Japanese sales figures for Pokemon Black and White 2 are here thanks to Enterbrain and Famitsu (via Andriasang) and boy did it sell big. The first main Pokemon series sequel sold a whooping 1.6 million units in its first week which is the third biggest start in the DS’ history. Dragon Quest IX comes in second with 2,343,440 units sold while the highest selling DS game is the original Pokemon Black and White selling 2,637,285 units in its first week.
Pokemon Black and White 2 is also the first game to sell over a million units on any platform this year.
Overall sales numbers for Nintendo‘s portable consoles were also revealed. The DS has so far sold 32,855,241 units while the 3DS has reached is at 6,288,334 units. Do note that Pokemon Black and White 2‘s sales figures are through the week of the 24th while the sales figures are a bit older through the 17th of June.