Nintendo and The Pokemon Company’s Pokemon Scarlet and Violet is the best selling Pokemon game ever in Japan.
Famitsu has reported that sales of the Nintendo Switch title Pokémon Scarlet and Violet has exceeded 8.3 million copies in Japan, becoming the best selling game in the Pokémon series. These sales figures are as of November 18, 2024, exactly 2 years after the game’s release on November 18, 2022. Up until now, Pokémon Red and Green was the best-selling game in the country in the history of the series . This is the first time in the series’ 28-year history that this record has been broken.
Pokemon Red and Green was released on February 27, 1996, and is the beginning of the Pocket Monsters series. The game introduced several of the prominent gameplay elements that the series is known for. Since some Pokemon are unique to Pokemon Red and Pokemon Green, respectively, it became popular to trade Pokemon with friends in order to complete the encyclopedia.
Previously, a 4chan leaker, who has correctly leaked information on the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet DLC in the past, had stated that Nintendo is working on a graphics enhancement patch for the games, which will allegedly take advantage of a new Nintendo Switch model that will be released alongside the second DLC. The leaker had claimed to be a programmer at a Pokemon outsourcing company, which is working on the aforementioned graphics enhancement patch for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. According to them, the patch will come alongside the second DLC. The leaker had also revealed new details regarding the second DLC for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. According to them, the DLC’s focal themes are “Hidden Treasure of Area Zero” and “Hexagon”. According to the leaker, the DLC will add a new “Terrestrial” mechanic, whereby some Pokemon will be able to acquire new terrestrial forms.
