Black and White break Pokémon launch records! :: News

Reported by Typhlosion on Mon 07 Mar 2011 14:26:56 UTC
Last updated by Typhlosion on Mon 07 Mar 2011 14:29:12 UTC
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 07 Mar 2011 16:28:57 UTC.

wand errection :/

Angelic Lapras King on Mon 07 Mar 2011 16:42:51 UTC.

More people wanting White to battle Iris, haha.

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

ha ha

HvitSjokolade on Tue 08 Mar 2011 05:50:50 UTC.

who the hell are those guys?

KHFan90 on Tue 08 Mar 2011 07:53:24 UTC.

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 08 Mar 2011 15:38:07 UTC.

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 08 Mar 2011 22:51:23 UTC.

WOO ONE DIRECTION

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KHFan90 on Wed 09 Mar 2011 04:37:00 UTC.

Did Niall dye his hair?

Shinymudkip on Wed 09 Mar 2011 22:01:41 UTC.

yay?

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

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

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

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 11 Mar 2011 14:22:43 UTC.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Is that Justin Bieber on the right?

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