{"id":495076,"date":"2025-11-15T18:21:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T18:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/pokemon-legends-arceus-sells-6-5-million-copies-in-just-seven-days\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T18:21:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T18:21:43","slug":"pokemon-legends-arceus-sells-6-5-million-copies-in-just-seven-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pokemon-legends-arceus-sells-6-5-million-copies-in-just-seven-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus Sells 6.5 Million Copies In Just Seven Days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Surprising nobody, Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus has sold a massive 6.5 million copies and it did so within just seven days of its January 28 release date.\u00a0<\/p>\n

These sales numbers came the same day Nintendo released its quarterly results where the company revealed that the Switch has crossed 103 million units sold<\/a>, surpassing the Wii\u2019s lifetime sales. Nintendo also revealed in those results that it isn\u2019t changing its investment plans in light of recent acquisitions<\/a> (looking at you Microsoft<\/a> and Sony<\/a>) and that the hybrid home console is only in the middle of its lifecycle<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Oddly enough, despite releasing sales numbers for games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and even Pok\u00e9mon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Nintendo didn\u2019t mention Game Freak\u2019s latest release, Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus. Instead, the Kyoto-based company randomly released Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus sales numbers hours later, in a tweet:\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you to the more than 6.5 million explorers worldwide who have already embarked on an exciting new adventure in Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus,\u201d a Nintendo of America tweet<\/a> reads. \u201cWe hope you\u2019re loading up on more potato mochi before your next research mission.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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Thank you to the more than 6.5 million explorers worldwide who have already embarked on an exciting new adventure in #PokemonLegendsArceus<\/a>!<\/p>\n

We hope you’re loading up on more potato mochi before your next research mission! pic.twitter.com\/u1MKRHkhhD<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) February 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s no surprise that Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus is selling really well. Not only is it a great game \u2013 Game Informer<\/em> gave it an 8.75 out of 10<\/a> \u2013 but Nintendo and Game Freak\u2019s partnership always produces high-selling games. The recent Pok\u00e9mon remakes, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, have already sold just under 14 million copies<\/a> and the mainline games before it, Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield, which are the best-selling Pok\u00e9mon games of all time, have sold 23.9 million copies<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For more about Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus, be sure to read Game Informer\u2019s<\/em> 10 tips and tricks to know before starting the game<\/a>. Check out the three newest Pok\u00e9mon Pop! figures<\/a> revealed after that and then take a look at this replica Heal Ball you can know preorder<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Have you been playing Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus? Let us know what you think of it in the comments below!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Surprising nobody, Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus has sold a massive 6.5 million copies and it did so within just seven days of its January 28 release date.\u00a0 These sales numbers came the same day Nintendo released its quarterly results where the company revealed that the Switch has crossed 103 million units sold, surpassing the Wii\u2019s lifetime sales. Nintendo also revealed in those results that it isn\u2019t changing its investment plans in light of recent acquisitions (looking at you Microsoft and Sony) and that the hybrid home console is only in the middle of its lifecycle.\u00a0 Click here to watch embedded media Oddly enough, despite releasing sales numbers for games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and even Pok\u00e9mon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Nintendo didn\u2019t mention Game…<\/p>\n

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