Nintendo and developer Game Freak are working to attract millions of players to their popular Pokémon series. To back up this claim, the latest Pokémon pairing RPG Scarlet and Violet was the fastest to reach 25 million copies sold.
This information was obtained from updated catalog best-selling games on the Nintendo Switch. As of June 30, 2024, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have sold 25.29 million copies. The game achieved this result in less than two years from its release in November 2022. According to the owner of the portal Serebii, it took Pokémon Sword and Shield just under three years to achieve such sales.
By the way, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet currently holds the title of the fastest-selling game in the series, and is also the third-best-selling game in the series. The game is second only to Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue with 31.38 million sales and Pokémon Sword and Shield with 26.35 million copies sold.
