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===Sales=== | ===Sales=== | ||
The games sold more than four million copies during their first weekend on sale.<ref>[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-10-15-pokemon-x-and-y-sales-hit-four-million-in-two-days Pokémon X and Y sales hit four million in two days • Eurogamer.net]</ref><ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/10/15/pokemon-x-and-y-sales-figures-revealed Pokémon X and Y Sales Figures Revealed - IGN]</ref> In the fiscal year of their release, they sold 12.26 million units.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2014/140508e.pdf#page=5 Nintendo Co., Ltd. - Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2014]</ref> As of | The games sold more than four million copies during their first weekend on sale.<ref>[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-10-15-pokemon-x-and-y-sales-hit-four-million-in-two-days Pokémon X and Y sales hit four million in two days • Eurogamer.net]</ref><ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/10/15/pokemon-x-and-y-sales-figures-revealed Pokémon X and Y Sales Figures Revealed - IGN]</ref> In the fiscal year of their release, they sold 12.26 million units.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2014/140508e.pdf#page=5 Nintendo Co., Ltd. - Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2014]</ref> As of March 31, 2021, Pokémon X and Y have sold 16.53 million copies worldwide, making these the highest selling Pokémon games on the Nintendo 3DS.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/3ds.html Top Selling Title Sales Units - Nintendo 3DS Software]</ref> | ||
====Japanese sales==== | ====Japanese sales==== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* These games are named after the x and y-axes of the {{wp|Cartesian coordinate system}}.<ref>[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/3ds/pokemonxy/0/1 Iwata Asks - Pokémon X and Y]</ref> | * These games are named after the x and y-axes of the {{wp|Cartesian coordinate system}}.<ref>[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/3ds/pokemonxy/0/1 Iwata Asks - Pokémon X and Y]</ref> | ||
* Although [[Game Freak]] released Pokémon X for the [[Nintendo 3DS]] in 2013, the tentative title (unconfirmed to be a codename for Crystal) for a game similar to the Japanese version of {{game|Crystal}} with planned support to [[ | * Although [[Game Freak]] released Pokémon X for the [[Nintendo 3DS]] in 2013, the tentative title (unconfirmed to be a codename for Crystal) for a game similar to the Japanese version of {{game|Crystal}} with planned support to [[Mobile System GB|connect to a mobile phone]] and set for an April 2000 release was also ''Pocket Monsters X'' (ポケットモンスターＸ), according to multiple sources such as an {{wp|Asahi Shimbun}} news article from December 1999.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20000303153731/http://www.asahi.com/tech/news/19991216h.html ネット最前線：ニュース]</ref> The game was postponed until 2001 due to the planned release of the [[Game Boy Advance]].<ref>[http://park3.wakwak.com/~pokepale/news/0/old/log/38.htm ポケモン情報サイト「palette」過去ログ38 - ポケパレ！]</ref> The article mentions an [[Mobile Game Boy Adapter|adapter]] for linking a [[Game Boy]] to a mobile phone, with the datacenter server used for the feature being hosted by {{wp|Kyocera}} in {{wp|Kyoto}}. | ||
* These are the first [[core series]] games that do not have ''Version'' (or its equivalent in that language) in their Western language names. | * These are the first [[core series]] games that do not have ''Version'' (or its equivalent in that language) in their Western language names. | ||
* These are the first Nintendo-published physical games to be released on the same date worldwide. | * These are the first Nintendo-published physical games to be released on the same date worldwide. | ||