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That places the game as the ninth best-selling first-party title on the Nintendo Switch and less than one million copies away from surpassing Pok\u00e9mon: Let's Go, Pikachu, Let's Go, Eevee!, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire after just over one month on the market.\u00a0 ORAS is still listed as the best-selling Pok\u00e9mon remake of all time at 14.46 million units sold, meaning BDSP has likely already surpassed it with the number of copies sold in January and will be crowned the top-selling remake in Nintendo\u2019s next report.\u00a0 See Pok\u00e9mon on Amazon For reference, Sword and Shield led all Switch Pok\u00e9mon titles with a launch of over 16 million units within its first month and change after release. 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ORAS <\/em>is still listed as the best-selling Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> remake of all time at 14.46 million units sold, meaning BDSP <\/em>has likely already surpassed it with the number of copies sold in January and will be crowned the top-selling remake in Nintendo\u2019s next report. <\/p>

See Pok\u00e9mon on Amazon<\/a><\/div>

For reference, Sword <\/em>and Shield <\/em>led all Switch Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> titles with a launch of over 16 million units within its first month and change after release. Let\u2019s Go <\/em>and ORAS <\/em>record around 10 million each, according to Serebii<\/a>, making BDSP <\/em>the fastest-selling remake already. <\/p>

In this same report, SWSH <\/em>officially became the second best-selling Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> games<\/a>, surpassing Gold <\/em>and Silver <\/em>at 23.9 million, compared to the Game Boy titles\u2019 23.7 million lifetime sales. The Switch also surpassed 100 million units sold, reaching 103.54 million and landing above both the Wii and original PlayStation.\u00a0<\/p>

Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus <\/em>was obviously not included within this report, as it ended on Dec. 31, 2021, and the newest Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> title was released on Jan. 28. It will be included in the next sales report, along with updated stats for all of Nintendo\u2019s other titles.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"