It has been 3 weeks (now going to 4 weeks) since the release of Pokemon Black & White in Japan and sales are still going strong.

Here is a chart taken from 1Up showing software sales in Japan (27/09/2010 – 3/10/2010):

1. Pokemon Black/Pokemon White (DS) – 374,859
2. K-On! After School Live!! (PSP) – 170,848
3. Okamiden (DS) – 84,472
4. The Legend of Heroes ZERO NO KISEKI (PSP) – 84,360
5. Dead Rising 2 (PS3) – 79,695
6. Dead Rising 2 (360) – 43,800
7. Yakuza Black Panther (PSP) – 43,163
8. Wii Party (Wii) – 33,067
9. Starry Sky in Summer Portable (PSP) – 19,264
10. Dragon Ball Tag Versus (PSP) – 19,080

Seems like Japan just love their Pokemon and portable gaming. Pokemon Black & White is still sitting comfortably at the top spot after 3 consecutive week and it has sold a total of 3,761,217 copies in 16 days.

I don’t really play Pokemon games now, but I am always interested to see new ones just to know what are the new features added in. I remember when day and night cycle was first introduced in Gold and it was a huge deal! Also what about Diamond & Pearl? I bet a lot of you were excited after seeing that some of the environment assets (e.g. buildings) are actually in 3D!

The English version of Pokemon Black & White do not have any exact release dates so far, but it is slated for Spring 2011.

Source(s): 1Up