Every time a brand new mainline Pokemon sport rolls round, you’ll be able to count on not one however two variations of the identical sport to hit the cabinets. That is a gross sales determination that was made with a major objective in mind–to give Nintendo’s iconic plumber Mario a run for his cash.
Throughout an investor Q&A this week, Nintendo veteran Shigeru Miyamoto spoke a couple of assembly he as soon as had with Pokemon creator Satoshi Tajiri, who joked that the one solution to beat Mario Kart in gross sales was to promote two copies of Pokemon to every client. Miyamoto says this was one of many the reason why the primary Pokemon sport was launched as Pokemon Blue and Pokemon Crimson, which is a practice that was continued since then with most mainline video games.
“That’s one cause why Pokémon began with each Pokémon Crimson and Pokémon Blue,” Miyamoto said. “I consider that new concepts are born exactly due to folks like him, who problem themselves to surpass what got here earlier than.”
These Pokemon video games sometimes supply unique Pokemon for gamers to gather, and as of Pokemon Silver and Gold, two distinct legendary Pokemon that may solely be discovered of their respective video games. In fact, buying and selling Pokemon is a giant a part of the expertise as effectively, and up to date video games have made the method of finishing your Pokedex simpler due to advances in on-line connectivity. There are nonetheless followers who’re completionists at coronary heart and can purchase each variations of a Pokemon sport, with Nintendo even promoting two-packs to cater to participant demand.
This yr marked the thirtieth anniversary of Pokemon, and whereas a brand new Era 10 sport wasn’t launched, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet did get a Change 2 improve that significantly improved the sport on the brand new Nintendo {hardware}. Pokemon Legends: Z-A was additionally launched, and it noticed gamers return to Lumiose Metropolis for the primary time since Pokemon X and Y on the Nintendo 3DS.
Within the enterprise division, Nintendo has reported that it has bought 10.36 million Change 2 items as of September 30, and Mario Kart World has sold 9.57 million units so far. The corporate additionally revealed that 84% of Change 2 house owners beforehand owned a Change 1 console, and whereas it’s going to nonetheless promote the older console, Nintendo will deal with the Change 2 going ahead.