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ThePokémonfranchise is still seeing incredible success , as the fiscal year 2019/2020 is the secondly - best ever class in the history of The Pokémon Company . ThePokémonfranchise debuted in ' 96 with the liberation ofPokémon Red & Greenin Japan , but it go out worldwide success with the Pokémania manna from heaven of the previous ' 90s whenPokémon Red & Bluecame abroad .
The days of the Game BoyPokémontitles are long over , but the series has explode in popularity over the past few years . Pokémon Gowas a cultural phenomenon that helped to revolutionise a wave of nostalgia stake in the dealership . Pokémon Gohas earned over three billion dollarsin earnings to date and does n’t seem to be slow down any time soon . There is also the runaway success of thePokémongames on theNintendo Switchto consider . Pokémon Sword & Shieldwere dogged by controversyin the run - up to their button , but this did n’t show in terminus of sales event , as they have betray over 17.37 million copies to date .
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The continued success ofPokémon Goand the popularity of thePokémongames on the Nintendo Switch has lead to The Pokémon Company having its second - best ever twelvemonth in terms of profits . According to analyst Daniel Ahmad onTwitter , the last profit of The Pokémon Company during the 2019/2020 fiscal year was 15.367 billion yen/$143 million . This means that 2019/2020 is the second most profitable year in the history of the caller , behind 2016/2017 and the introduction ofPokémon Go .
The Pokémon Company is n’t done with the current iteration of thePokémongames . Pokémon Sword & Shieldare being supported through DLC , with theIsle of Armorbeing let go of on June 17 . The second DLC isThe Crown Tundra , whichwill be released this fall . The unexampled addition toPokémon Sword & Shieldthrough the Expansion Pass intend that a lot of players will have a reasonableness to fork over the bread for visit new parts of the Galar region throughout 2020 .
Thebattle for the well - selling Nintendo Switch game is wake upandPokémon Sword & Shieldis facing stiff challenger from that upstart Tom Nook andAnimal Crossing : New Horizons . The fervency surroundingPokémon Godoesn’t seem to be run away , especially with the changes that have allowed people to play the plot more easily from home base , while make over ofPokémon Diamond & Pearlare probable to be total to the Switch in the future . The future is bright for thePokémonfranchise and fan can expect to keep traveling across the land , search far and wide , and catch them all for years to hail .
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Pokémon Sword & Shieldare available now for Nintendo Switch . TheIsle of ArmorDLC will be released on June 17 andThe Crown TundraDLC will be released this autumn .
root : Daniel Ahmad / Twitter
