Nintendo's 'Pokemon' Games Break All-Time U.S. Sales Records

Originally launched in the U.S. in 1998, Nintendo's Pokemon video game franchise shows no signs of slowing down, even if the Hollywood films ended their box-office run in 2003. The two new Nintendo DS games, Pokemon Black Version and Pokemon White Version, sold 1.08 million copies in the U.S. on March 6. That shatters the U.S. one-day record for the franchise, which was 780,000 held by 2007's Pokemon Diamond Version and Pokemon Pearl Version games.