Pokemon Diamond & Pearl sell 1 million in 5 days

digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/gaming_news/New_Pokemon_games_sell_1_million_in_5_days’;More good news for Nintendo today, as they have just announced that both the Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Versions have sold over 1 million copies combined in just 5 days of going on sale in the United States.

The rate of sale is higher then any other Pokemon game before it in the US and now brings the total amount of Pokemon games sold to 155 million. Nintendo expects, and we won’t disagree that Pokemon Diamond and Pearl will be one of the biggest selling games of 2007. Us Aussies get the games on June 21st, where I’m sure it will break more records down here. Look for our Vooks review in a few days!

Press Release inside

One of the video game industrys most celebrated franchises is officially hotter than ever. Within just five days of availability, more than 1 million copies of Pokmon Diamond and Pokmon Pearl for the portable Nintendo DS have sold in the United States since Sundays launch; a faster rate than any previous Pokmon games since the franchises U.S. introduction, almost a decade ago. To date, more than 155 million copies of Pokmon games have sold worldwide.

Pokmon Diamond and Pokmon Pearl are poised to become two of the top-selling games of 2007 in the United States. More than one half million people pre-ordered the games before launch. Additionally, thousands of people attended the kickoff launch event in New York, and demand for the games continues to be off the charts. These latest versions of Pokmon games were introduced in Japan on Sept. 28, 2006, and have already been purchased by more than 5 million video gamers there.

The two games include a number of features that make them particularly attractive to gamers, including:

* More than 100 new Pokmon.
* A 3-D look that makes Pokmon jump off the screen.
* Worldwide wireless battling and trading using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
* Voice chat functions that let players talk wirelessly with their friends.

Later this year, these two titles will also help expand the Pokmon universe for the first time to Wii, Nintendos new home video game system. Diamond and Pearl owners will be able to use their DS hardware units as controllers for Pokmon Battle Revolution (launching June 25), the first Pokmon game available for Wii. Players also will be able to export characters to the Wii game.

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