>>14393778So let's see:
-Chart only shows registrants for club nintendo
-Chart doesn't give reference, simply shows demographic change and expansion as time progresses
-Iwata makes no mention of this being a change from before; specifically that the games have been like this for a while which is where the stigma comes from
-His next continues the influx of such
This is noted by the contemporary sales notes, especially since BW had a larger early release than the games before it.
Sinnoh may have it's merits for what it added mechanically to the series, but sales numbers are greatly endebted to the later sales of other games in the gen from returning people and the DS being a huge hit before it got to hit shelves in 2006.
How long have you been playing the series continuously, anyways?