Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's performance woes didn't hold back its sales, as Gen 9 overtakes Sword and Shield to become the series' all-time runner-ups

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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet key art showing a male trainer riding on Koraidon's back, and a female trainer on Miraidon's back, surrounded by starter Pokemon Fuecoco, Quaxly and Sprigatito.
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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have sneaked ahead of Pokemon Sword and Shield to become the series' second best-selling games.

In new sales information released during its latest investor call, Nintendo confirmed that the most recent mainline Pokemon games had sold 26.79 million copies. That means that they've just managed to overtake Sword and Shield, which have shipped 26.72 million copies.

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