During the recently announced Nintendo financials for the third quarter of the current fiscal year it was revealed that Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield for the Nintendo Switch have now sold over 20 million units. This means that Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield are the first mainline games to sell over 20 million since Pokemon Gold and Pokemon Silver which were released back in 1999 for the Game Boy Color. The best-selling Pokemon games continue to be Pokemon Red/Blue/Green for the Game Boy which shifted 31.38 million copies.
Pokemon series sales for all mainline titles:
- Pokemon Red/Blue/Green – 31.38 million
- Pokemon Gold/Silver – 23.1 million
- Pokemon Sword/Shield – 20.35 million
- Pokemon Diamond/Pearl – 17.67 million
- Pokemon X/Y – 16.49 million
- Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire – 16.22 million
- Pokemon Sun/Moon – 16.2 million
- Pokemon Black/White – 15.64 million
- Pokemon Yellow – 14.64 million
- Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sappire – 14.34 million
- Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu/Eevee – 13.00 million
- Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver – 12.72 million
- Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen – 12.00 million
- Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon – 8.89 million
- Pokemon Black 2/White 2 – 8.25 million
- Pokemon Platinum – 7.693 million
- Pokemon Emerald – 7.060 million
- Pokemon Crystal – 6.3 million
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