Nintendo has revealed the gross sales figures for Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen’s Change re-releases, and the 2 video games did very effectively certainly inside their first six weeks on the console.
In its newest monetary abstract, Nintendo places the gross sales figures for FireRed and LeafGreen at over 4 million, a determine the video games managed to realize between their launch on February twentieth and the tip of the fiscal 12 months on March thirty first.
If, like many, you had been questioning why Nintendo opted to place each video games up on the market as standalone titles moderately than bundling them into Nintendo Change On-line, it appears you have received your reply; it is as a result of there’s an viewers for them as obtain purchases. Presumably, that determine will solely enhance within the coming months, too.
Gross sales information for different Nintendo video games is revealed inside the new monetary presentation as effectively, together with for Pokemon Pokopia, which additionally managed to choose up 4 million gross sales for itself by the tip of the fiscal 12 months. FireRed and LeafGreen had an nearly two-week headstart, too, in order that’s spectacular.
Much more outstanding, nevertheless, are the gross sales figures for quirky life sim Tomodachi Life: Dwelling the Dream, which has nearly reached 4 million gross sales since being launched halfway by way of April. It appears like Tomodachi Life is an actual darkish horse of a franchise for Nintendo.
Different gross sales figures are sitting about the place you’d anticipate; Mario Kart World has racked up nearly 15 million items offered, whereas Pokemon Legends: Z-A has cumulatively collected nearly 13 million throughout each Change 2 and Change.
Donkey Kong Bananza, in the meantime, hasn’t damaged the 5 million mark but, which is a disgrace given the standard of the sport; I put it in second place in my Video games of the 12 months listing for 2025 (sure, it is a shameless plug).
When it comes to basic financials, just about all of Nintendo’s numbers are up for the 2025-26 fiscal 12 months, which you’d anticipate given the launch of a serious console throughout that interval. You’ll be able to try Nintendo’s full monetary presentation for the most recent fiscal 12 months right here.
