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Source: pgnx.com -> http://www.pgnx.net/news.php?page=full&id=5735

08/18/04

Nintendo has revealed that gamers have already reserved more than 150,000 copies of Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen. This gives the game a rate more than 200 percent ahead of the 2003 Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Sapphire pre-sell. Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Sapphire went on to rank No. 2 and No. 3 in video games sold in the United States that year.

Pokemon FireRed and Pokemon LeafGreen will be available Sept. 7 at an MSRP of $39.99 each. The games will come bundled with the new Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter, which will let players trade, battle and chat with one another with no connecting cords. Those reserving copies in advance at participating retailers also receive a copy of the Pokemon Pocket Trainer's Guide.

"The advance sales on the Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Sapphire versions last year were phenomenal - combined, they sold through more than 4 million games in America alone," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "This pre-sell indicates more than twice the player interest!"

Source: Nintendo
-- Jose Liz
-- PGNx Media News Team
---- August 18, 2004