What this is
How long Pokémon games stay in Nintendo's table of million-selling titles: none beyond its fifth fiscal year, the longest being FireRed and LeafGreen on the Game Boy Advance.
How it’s built
- Each game's last year in Nintendo's yearly table, counted from its first release year as year one.
What we assumed
Nothing. The figure is used as published.
Sanity check
Scarlet and Violet last appeared in its fourth year and Sword and Shield in its third, while Nintendo's own long sellers keep appearing year after year.
Where it comes from
Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes:
Show the working
- X/Y (October 2013): year to March 2017 = 4th FY (1.41m)
- Diamond/Pearl (JP September 2006): year to March 2009 = 3rd FY (2.04m)
- ORAS (November 2014): year to March 2017 = 3rd FY
- Let's Go (November 2018): year to March 2022 = 4th FY (1.25m)
- FRLG: FY3/04 (launch) → FY3/08 = 5th
- Pokopia Q1 FY3/27 = 3.68 − 2.41 = 1.27
Where it’s used
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