Pokémon Black and White Surpass 5 Million Sales

Japanese video game magazine Enterbrain has published reports that the total sales for Pokémon Black and White has reached and surpassed its estimated sale of...

Japanese video game magazine Enterbrain has published reports that the total sales for Pokémon Black and White has reached and surpassed its estimated sale of 5 million units. As of January 9, 2011, the number of units sold for Black and White was 5,036,724 units.

Selling over 5 million copies in just 17 weeks after its release, Pokémon Black and White has become the 5th Nintendo DS title to reach the 5 million unit mark and it’s the fastest one to do so.

Pokémon Black and White were released in Japan back in September and introduce over 150 never-before-seen Pokémon to the world. The games will be hitting the US shores on March 6.