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[Toadthemushroom]

As confirmed by the NPD group's Mat Piscatella a few hours ago.

That Pokémon Go + Pokémon Sun and Moon synergy.

As posted elsewhere, combined sales of Pokémon Sun and Moon also outsold this year's Call of Duty.

Anything on 3DS hardware?

Up 59% year-on-year, continuing an unbroken six month streak where 3DS hardware sales this year were above last year's.

 

[Asd202]

Pokemon is in good place right now.

 

[MatrixMan.EXE]

The Pokemon Effect.

 

[Herb Alpert]

and I thought they would have the worst holiday period ever...

Dammit.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Not bad for a system about to hit its 6th year on the market.

and I thought they would have the worst holiday period ever...

Dammit.

Worst Holiday period ever with a new mainline Pokemon launching after Pokemon Go? What...

 

[Grim Patron]

Nice.

 

[Bubble]

Sometimes I wonder where Nintendo would be without Pokemon. It's good to see Pokemon continue to be the powerhouse that it is.

 

[Toadthemushroom]

Not bad for a system about to hit its 6th year on the market.


Worst Holiday period ever with a new mainline Pokemon launching after Pokemon Go? What...

I think it goes to show how much the console market is overemphasised as an important part of Nintendo's business. If there was a big Wii U game launching this holiday (say, Zelda) and a few Nintendo-developed 3DS games I think people would be more upbeat about Nintendo's holiday performance. I know I would, even though it was a given that Sun and Moon would do exceedingly well off the back of Pokémon Go and its own high quality. Amazing game.

 

[Cerium]

They must've busted some balls at GameFreak to get this out the door in time for the holidays after the Switch delay. Can you imagine that kind of pressure? To carry Nintendo's whole holiday season alone.

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

Sometimes I wonder where Nintendo would be without Pokemon. It's good to see Pokemon continue to be the powerhouse that it is.

Nintendo knows how to handle and maintain their IPs,
If Pokemon was in another company's hands it would've been milked to death and dead a long time ago.

 

[Alex]

The last time I connected with a Pokemon game was... Blue. I lapsed quite hard on it since, never could get into other entries I tried in years past but I caved on Sun and wound up really loving it.

Few friends in a very similar position. They did a great job with this one, hope it's a sign of good things to come in the future as well.

 

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Anything on 3DS hardware?

 

[ASIS]

Nintendo sure min-maxed this whole year.

E3? One game. Hundreds if not thousands rushed through the gate for their booths.

Switch reveal? 3 minute video. 20 million views.

Holiday season? One game. Most successful launch in series history.

I don't think any company would have gotten away with this.

 

[Cerium]

The last time I connected with a Pokemon game was... Blue. I lapsed quite hard on it since, never could get into other entries I tried in years past but I caved on Sun and wound up really loving it.

Few friends in a very similar position. They did a great job with this one, hope it's a sign of good things to come in the future as well.

All of this hype just makes me want Stars footage.

 

[MisterHero]

Guys I don't think they can make dedicated hardware work anymore

 

[papertoonz]

Nintendo knows how to handle and maintain their IPs,
If Pokemon was in another company's hands it would've been milked to death and dead a long time ago.

you do know nintendo doesn't have that much influence over the pokemon IP right? like TPC are the ones who mainly handle the IP

 

[AquaWateria]

Nintendo sure min-maxed this whole year.

E3? One game. Hundreds if not thousands rushed through the gate for their booths.

Switch reveal? 3 minute video. 20 million views.

Holiday season? One game. Most successful launch in series history.

I don't think any company would have gotten away with this.

And every time Gaf overreacted lol.

 

[GamingOblivion]

Nintendo knows how to handle and maintain their IPs,
If Pokemon was in another company's hands it would've been milked to death and dead a long time ago.

but it is in someone elses hands. Gamefreak and The Pokemon Company.

 

[ASIS]

And every time Gaf overreacted lol.

To be honest I was one of those who overreacted as well. It just doesn't make any sense.

Needless to say their marketing team has definitely improved.

 

[Stencil]

Between Pokemon Go, Sun & Moon and that Mario Run game, I'm really surprised at Nintendo's recent successes considering how invested I was personally in their normal output (first party 3DS & console games.)

 

[Octavianus]

Nintendo is sooooo doomed though guys! Just wait and see.

 

[Toadthemushroom]

Anything on 3DS hardware?

From VG24/7:

Unit sales of 3DS grew 59% year-on-year, giving it six consecutive months of year-on-year growth – an amazing performance. The NES Classic Edition also sold 196,000 units in its debut month.

 

[True Fire]

They must've busted some balls at GameFreak to get this out the door in time for the holidays after the Switch delay. Can you imagine that kind of pressure? To carry Nintendo's whole holiday season alone.

Gamefreak has a very predictable output, so it's not like S&M was a last minute scramble.

 

[vareon]

I remember this E3, when Nintendo showed Pokemon Sun/Moon segment right after Zelda trailer and most people were "yeah yeah it's Pokemon, we knew it". I thought Sun/Moon would *just* be a generation, especially since there was a lot of freshness in X&Y. But Pokemon Go came and flipped everything.

 

[Femto.]

Something something just a fad something.

 

[Coffee Dog]

Definitely shows that people are willing to buy a dirt cheap handheld to play exclusive nintendo games.

 

[deleted]

From VG24/7:

Sounds good, I was hoping for some leaked numbers, but that'll do for the start.

 

[Javier]

Not bad for a 20-year-old fad.

 

[ArtHands]

Well i mean this is the best handheld for gamers this gen