Pokemon X and Y Pre-Orders Top 1.26 Million in Japan

Pokemon X and Pokemon Y, set to be released on October 12th exclusively for 3DS, have become the most pre-ordered games in the handheld's history in Japan with 1.26 million copies reserved. 

These numbers exclude digital versions of the games. 

The last games in the series; Pokemon Black 2 and White 2, were pre-ordered 1.16 million times while Pokemon Black and White were reserved 1.08 million times. All of those games were DS titles.

As Famitsu notes; Pokemon X and Y will be the first titles in the franchise to be released simultaneously worldwide. 

Also revealed is a second mega evolution for Charizard. The new mega evolution will be a Fire/Dragon-type Pokémon with the new ability of Tough Claws which improves the power of Physical attacks. Its Attack stat is also increased.

You can watch the video for Mega Charizard X below.