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The company's press release (translated by NeoGAF user, JoeM86 ) states that this statistic includes the 3DS Virtual Console releases of Pokémon Red, Green, Blue and Yellow , which were released on the series' 20th anniversary of release in Japan, and bring the total up to 201 million.The stat does not include spin-off Pokémon games, however - including non-core games, the series has sold 279 million copies.A Nintendo Direct recently revealed the the next core games in the series, Sun and Moon , due for release Holiday 2016. The latest Pokémon spin-off is Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Duo , which arrived in Japan on February 3 but has no US or EU release date as yet.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he thinks the only Pokémon sales that truly matter are those of the original Pokémon Black . It must never be sold again. It's too dangerous. Agree with him on Twitter