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Oct 1, 2004, 4:11 PM
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Pokemon Sales Reaping Success
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Pokemon FireRed and Pokemon LeafGreen, both released Sept. 7 for Game Boy Advance SP, combined to sell more than 1 million units in North America within the first 21 days of its availability. Since its Sept. 2 price drop to an MSRP of $79.99, Game Boy Advance SP sales are up 70 percent.
Part of the impressive sales success of these two new games can be attributed to the inclusion of the new Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter, with wireless communication technology from Freescale Semiconductor, which lets players trade and battle their Pokemon or simply engage in a wireless chat. Pokemon FireRed and Pokemon
LeafGreen also includes cross compatibility with Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Sapphire, as well as Pokemon Colosseum for Nintendo GameCube, allowing players to trade and battle more than 300 Pokemon.
Pokemon was launched in Japan in 1996 for play on Nintendo's Game Boy and has evolved into a global cultural phenomenon. Pokemon was introduced in North America in September 1998 and has since generated more than $15 billion in worldwide retail sales. More than 40 million Pokemon video games have been sold in the United States, including
Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Sapphire, which were the No. 2 and No. 3 best-selling video games of 2003, according to the NPD Group. The trading card game, fueled by organized play programs around the world, has spurred global sales of more than 13 billion cards to date, while the Pokemon animated series on Kids' WB!, now in its sixth season,
consistently ranks within the top three shows for boys ages 6 to 11.
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