Pokemon main series sales reach new milestone - CNET

Sales of mainline Pokemon games have now reached 200 million units worldwide, The Pokemon Company has aounced. This figure counts copies of the core series sold through February 29 and does not include the franchise's numerous spinoffs.

With spinoffs counted, the series has now reached 279 million units globally, up from 277 million units as of September 2015, according to data posted on the Pokemon website (via Gematsu).

The Pokemon trading card game is also a massive hit, with more than 21.5 billion cards shipped to 74 countries and in 11 different languages to date.