Pokemon Black/White Fastest Selling Nintendo Game in Australian History

18 responses to “Pokemon Black/White Fastest Selling Nintendo Game in Australian History”

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   Jimu Hsien

   March 29, 2011 at 1:41 pm

   The 3D whaaaaaat??

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   Daniel

   March 29, 2011 at 1:52 pm

   Pokemon is a fad. True words.

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      Jimu Hsien

      March 29, 2011 at 2:29 pm

      Longest fad I’ve ever seen…

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      Ross Moir

      March 29, 2011 at 3:05 pm

      Yes, a decade-old fad.
      Like denim jeans, rock music and video games.
      Okay, it’ll die one day, but only if they don’t start growing sometime soon.

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   Andrew Burdusel

   March 29, 2011 at 2:02 pm

   Right, but those are two games, not one. So 77k/2 is less impressive.

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      Azuresun

      March 29, 2011 at 2:24 pm

      Two games that are pretty much exactly the same for most of the development costs. Grouping them together is fair enough considering how little extra it would cost to produce two instead of just one.

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         Jimu Hsien

         March 29, 2011 at 5:18 pm

         I was going to say something along those lines and then I remembered that plenty of rich kids will have bought both.

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            DKnight1000

            March 29, 2011 at 11:12 pm

            Was in EB trying to talk myself out of buying games on sale, when I heard two kids talking about how they both needed to buy the other game.

            Funny thing is one had black and the other white… so much for trading.

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               Jimu Hsien- Honky, cracker.

               March 30, 2011 at 11:09 am

               Missed the point kids?

               Although this time there is a separate level in each…

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      MrTaco

      March 29, 2011 at 2:51 pm

      Though it says that HG/SS sold 45k, implying that was the combined total. And even with that “advantage” of being two games, that was still beaten by NSMB. This obliterated both of them.

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      Ross Moir

      March 29, 2011 at 3:03 pm

      So is heartgold/soulsilver, although it could be argued they’re two forms of the same game, eg Mass Effect 360/PC. Minor differences but the same core experience.

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      Eduardo

      March 29, 2011 at 3:03 pm

      You’re acting as if they’re two different games. They are almost identical. It doesn’t matter if there’s two versions, 77000 people wanted to buy the newest Pokemon game.

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4. 

   Batguy

   March 29, 2011 at 2:22 pm

   And this is why we’re never going to get the revolutionary new edition that we all crave. Who needs to innovate when the same-old-thing continuously breaks records?

   I’ll admit it, I bought it, so know I am part of the problem.

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      Jimu Hsien

      March 29, 2011 at 5:19 pm

      Problem?

      Anyone for Dragon quest???

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   VGP

   March 29, 2011 at 3:37 pm

   I wonder what the highest selling game ever (in one week) is for Australia?

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      Dan New

      March 29, 2011 at 4:10 pm

      I think the Pokemon franchise passed the status of fad and entered phenomenon territory some years ago..

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      Kyle_Katarn

      March 29, 2011 at 4:46 pm

      Probably Modern Warfare 2, or BlOps.

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6. 

   Pakka

   March 30, 2011 at 11:31 am

   I thought SoulSilver/HeartGold sold more than that. It seemed like a bigger release considering I saw heaps of people buying it, playing it and same with my mates they nearly all had a copy.

   I’ve only seen 2 people I know playing this. Eh, it’s good though bringing back the child within. Although OF those 2 people they both said similar things “It’s weird seeing the buildings move and more 3D environment”.

   They better not change the formula too much Nintendo, you’re gonna confuse everyone and they won’t know what to do!

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