Topic: Pokemon Boosts DS Hardware Sales

[NWR_Karlie]

DSi, DSi LL, and even DS Lite sales are up in Japan.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/24105

Following the record-breaking sales of Pokemon Black and White in Japan, the Media Create hardware sales charts for the same week show a boost in sales for Nintendo DSi, DSi LL (DSi XL outside Japan), and DS Lite.

The best selling console of the week was the DSi, with sales tripling compared to the previous week. Following that is the DSi LL, with a 64 percent sales increase. The full hardware chart is below.

Chart position: sales (previous week sales)
1. DSi: 47,379 (16,345)
2. DSi LL: 31,254 (19,076)
3. PSP: 29,866 (30,761)
4. PS3: 21,096 (19,907)
5. Wii: 14,833 (15,031)
6. DS Lite: 7,137 (4,328)
7. X360: 5,804 (2,915)
8. PS2: 1,390 (1,363)
9. PSP go: 863 (809)

The week's software chart shows that Pokemon Black and White sold over 2.5 million copies more than any other title. Wii Party sold 36,547 copies with the lifetime total nearing the one million mark. Namco's One Piece and Taiko Drum Master titles for DS remained in the the charts, while Super Mario Galaxy 2 hung in at the edge of the top ten.

1. Pokemon Black & White (Pokemon, DS): 2,557,779
2. Front Mission Evolved (Square Enix, PS3): 51,084
3. Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds Tag Force 5 (Konami, PSP): 45,879
4. Halo: Reach (Microsoft, X360): 44,413
5. Wii Party (Nintendo, Wii): 36,547 (997,025)
6. Monhan Diary Poka Poka Felyne Village (Capcom, PSP): 28,627 (428,677)
7. One Piece Gigant Battle! (Namco Bandai, NDS): 28,123 (159,977)
8. Blue Roses (Nippon Ichi, PSP): 9,846
9. Taiko Drum Master DS (Namco Bandai, DS): 8,729 (215,513)
10. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo, Wii): 8,178 (825,541)

[Caterkiller]

God ol' reliable Pokemon! I have not been this excited about a Pokemon game since G/S, I'm already researching new moves and abilities. I guess Japan feels the same way.

[SilverQuilava]

Maybe if we're lucky, Nintendo will translate the text in Pokemon Black and White faster and release it in America sooner than scheduled. I mean LOOK at those sales. There has not been a single Video Game in HISTORY that's sold THAT much SO quickly. This HAS to attract the attention of Nintendo. Think about it. This will benefit Nintendo in so many ways. Especially since we're all excited about the games so much right now AND we still have to wait at least half a year. It will be a miracle of some kind if that happened.