How Nintendo's overseas Pokémon game revenue compares in years without a new main game

What this is

How Nintendo's overseas Pokémon game revenue compares in years without a new main game: the years to March 2024 and 2025 came in at 0.46–0.81 and 0.34–0.60 of the year to March 2021.

How it’s built

1. Years with no main-series launch are picked from the release calendar: Nintendo's years to March 2021, 2024 and 2025.
2. Each year's estimated revenue band is divided by the 2021 band, pairing low with high ends to show the full spread.
3. Launch years are shown for reference: ¥58.3–77.8bn (2020), ¥80.7–107.6bn (2023), ¥69.4–92.6bn (2026).

What we assumed

• Nintendo's overseas Pokémon game revenue can be estimated from units and list prices.Nintendo does not report it; the bands are the research's model, so the ratios inherit its uncertainty.

Sanity check

The launch-year bands overlap, so they cannot show a clear trend; the quiet years point down.

Where it comes from

Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes:

• EstimateThe Pokémon Company’s Tokyo company revenue growth in years with and without a new console game, 2021 to 2026. New-game years averaged 38% growth; other years 33%
• EstimateEstimated revenue Nintendo earns from selling Pokémon games outside Japan, each year from 2017 to 2026. For the year to March 2026