Pokémon Scarlet and Violet cleanly take the crown of the “highest global sales” for a game on the Nintendo Switch console as well as any Nintendo launch ever.
For the Pokémon series itself, Scarlet and Violet easily overtook Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, which launched this time last year, and Pokémon Sword and Shield, the last mainline Pokémon game released three years ago, which equally sold 6 million copies worldwide at launch.
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet also take the number one spot from Pokémon Sun and Moon’s first-week sales of 7.2 million copies, which was at the time the biggest launch ever for a Pokémon game thanks to coming off Pokémon GO fever.