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Looks like Pokemon Sun and Moon are Nintendo's most popular UK launch titles EVER

Jeez Louise.

Looks like Pokemon Sun and Moon are Nintendo's most popular UK launch titles EVER

Following the release of Pokemon Sun and Moon last week, you'll either still be in the game's honeymoon stage or you'll be sick of hearing about it. Turns out however that Sun and Moon is Nintendo's biggest UK launch yet.

That's probably not much of a surprise to you guys but I'm talking about EVER, in all of the years Nintendo's been producing games for us - and that's an impressive outcome.

Whether that was due to its release date being around Black Friday, its well-marketed pre-orders, or probably just because it looked like a great Pokemon game, it looks like Nintendo's come out swinging.

Given the intense flop of the WiiU, hopefully this result bodes well for the long-awaited Nintendo Switch as it's also rumoured to be getting an exclusive version of the game.

To put this all in perspective, a tweet from the Dep. News Editor for Eurogamer states: "Pokemon Sun and Moon managed in one day what Wii Fit sold in two weeks." Now, ain't that just something?


Emily Sowden
Emily Sowden
Emily is Pocket Gamer's News Editor and writes about all kinds of game-related things. She needs coffee to function and begrudgingly loves her Switch more than she lets on.