{"id":40081,"date":"2024-11-19T13:05:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T04:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=40081"},"modified":"2024-11-19T13:05:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T04:05:32","slug":"pokemon-red-and-green-are-no-longer-the-top-selling-pokemon-games-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/pokemon-red-and-green-are-no-longer-the-top-selling-pokemon-games-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Red and Green are no longer the top selling Pok\u00e9mon games in Japan\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On November 18, Nintendo revealed that the top selling Pok\u00e9mon game generation in Japan has changed for the first time in 28 years. Up until recently, the very first Pok\u00e9mon game set &#8211; 1996&#8217;s Pok\u00e9mon Red and Green (later released as Pok\u00e9mon Red and Blue internationally) had remained the best-selling in the monster catching series.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/gamebiz.jp\/news\/396074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gamebiz<\/a>, Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet overtook the record this year, shifting over 8.3 million units in Japan alone as of November 18, which is the 2-year anniversary of Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet\u2019s release. To coincide with the anniversary, Nintendo revealed that they will soon be holding a limited time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/us\/whatsnew\/shiny-rayquaza-tera-raid-battle-event-coming-soon-to-pokemon-scarlet-and-pokemon-violet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tera Raid Battle event<\/a> featuring the legendary Pok\u00e9mon Shiny Rayquaza.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are not the only numbers the Pok\u00e9mon series has been smashing recently. Just last week, Pok\u00e9mon-related videos on <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/pokemon-videos-top-360-billion-views-according-to-youtube\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube topped 360 billion views<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Pok\u00e9mon Violet are available now on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/au\/pokemon-scarlet-and-pokemon-violet\/?srsltid=AfmBOopWOrZusbD5zh_4DSqVoXVgJjBanw7Hubob8n1XkXXEDhYXRHQ1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nintendo Switch<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo reveals that the highest selling Pok\u00e9mon game generation in Japan has changed for the first time in 28 years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":40086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,33,70],"class_list":["post-40081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news","tag-nintendo","tag-pokemon-series"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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