Pokemon Diamond and Pearl sell 10 million
by Ross Miller 
{ Jul 30th 2007 at 8:10PM }
Diamonds and Pearls are exactly what Nintendo is swimming in, as the latest two entries in the Pokemon franchise have hit 10 million units total worldwide. Japanese consumers are responsible for 5.2 million of those sales, with the U.S. taking second place for most addicted Pokegamers. The pair of games just launched in Europe three days ago, so expect those sales figure to keep on rising.
[Via DS Fanboy]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Donald @ Jul 30th 2007 8:23PM
Thereby concluding that people really, REALLY liek Mudkip.
Fatass of Kickassness @ Jul 30th 2007 8:24PM
It's official - 4chan has been run completely dry.
hydralisk456 @ Jul 30th 2007 8:31PM
SHHHHHHHH!!!! Fatass, rule #1!!
mr nimblewick @ Jul 30th 2007 9:03PM
There are people out there who don't know about 4chan still?
Word of the street. @ Jul 30th 2007 9:57PM
What is 4chan?,It supposed to be funny? because I enter once and there was only hentai,porn and mostly gay porn everywhere you clicked on,it was like a really lousy Systemwars.com.
The internet really makes sound 4chan like something 157,875,623,527,257,455,787,768.09x times better than it really is.
hydralisk456 @ Jul 30th 2007 8:23PM
Alright,go Pokemon! I loved D+P, most fun pokemon games since silver and gold.
hvnlysoldr @ Jul 30th 2007 8:24PM
Holy moly what a news filled Monday this has been. I repeat my claim that Pokemon is art to those debaters.
bender @ Jul 30th 2007 9:00PM
The Nintendo money train just never ends.
I still need to pick up diamond.
Sky_Shark @ Jul 30th 2007 9:24PM
I still have Pearl to get. I so far have Diamond and Battle Rev. Im thinking about even collecting the cards again..
Rubang B @ Jul 30th 2007 9:31PM
The U.S. sales will definitely pass the Japanese sales very soon. Pokemanz always sell better in the U.S. than anywhere else, and the game's been out in Japan forever by now, while it's still selling like mad in the U.S., where it has much longer legs.
Ryan @ Jul 30th 2007 9:34PM
(makes Sideshow Bob shudder)
I thought pokeman died in 1999. What next? Are gigapets coming back too? Furbies?
Awesome Stuff @ Jul 30th 2007 9:58PM
Pokemon never died out. The Real Fans always stayed and the poser people who were just in it to be part of the 'cool-crowd' back then. Its actually MUCH better that Pokemon has this underground-ish community IMO because other people were just so negative about it and the ones that were are the ones whos calling it a fad.
Also the ones who called it a fad just sucked at playing it from the get go. =/
chris @ Jul 30th 2007 10:03PM
Maybe the peak of 'Pokemania' has been dead for years, with popularity of stuff like the TV show and card game declining (not 100% sure since I don't live in America) thanks to more competition with crap like yugioh, but the video games are getting more popular if anything. Especially the proper RPG ones, as Diamond and Pearl obviously are.
JerJer @ Jul 30th 2007 10:31PM
lols, you do know that tickle me elmo, tenth anniversary (TMX) came out recently. and for 250 dollars no less! tamagachi's are also still very big, they are on like a third or fourth generation, adding online support. ill bet you havn't seen those in a while! up next: i thought power rangers ended in '96?!?! when did i grow out of these things?!
Matters @ Jul 30th 2007 11:31PM
If at any point in your life you ever thought Pokemon was cool then you're still pretty much a kid. Pokemon never lost popularity you just grew out of it. When you became a teenager other kids were there to replace you as Pokemon fans. It never went underground.
Slvrgun @ Jul 30th 2007 9:41PM
Pokemon Blue and Red FTW!
hvnlysoldr @ Jul 30th 2007 10:01PM
Gannon(Pokemon)-banned! It goes Red/Blue/Yellow, Gold/Silver/Crystal, Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald, Fire Red/Leaf Green, Mystery Dungeon Red/Blue, Ranger Red/Blue, and Diamond/Pearl.
Awesome Stuff @ Jul 30th 2007 10:01PM
Red and Blue has NOTHING on the strategies of the Advanced Generation (Ruby/Sapphire) and the Neo-Advanced (Diamond/Pearl).
hvnlysoldr @ Jul 30th 2007 10:03PM
Who came up with those stupid terms! You go by the generations. R/B/Y 1st G/S/C 2nd R/S/E 3rd and D/P 4th!
Word of the street. @ Jul 30th 2007 10:00PM
10 freaking years and the game havent change a bit,I dont know if that is something good or just sad.
The pokemon melee attacks needs a fix,A giant glove comes and slaps my enemies,WTf?,Why there couldnt be a an animation that show my pokemon attacking?,why a damn glove?.Really I could forgive the GBC and the GBA games for that but c'mon 10 years people.
