{"id":495336,"date":"2025-11-15T20:55:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T20:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/pokemon-legends-arceus-has-already-sold-over-65-million-units"},"modified":"2025-11-15T20:55:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T20:55:53","slug":"pokemon-legends-arceus-has-already-sold-over-6-5-million-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pokemon-legends-arceus-has-already-sold-over-6-5-million-units\/","title":{"rendered":"Pokemon Legends: Arceus has already sold over 6.5 million units"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pokemon-legends-arceus-has-already-sold-over-6-5-million-units.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Nintendo <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoAmerica\/status\/1489420296415322115\">announced overnight<\/a> that its latest Pokemon game, <strong>Pokemon Legends: Arceus<\/strong>, has already sold over 6.5 million copies.<\/p>\n<p>The game came out last week on Friday, January 28, which means the figure was reached within at least six days of release.<\/p>\n<p>In Japan, the game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconera.com\/pokemon-legends-arceus-sales-pass-1-4-million-units-at-launch-in-japan\/\">sold over 1.4 million units<\/a> within 48 hours of release, making it the second best-selling Switch game released in Japan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/pokemon-legends-arceus-has-already-sold-over-65-million-units\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/pokemon-legends-arceus-has-already-sold-over-65-million-units\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo announced overnight that its latest Pokemon game, Pokemon Legends: Arceus, has already sold over 6.5 million copies. The game came out last week on Friday, January 28, which means the figure was reached within at least six days of release. In Japan, the game sold over 1.4 million units within 48 hours of release, making it the second best-selling Switch game released in Japan. 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