Nintendo released its sales data for the fiscal period ending December 31, 2021, showing that Pokemon Shiny Diamond and shiny pearl had the biggest opening for a remake within the franchise and is on track to become the best selling Pokemon remake of all time.
Since its launch on November 19, BDSP sold a total of 13.97 million units. This places the game as the ninth best-selling first-party title on the Nintendo Switch and less than a million copies away from surpassing Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu, Let’s Go, Eevee!, Omega Rubyand Alpha sapphire after just over a month on the market.
ORAS is still listed as the best-selling Pokemon all-time remake at 14.46 million units sold, which means BDSP has probably already surpassed it with the number of copies sold in January and will be crowned the best-selling remake in Nintendo’s next report.
For reference, Sword and Shield drives all switches Pokemon titles with a launch of over 16 million units in its first month and change after release. let’s go and ORAS save about 10 million each, according to Serebiimanufacturing BDSP already the best-selling remake.
In this same report, SWSH officially became the second best-selling Pokemon games, overtaking Gold and Silver at 23.9 million, compared to the 23.7 million lifetime sales of Game Boy titles. The Switch also surpassed 100 million units sold, hitting 103.54 million and landing above the original Wii and PlayStation.
Pokemon Legends: Arceus was obviously not included in this report, as it ended on December 31, 2021, and the most recent Pokemon The title was released on January 28. It will be included in the next sales report, along with updated stats for all of Nintendo’s other titles.