{"id":6189,"date":"2017-11-24T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/the_pokemon_series_has_now_sold_over_300_million_units_worldwide"},"modified":"2017-11-24T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T10:30:00","slug":"the-pokemon-series-has-now-sold-over-300-million-units-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/11\/24\/the-pokemon-series-has-now-sold-over-300-million-units-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pok\u00e9mon Series Has Now Sold Over 300 Million Units Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"article-header\">\n<section class=\"title\">\n<aside \/>\n<p class=\"description\">And that doesn&#8217;t include downloads or Pok\u00e9mon GO&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"byline\">\n<ul class=\"article-author\">\n<li class=\" first\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/users\/794\/avatar.jpg\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" alt=\"Damo\" \/><\/li>\n<li>by <a class=\"author-name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/Damo\">Damien McFerran<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><span>2 days ago<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"share-this\">\n<li class=\" first\">Share:<\/li>\n<li class=\"value\"><span class=\"accent-bg share-count\">106<\/span><\/li>\n<li \/>\n<li \/>\n<li \/>\n<li class=\" last\" \/>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body body-text article-text\">\n<section class=\"text\">\n<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Score!\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/the_pokemon_series_has_now_sold_over_300_million_units_worldwide\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/the_pokemon_series_has_now_sold_over_300_million_units_worldwide\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Score!\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>We all know that the\u00a0<strong>Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> series is <em>big<\/em> &#8211; perhaps one of the biggest gaming brands there is, and certainly one of Nintendo&#8217;s most important properties.<\/p>\n<p>However, the news that the series has now passed <em>300 million units sold<\/em> (across 76 different titles) puts just how gargantuan it is into perspective; that figure doesn&#8217;t even include downloaded versions or free-to-down games, like\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/pokemon_go\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/strong><\/a>, either.<\/p>\n<p>The figure will no doubt have been significantly boosted by the recent launch of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/pokemon_ultra_sun_and_ultra_moon\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon<\/strong><\/a> on 3DS, the latest million-selling release in the series which started life in the &#8217;90s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s to the next 300 million!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"text source\">[via <a rel=\"external\" title=\"External Link: http:\/\/www.japanesenintendo.com\/post\/167822727834\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesenintendo.com\/post\/167822727834\">japanesenintendo.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And that doesn&#8217;t include downloads or Pok\u00e9mon GO&#8230; by Damien McFerran 2 days ago Share: 106 We all know that the\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon series is big &#8211; perhaps one of the biggest gaming brands there is, and certainly one of Nintendo&#8217;s most important properties. 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