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Written by. Nick Mosier based on the\u00a0original Japanese article<\/a>\u00a0(original article’s publication date: 2022-02-04 11:31 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


The Pok\u00e9mon Company announced that Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/strong><\/em> has sold 6.5 million copies worldwide in its first week. This makes the game the fastest selling Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> on the Nintendo Switch during its first week according to numbers from Nintendo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/em> is an action RPG and the latest title in the Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> series. The game takes place in the Sinnoh region during an age when it was still called Hisui and tasks players with completing the first Pok\u00e9dex. It incorporates many action elements into the gameplay with systems totally different from anything the Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> series has seen before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game also contains a system where wild Pok\u00e9mon can directly attack players and stealth elements to hide from said Pok\u00e9mon. There are materials to gather for crafting, and Pok\u00e9mon can be directly captured from the field without entering a battle. Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/em> is a new challenge for the series as it\u2019s more open and incorporates more recent gaming trends into the gameplay.
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The game currently sits at a Metascore of 84 on Metacritic<\/a>, with high praise from both media outlets and players. In addition, there are also reports that the game\u2019s physical release is doing very well in the UK. The physical release is doing well in Japan as well with Famitsu<\/a> reporting that the game sold 1,425,000 copies in its first 3 days available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for first-week sales of past titles in the series, Pok\u00e9mon Omega Ruby<\/em> and Alpha Sapphire<\/em> sold 3.04 million copies worldwide, Pok\u00e9mon Sword<\/em> and Shield<\/em> sold 6 million copies worldwide, and the recent Pok\u00e9mon Brilliant Diamond<\/em> and Shining Pearl<\/em> also reached 6 million copies. Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/em> has blown by that record to reach 6.5 million copies sold in its first week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/em> is also proving to be a very popular game for live streaming. 72 hours after its release, the game\u2019s average viewership was well above marks set by past titles in the series (Nintendo Life<\/a>). With the game being more open and allowing for more ways to approach it, players are perhaps enjoying watching how others are tackling its challenges, thus raising demand for the game on Twitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/em> is now available for the Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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