 248.82.
Although Mario is 11 years older than Pokemon, although I subtracted sales from all Mario games from 1995 to prior and Mario sales from 1996 to present accumulated to 399.36 Million to Pokemon's number. 
So upon this glance, the answer should be an obvious no. However, given the absolute craze and gargantuan success of Pokemon GO, the Pokemon brand, in terms of popularity, recognition, etc. is currently at an all-time high! It's a worldwide phenomenon once again! And Nintendo's stocks are reflecting it! And I personally think that no other franchise for Nintendo, not even Mario, could have been capable of this on mobile devices! That's not to say they won't be successful there, because they most certainly will if Nintendo puts in the right effort and management. But I honestly don't think that any of their other properties could be capable of THIS! Only Pokemon! 

So I'm not going to say that it has, or that it hasn't. But I ask you guys?
In your opinion, with all the types of hype, height, popularity, and all kinds of levels of them that Pokemon has reached now thanks to GO, has Pokemon surpassed Mario as Nintendo's no. 1 franchise?