Enkele dagen geleden wisten we jullie te vertellen dat Pokémon weer helemaal in is sinds de DS versies van de populaire RPG's, en dat heeft Nintendo vandaag nog eens bevestigd. Ze hebben een persbericht vrijgegeven waaruit blijkt dat Pokémon Diamond en Pearl weer topsuccessen waren voor het bedrijf en een zeer groot aantal verkochte exemplaren op hun naam hebben.
REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 6, 2007 Pokémon® games
have always been best-sellers. But the huge popularity of the portable
Nintendo DS and the Wii home video game system has put the Pokémon
craze into a whole new category.
Just check out these statistics:
* According to the independent NPD Group, through July
Pokémon Diamond is the best-selling video game of the year on any
system, while Pokémon Pearl ranks No. 3.
* The newly released Pokémon Battle Revolution already ranks at No. 5 on the list of best-selling Wii games for the year.
* Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl for Nintendo DS have sold more than 3 million copies in the United States alone.
* Pokémon games have helped boost sales of Nintendo
hardware. According to the NPD Group, Wii and Nintendo DS were again
the two best-selling video game systems in the United States in July.
These hard numbers show that the Pokémon franchise and
Nintendos systems are striking a chord with players of all ages and
drawing in huge numbers of new players year after year, says George
Harrison, Nintendo of Americas senior vice president of marketing and
corporate communications. But anecdotally were also seeing that these
new Pokémon games are appealing to older players, the same ones who
played the original Pokémon games when they debuted in the United
States almost 10 years ago.
>Grown men and women with kids of their own proudly announce
they are training Pokémon and having a blast doing it. Gamer site
www.Penny-Arcade.com ran a four-part comic about the artists
Pokémania, while Kristin Brandt of ManicMommies.com posted: I have
become obsessed. I have played for many, many hours (I cant even admit
to how many its embarrassing)
And I cant seem to stop! There are
more Pokémon to capture, more levels to conquer and more badges to
earn!
The Pokémon franchise has sold more than 164 million games
worldwide. For more information about Pokémon Battle Revolution,
Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl, visit www.Pokemon-Games.com.
Remember that Wii features parental controls that let adults manage the
content their children can access. For more information about this and
other Wii features, visit Wii.com.
06-09-2007 om 23:02
geschreven door KillingRaptor 
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