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HeartGold, SoulSilver sell 1.4 million over weekend (view source)
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blurb= | blurb=More than 1.4 million copies of Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the latest Pokémon games for the Nintendo DS, were sold on Saturday and Sunday alone in Japan, according to Famitsu. This surpasses Pokémon Platinum's sales of 1 million copies in its first three days on the market. }} | ||
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More than 1.4 million copies of {{bp|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver}}, the latest Pokémon games for the Nintendo DS, were sold on Saturday and Sunday alone, according to Famitsu. This surpasses {{bp|Pokémon Platinum}}'s sales of 1 million copies in its three days on the market. | |||
On Saturday — the game's release date — and Sunday, Japanese retailers sold a total of 1,408,980 copies of HeartGold and SoulSilver. Platinum took three weeks to sell 1.47 million copies. | |||
The North American and European versions of the games are set to be released next year. They are remakes of the {{bp|Generation II}} games {{bp|Pokémon Gold and Silver}}, originally released in Japan in 1999, and include elements from those games' third version, {{bp|Pokémon Crystal}}. Gold and Silver sold a total of 23 million copies worldwide, according to Kotaku. | |||
==Information== | ==Information== | ||
===External links=== | |||
*[http://kotaku.com/5359475/pokemon-sells-nearly-15-million-in-two-days Kotaku] | *[http://kotaku.com/5359475/pokemon-sells-nearly-15-million-in-two-days Kotaku] | ||
*[http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1227559_1124.html Famitsu] (Japanese) | *[http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1227559_1124.html Famitsu] (Japanese) | ||
*[http://www.pokemon.co.jp/special/hgss/ Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver official Web site] (Japanese) | |||
===Bulbanews=== | ===Bulbanews=== | ||
* [[Pokémon Platinum sells 1 million in three days]] | * [[Pokémon Platinum sells 1 million in three days]] | ||
* [[Platinum sells 1.47 million in three weeks]] | * [[Platinum sells 1.47 million in three weeks]] | ||