Awesome Stuff @ Jul 30th 2007 10:09PM
Again, from what I mentioned before. If you really can't see the changes in the game, you really DO suck at playing it. Each generation the strategy gets unbelievibly complexed from Hold Items, movesets in general (over 200+ movesets), breeding, berries mixing combos to up stats, EV traing, IV training, Abiliteis, Personalities, Double Battles, the Pokemon THEMSELVES with their Type traits, Evolutions, and new WAYS to evolve them with each generation... and all you can think about it just a hand that comes up?? Animations are great and all, but it really shouldn't be the focus. Thats what the console games are for, really.
The games have changes much in the 10 years.
2ez @ Jul 31st 2007 3:29AM
So what you're saying is, you have noticed any of the core gameplay changes over the past 10 years because you're too busy watching the pokemon dance? gb2halo.
Mr Khan @ Jul 30th 2007 10:05PM
No longer playing it as my primary game, not since i beat the Elite 4, but Pearl is still played almost daily, just to explore all the places that open up afterward and to look at the other 330 Pokemon that suddenly become available...
Oh, and if you ask me, the only thing that ever gave Pokemon its bad reputation was that hideous 4 Kids Anime, nothing else about the game could really be deemed objectionable, i think
Awesome Stuff @ Jul 30th 2007 10:16PM
@ hvnlysoldr
Those are the official terms for the Generations (the ones I listed).
1st Gen- Gotta Catch Em All/Kanto League
2nd Gen- Pocket Monters Neo GS (Gold and Silver)
3rd Gen- Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation
4th Gen- Pocket Monsters Neo Advanced: Diamond and Pearl
BPM @ Jul 30th 2007 11:35PM
How are these "official"? Just curious.
I think of them as the following:
1st - Color Generation (from Red, Green, Blue, Yellow)
2nd - Metal Generation (Gold and Silver; Crystal messed this up)
3rd - Advance Generation (Game Boy Advance)
4rd - Dual Generation (DS - Dual Screen)
FM @ Jul 30th 2007 11:03PM
People STILL like Pokemon huh..
BPM @ Jul 30th 2007 11:36PM
10 years later, and still over 10 million people want to show you their Pokeymans.
WTG, Pokémon.
megapenguinx @ Jul 30th 2007 11:41PM
I like it. It's a RPG anyone can get into and you don't have to play it hardcore to beat the game. But it has things like the Battle Tower where (if you are hardcore) you can get you butt handed to you by everyone!
Negativecool @ Jul 30th 2007 11:50PM
Agh Pokeman...
GRE question:
Madden is to the United States as Pokeman is to:
The Rest of the World!
Keep churning out the mediocrity boys, people love it!
Orange Soda @ Jul 30th 2007 11:58PM
Why is it still popular to hate Pokemon? You'd think by now that to be a hip hater you'd have to rag on the Pokemon haters, or maybe even the Pokemon hater haters, considering the amount of time gone by. But it's still just stuck on hating Pokemon itself. How can all you self-respecting haters continue to not hate something popular? Don't you care about how cool you are?
Rex @ Jul 31st 2007 12:07AM
Cool, now where is my freaking official pokemon online roleplaying game!?
Platy @ Jul 31st 2007 12:25AM
Pokemon Gold and Pokemon Silver, Pokemon Crystal, Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Sapphire,Pokemon Emerald, Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl ...
so the next ones will be .... Pokemon Pokemon and Pokemon DS ? =P
Leonidas @ Jul 31st 2007 5:05PM
Nay, the next generation on Pokemon will be White/Black and Mexican.
Waf @ Jul 31st 2007 2:19AM
"Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl...."
From what I hear, the 3rd in the "Neo Advance series" is going to be Opal. Since Giratina is a play off of Girasol Opals like Palkia and Dialga are plays off of Pearls and Diamonds and Like Giratina are legendary dragons.
I'm looking forward to it. Pokemon really kicks all sorts of ass.
Awesome Stuff @ Jul 31st 2007 9:42PM
3rd Genis Advanced Generation. 4th is Neo Advanced, Neo meaning New
Tray @ Aug 18th 2007 9:40AM
Pokemon Crystal went down as the best pokemon game in history for me. It was the pokemon game with most improvements over its 2 shadows with things like night and day, multiple story lines (GOOD ONES), animated pokemon, genders, exploring the world of the previous game, battle tower, multiple legendary pokemon, and to top it all off you got to battle ash and gary at the very end and thats not even all of the improvements it made. It also used the perfect blend of cuteness and seriousness through its story art and game play to attract younger audiences whilst holding on to the older audience.
PS: It had the best music IMO too.
Awesome Stuff @ Jul 31st 2007 9:44PM
Oh wait, nm. I read your comment wrong :P whoops