Only Animal Crossing: New Horizons has signed a higher sales premiere than Game Freak’s RPG.
Tomorrow will be a week since Pokemon Legends: Arceus hit the stores. The new of Game Freak for Nintendo Switch has been a topic of conversation for all these days due to the controversy surrounding its graphics and artistic section, but the new approach to its gameplay has been a revolution in the legendary franchise.
After its premiere, and thanks to the information it provides Famitsu, we witness the first sales figures of the RPG. The title has sold 1.42 million copies in just three days in Japan, which is a very prominent brand if we look back at the launch history that the hybrid console has been enjoying since its appearance in 2017.
Diamond and Pearl remakes are behindThose millions of units sold place Pokémon Legends: Arceus as the second best Switch premiere in the Japanese territory, only surpassed by the performance in the first days that Animal Crossing: New Horizons had. This was released in March 2020 and exceeded the figure of 1.88 million copies. Another recent release, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Glistening Pearl, trails behind Arceus, with 1.39 million units sold in the first three days in the Asian country.
These numbers do not surprise us if we take a look at the top weekly sales in the United Kingdom, where the Game Freak game is also in first place in a European territory, being, in this case, the fourth best release in the saga. His commercial success It is indisputable, and at the critical level it has received good words in general. You can learn more about what we think of him in our analysis of Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
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