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tagline=Nintendo, IGN | tagline=Nintendo, IGN and Lycos show that Pokémon is still going strong | | ||
blurb=Three recent announcements show that Pokémon continues to be popular. | blurb=Three recent announcements show that Pokémon continues to be popular. With Pokémon Emerald wanted by many, a milestone in sales met and popularity in search results, the franchise earns more money as it approaches its 10th anniversary. }} | ||
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Three recent announcements | Three recent announcements show that Pokémon continues to be popular. With Pokémon Emerald wanted by many, a milestone in sales met and popularity in search results, the franchise earns more money as it approaches its 10th anniversary. | ||
First, IGN | First, IGN has [http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20051212005684&newsLang=en announced the results] from a recent survey of more than 25 million users' wish lists on IGN.com, GameSpy.com, TeamXbox.com and fileplanet.com to see what the most-wanted games are for this holiday season. [[bp:Pokémon Emerald|Pokémon Emerald]] topped the Game Boy Advance list, beating titles such as [[wp:The Legend of Zelda|The Legend of Zelda]] and [[wp:Final Fantasy|Final Fantasy]]. | ||
Online, | Online, a similar story has occurred. Lycos has published the [http://50.lycos.com/ Top 50 search terms of 2005], and ''Pokemon'' came in at number 8. This is up from number 33 for 2004. Some have speculated that increased interest in [[bp:Pokémon Diamond and Pearl|Pokémon Diamond and Pearl]] is likely an important factor in this jump. | ||
Elsewhere, Nintendo [http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3146276 | Elsewhere, Nintendo [http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3146276 has announced] that, in total, the Pokémon franchise has now generated $30 billion. | ||
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