Fire Red and Leaf Green are top sellers even before their U.S. release.
THEY'RE BAAAACCCCKKK!!!!!!
Nintendo's Pokemon FireRed and Pokemon LeafGreen Pre-Selling Twice As Fast As Previous Pokemon Releases!
In just the first 15 days of August, hungry Pokemon fans have
already reserved more than 150,000 copies of Pokemon(R) FireRed or
Pokemon(R) LeafGreen for Game Boy(R) Advance - a rate more than 200
percent ahead of the 2003 Pokemon(R) Ruby and Pokemon(R) Sapphire
pre-sell. Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Sapphire went on to rank No. 2 and
No. 3 in video games sold in the United States that year.
Pokemon FireRed and Pokemon LeafGreen will be available Sept. 7 at
an MSRP of $39.99 each. The games will come bundled with the new Game
Boy(R) Advance Wireless Adapter, which will let players trade, battle
and chat with one another with no connecting cords. Those reserving
copies in advance at participating retailers also receive a copy of
the Pokemon Pocket Trainer's Guide.
"The advance sales on the Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Sapphire
versions last year were phenomenal - combined, they sold through more
than 4 million games in America alone," says George Harrison, Nintendo
of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate
communications. "This pre-sell indicates more than twice the player
interest!"
