Diamond, Pearl sell big in Japan: Two million games, 500,000 DS Lites sold

[BulbaBot]

According to NGCFrance.com, Japanese retailers are reporting a shortage in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, the newest Pokémon games released today for the Nintendo DS. The two million copies distributed to stores are nearly sold out, and 500,000 DS Lites were sold around the country within hours.

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[Hikari-chan]

Wow...

Omigosh.... Thats like totally amazing... Pokémon is still alive... =p

I hope that D/P sells totally higher than R/S/E... =p

 

[NoodleChefKyle]

Pokemon will always be alive. In Japan or America. Whether the haters like it or not!

 

[Zeta]

I think it's safe to say we'll be getting a fifth generation XD

 

[bell02+]

so basically... 2 million sold in a day... wow! First FFIII, now this!

 

[Zhen Lin]

Are they counting pre-orders in this as well I wonder.