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Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus <\/em>took the core gameplay and soul of the Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>franchise and turned it into something that fans had never experienced before by adding a semi-open world and real-time elements to the process of battling, catching, and interacting with Pok\u00e9mon in the overworld. <\/p>

Following its launch on Jan. 28, the game was met with mostly positive reception from fans and quickly became one of the best-selling Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>games in recent years, racking up 6.5 million copies sold within the first week on the market. That number has now almost doubled as Legends: Arceus <\/em>reached 12.64 million units sold through March 31, which is especially impressive as it launched outside of a holiday season. <\/p>

That means in just three months Legends: Arceus <\/em>is already well on-pace to crack the top 10 best-selling Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>games of all time at some point this year. The game has singlehandedly outsold FireRed <\/em>and LeafGreen <\/em>and is encroaching on HeartGold <\/em>and SoulSilver\u2019s <\/em>12.7 million units. <\/p>

In addition to the newest Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>game continuing its hot streak, Pok\u00e9mon Brilliant Diamond <\/em>and Shining Pearl <\/em>are now the best-selling Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>remakes of all time, selling 14.65 million units total through Q4 2021, surpassing Omega Ruby <\/em>and Alpha Sapphire\u2019s <\/em>14.46 million units sold. Pok\u00e9mon: Let’s Go, Pikachu <\/em>and Let’s Go, Eevee! <\/em>also passed ORAS <\/em>at 14.53 million units. <\/p>

Pok\u00e9mon Sword <\/em>and Shield <\/em>remain the second best-selling titles in the franchise at 24.27 million units and even Ultra Sun <\/em>and Ultra Moon <\/em>hit a new milestone, surpassing 9 million units sold on the Nintendo 3DS.<\/p>

In total, Nintendo<\/a> mentioned that 39 different titles have now achieved over one million units sold on the Switch, including 26 Nintendo titles and 13 titles by other software publishers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"