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This year’s 3DS software lineup includes two entries in the popular Fire Emblem series, as well as a Pikmin game, the franchise’s first handheld title.

This bodes well for the future of the 3DS, which Nintendo has said will stick around as a dedicated handheld platform alongside the portable/console hybrid Switch. Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS and Kirby: Planet Robobot, both of which were released in 2016, are also million-sellers - 2.01 million copies worldwide for Super Mario Maker and 1.32 million for Planet Robobot. Nintendo said that 3DS software sales were up 20 percent year-over-year in the third quarter. Pokémon games aren’t the only 3DS titles that are performing well. The 3DS will stick around alongside the Switch Absent some sort of unforeseen catastrophe, the games will surely continue selling well enough to bring them to the top of the 3DS library. (Helped by the Pokémon Go bump, sales of X and Y totaled 1.36 million units in 2016.) Next on the list is Mario Kart 7 with 14.82 million copies sold since its debut in 2011 - just above Sun and Moon. (Nintendo counts pairs of Pokémon games together, so while Sun and Moon are technically two separate products, they appear as one “game” in the company’s list of top-selling titles.)Ĭurrently, the best-selling 3DS game of all time is the previous Pokémon adventure, 2013’s Pokemon X and Y, with 16.06 million copies sold worldwide as of Dec. If Sun and Moon keep selling at the rate they’ve managed so far, they’ll soon outpace the other titles above them on the all-time 3DS list. The quarter included the release of two limited-edition models of the 3DS, which sold out instantly it remains hard to find 3DS systems in stores. Nintendo reported sales of 6.45 million 3DS units during its third fiscal quarter, a figure that was up 10 percent year-over-year.

While Pokémon Go may have faded as a phenomenon, it still seems to be having a strong knock-on effect for other Pokémon games and the platform on which they’re available.
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The buzz around the game, which is available only on Android and iOS, also drove major increases that month in sales of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire as well as Pokemon X and Y. Indeed, in July 2016 - when Pokémon Go debuted - the 3DS was the top-selling gaming hardware in the U.S.
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“The release of the smart device application Pokémon Go led to increased sales of software in the Pokémon series released in the past and drove Nintendo 3DS family hardware sales growth, particularly outside of Japan,” said Nintendo in its third-quarter earnings release today. While 10 games were made available when the handheld console first launched as part of a 3DS ambassadors program and a GBA virtual console was available on the Wii U, the best option to play GBA titles with more modern hardware has been through enthusiast devices such as the handheld Analog Pocket or Hyperkin’s console that can plug directly into your TV–If you still have the original carts, that is.Nintendo sold 14.69 million copies of Pokémon Sun and Moon in 44 days A Game Boy virtual console was previously available on the Nintendo 3DS, although the Game Boy Advance has received much less exposure over the years after it was replaced by the Nintendo DS. The Switch currently has several retro consoles and games available on it–NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, and N64–as part of Nintendo’s regular and premium subscription services. Rumors of a Game Boy and Game Boy Advance virtual console for the Switch began making the rounds last year, although Nintendo has yet to confirm its existence.
