Pokemon Pre-orders Top 500,000

Nintendo has announced that preorders for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl have topped 500,000!

Based on these preorder numbers, Pokemon is expected to be one of the top-selling games of 2007. These numbers have more than doubled the pre-order numbers of LeafGreen and FireRed. Those games went on to sell more than 3.4 million units in North America!

These new Pokemon titles will include new W-Fi connectivity allowing for voice chat and multiplayer modes, and all new Pokemon characeters.