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Wii, DS sales fuel Pokemon growth, says Nintendo

Nintendo Co. on Thurs. said strong sales of the Wii home video game system and Nintendo DS handheld have fueled growth of the company's Pokemon franchise at U.S. retail.

According to NPD Group Inc., Pokemon Diamond is the best-selling game title of the year on any system, while Pokemon Pearl ranks as the No. 3 best-seller.

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Published: 854 days 11 hours ago | News | Wii | Nintendo DS

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PS360WII - 854 days 22 hours ago

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that's a lot of Pokemon

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GodofPeace - 854 days 21 hours ago

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really needs to die its been on the air too long and it gets stale.

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PS360WII - 854 days 21 hours ago

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with sales like those are children's children will be playing Pokemon

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djt23 - 854 days 19 hours ago

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wow wow
that is crazy

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Daewoodrow - 854 days 17 hours ago

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shouldn't that be Pokemon growth fuels DS/Wii sales?

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I'll call it growth if Diamand/Pearl outsells Red/Blue/Green.

That's a tall order, becoming the second best selling game...ever, but that's where Red/Blue/Green sit right now, and, obviously, for growth to occur, you need more to sell later than you did at first.

I doubt Pokemon can do that.

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