19th August 2004, 12:35 PM
Quote:In just the first 15 days of August, hungry Pokemon fans have already reserved more than 150,000 copies of Pokemon® FireRed or Pokemon® LeafGreen for Game Boy® Advance - a rate more than 200 percent ahead of the 2003 Pokemon® Ruby and Pokemon® Sapphire pre-sell. Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Sapphire went on to rank No. 2 and No. 3 in video games sold in the United States that year.
Pokemon FireRed and Pokemon LeafGreen will be available Sept. 7 at an MSRP of $39.99 each. The games will come bundled with the new Game Boy® Advance Wireless Adapter, which will let players trade, battle and chat with one another with no connecting cords. Those reserving copies in advance at participating retailers also receive a copy of the Pokemon Pocket Trainer's Guide.
"The advance sales on the Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Sapphire versions last year were phenomenal - combined, they sold through more than 4 million games in America alone," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "This pre-sell indicates more than twice the player interest!"
I stopped pretending to understand this phenominon years ago.
Planet Gamecube
Sometimes you get the scorpion.