Pokemon Sells One Million Copies In Two Days

Few video game series have maintained the popularity and longevity that the Pokemon series has. Despite the fact that the series generally has the same premise; collecting and training Pokemon, battling other trainers and occasionally your annoying arch-rival and collecting badges; the series hasn’t stopped selling like hotcakes.

The newest DS title, Pokemon Platinum has sold over a million copies in Japan in a mere two days. It’s a spin-off of the previous DS Pokemon titles, Diamond and Pearl. It features some additional critters (although I have no idea how they keep coming up with more of them!) and an expanded storyline.