Pokemon Black/White has achieved a new sales mark, exceeding five million sold in Japan. Enterbrain and Media Create have confirmed that Japanese sales of the latest Pokémon title reached 5,036,724 units as of January 9.

Pokémon Black/White was already the best selling title of 2010, beating out Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, which sold about 3.5 million copies. Four other DS titles have reached the five million sales mark, but 17 weeks is the fastest the milestone has been reached.

Source: Andriasang