Black and White break Pokémon launch records! :: News

Reported by Typhlosion on Mon Mar 7 14:26:56 2011
Last updated by Typhlosion on Mon Mar 7 14:29:12 2011
Section: Black and White

Simon Cowell makes sure of it.

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Pokémon Black and White have become the fastest selling Pokémon games ever released in the UK!

Confirmation came from the official charts today that the two versions occupy the top two sales spots already, with Pokémon White top of the charts and a staggering 13,000 sales ahead of Black in second place!

In fact, the sales make Pokémon White the 2nd fastest selling Nintendo DS title ever, only behind Professor Layton and Pandora's Box. Combined sales between Black and White are the 3rd biggest Nintendo launch EVER in the UK - only Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii sold more copies in the same time.

So with Pokémania well and truely back in the UK, what can we attribute the sales to? Fantastic gameplay? Icecream Pokémon? Or Simon Cowell sending One Direction to promote them?

I find this image hilarious. They really want to be there, don't they.

Although I'll be honest, I'd certainly flick that guy's switch.

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COMMENTS

Hahex and Oshawott on Mon Mar 7 16:28:57 2011.

wand errection :/

Angelic Lapras King on Mon Mar 7 16:42:51 2011.

More people wanting White to battle Iris, haha.

Misanthropy on Mon Mar 7 17:07:11 2011.

ha ha

HvitSjokolade on Tue Mar 8 05:50:50 2011.

who the hell are those guys?

KHFan90 on Tue Mar 8 07:53:24 2011.

A boy band from the last season of Simon's show "X Factor" in the UK. Which he's bringing over to the US in the fall.

Misanthropy on Tue Mar 8 15:38:07 2011.

they originally auditioned seperately and weren't good enough on their own but simon cowell had to put them together in a group because of safety in numbers lol

on Tue Mar 8 22:51:23 2011.

WOO ONE DIRECTION

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KHFan90 on Wed Mar 9 04:37:00 2011.

Did Niall dye his hair?

Shinymudkip on Wed Mar 9 22:01:41 2011.

yay?

Snagprophet on Thu Mar 10 15:34:25 2011.

Yey for the sales achievement. Boo to being promoted by a bunch of pansies.

Alex Boccaccio on Fri Mar 11 03:36:47 2011.

Lmao and i got black cus i prefer reshiram, every1 wants white cus it has the cooler legend, where other versions they go for the less girlier title

Misanthropy on Fri Mar 11 14:22:43 2011.

I get both but my main game is always the former one and use the other one for trading

Lorem Ipsum on Fri Mar 11 17:19:22 2011.

I'm going to be honest I would tap every single one of them except the platinum blond

Misanthropy on Sat Mar 12 23:39:52 2011.

one direction? okay as long as that one direction is over a cliff

Xylobe on Fri Mar 25 19:33:09 2011.

Is that Justin Bieber on the right?

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