Here’s How Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Have Sold Compared To Other Entries

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Nintendo has released its 2021-22 Fiscal Year financial results and these include updated numbers for its long-running Pokémon series. 

In the results, Nintendo calls Pokémon a first-party franchise, which some might not consider true since Game Freak, an independent party, develops most of the Pokémon games. However, Nintendo invests heavily in the franchise, and Pokémon games have always been released exclusively on Nintendo consoles. So, it’s hard not to call it a first-party franchise. On that note, Pokémon was Nintendo’s most successful property in the fiscal year that began in April 2021 and ended this past March. 

More specifically, the recent Generation 4 Sinnoh remakes, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl, have already sold 14.65 million units, despite just releasing last November. These remakes weren’t the only new Pokémon games released during the 2021-22 Fiscal Year, though. Pokémon Legends: Arceus hit the Switch in January and it’s sold 12.64 million units. 

Even Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield, which began Generation 8 on the Switch back in 2019, had a great year, selling 3.18 million copies. And Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! sold a respectable 1.25 million units as well. 

Serebii.net’s Joe Merrick released an updated chart with the sales numbers of every mainline Pokémon game, which includes the new totals for the remakes, Legends: Arceus, Sword and Shield, and the Let’s Go games. 

Whoops accidentally deleted the wrong tweet and deleted the main one Here are the sales figures for main series Pokémon games as they stand as of March 2022 pic.twitter.com/WjC5ZL8haD

As you can see, Sword and Shield continue to climb near the top, coming in second only to the