Pokémon Legends: Z-A Sells 5.8 Million in Launch Week, Half Were Bought For Nintendo Switch 2

Pokémon Legends: Z-A sold astir six cardinal copies successful its opening week.

In a statement, The Pokémon Company announced that Pokémon Legends: Z-A, which debuted connected October 16, has already sold 5.8 cardinal units worldwide, with astir fractional of those bought for Nintendo's caller console, the Switch 2.

This means the archetypal Pokémon crippled to diagnostic real-time Pokémon battles is the 5th best-selling crippled of the franchise successful presumption of archetypal week sales.

By comparison, that's much than Pokémon X/Y and Let's Go Pikachu / Eevee managed successful their archetypal weeks, but, according to X / Twitter idiosyncratic Pierre485, not arsenic overmuch arsenic Pokémon Scarlet / Violet, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, and Pokémon Sword / Shield managed.

First Week Sales for Pokemon games pic.twitter.com/VdQlBCg4bi

Pokémon Legends: Z-A is acceptable successful Lumiose City, wherever an municipality redevelopment program is underway to signifier the metropolis into a spot that belongs to some radical and Pokémon and features a caller conflict system. It returned 8/10 successful IGN's reappraisal successful which we concluded: "Pokémon Legends: Z-A yet feels similar Game Freak hitting its stride successful Pokémon’s 3D era, with a amusive mounting to explore, a well-written story, and a full conflict strategy overhaul that works amazingly well."

For more, cheque retired our usher to Pokemon Legends: Z-A's caller conflict system, arsenic good arsenic our tips to drawback Eevee, Gengar, and wherever to find each colors of Flabebe. You tin larn much astir the starter Pokémon and their evolutions successful our Wiki guide, cheque retired our Side Missions List to marque definite you don't miss anything, and guarantee you're dressed to impressment with our All Clothing Stores and Clothing successful Pokémon Legends: Z-A.

Did you cognize Pokémon Legends: Z-A has a terrifying portion called Wild Zone 17, which tin beryllium scary depending connected the clip of day?

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