Please support Game Informer. Print magazine subscriptions are less than $2 per issue
More Than 1.5 Million Copies Of Original Pokémon Games Sold On 3DS
Nintendo’s no dummy when it comes to re-releasing classic games. And when it comes to Pokémon you can never have just one.
Recently, Nintendo re-released Pokémon Red, Blue/Green, and Yellow via the 3DS virtual console. It seems fans were eager to return to Pikachu’s yesteryear.
In a briefing following the release of fiscal year 2016 financials, Nintendo revealed that the trio of games are selling quite well for titles that are 20 years old. More than 1.5 million copies have been sold.
More than 50 percent of these were sold in the Americas. Japanese gamers bought many of their copies as codes from retail.
[Source: Nintendo]
Our Take
While gamers love to lament the re-release of classic games on new systems, the digital era gives us a chance at preservation. Sure, that comes with a cost (in this case, $9.99). But for games with battery-powered saves or that are simply difficult to find, like Xenoblade Chronicles, this is a practice that should be encouraged. And given how many copies have been sold, encouraging them you are.
I’d like to ask you to support Game Informer’s continued coverage of games with a subscription. For less than two dollars per issue, we mail you a full year of 10 print magazines, each with cover stories and preview features filled with exclusive details about the most exciting upcoming games. We profile and interview game creators. We look back on the rich history of gaming, and we celebrate what’s next.
Here on the website, we offer much of our content for free, including game reviews, daily news, videos, event coverage, and more – all with minimal ads.
We do so with a small editorial team, alongside contributing paid writers from around the world – over 65 individuals from 9 countries around the world, just in the last couple of years.
It’s not possible without support.
In a time when game makers and games coverage have faced hard struggles and layoffs, the future of this 30+ year magazine and community is at risk. Our new standalone magazine subscription is the number one way you can keep us alive – and we believe you’ll get a pretty fantastic gaming magazine in your mailbox every few weeks for your trouble.
Thank you.
