Pokemon Black and White sales are 1 million on day one in USA

9 March 2011

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Posted by:Josh

Pokemon Black and White shattered sales records when they released on Sunday, March 6th in the United States.

The games sold over 1.08 million copies in the first 24 hours on sale alone, becoming the fastest-selling Pokemon videogames of all time, exceeding one-day sales of the previous core titles, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl on DS, which sold 780,000 on the first day in April of 2007.

“Longtime Pokémon fans are attracted to the new Pokémon, new battle systems and a new region to explore, while newcomers enjoy the ability to jump in and have fun right away,” said Charlie Scibetta, Nintendo of America’s senior director of Corporate Communications. “These sales numbers illustrate the continued strength of the Nintendo DS family of systems. Already established as the nation’s best-selling video game platform of all time, the installed base of more than 47 million makes it the ideal hand-held for developers to reach a huge gaming-focused target audience.”

Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version feature more than 150 new Pokémon for players to catch, train and battle. The never-before-seen Unova region gives players a whole new world to explore. For the first time in the series, in-game environments change with the four seasons. The games also introduce Triple Battles and Rotation Battles, which give players even more choices when battling.

Here is a video from the New York Pokemon Black and White launch from Nintendo World.