Pokémon passes 300 million games sold as it eyes Super Mario

Pokémon passed a huge milestone on November 25: 300 million games sold. This includes all of the core role-playing games (like Sun and Moon) and spinoffs, like the fighter Pokkén Tournament. For comparison, that puts it 50 million ahead of the Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty series, which has both sold 250 million games each. In fact, only one name is above Pokémon now: Mario.

The Super Mario series has sold over 311 million games. This only includes the 2D and 3D Mario platformers, the core installments in the franchise. If you count Mario as a more broad series that includes all spinoffs, like the Mario Kart racing games, that number climbs to 529 million. Pokémon has a good chance of at least passing the Super Mario series.