{"id":1822276,"date":"2026-03-12T12:35:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1822276"},"modified":"2026-03-12T12:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:35:52","slug":"after-a-successful-launch-weekend-pokopia-has-become-one-of-the-best-selling-pokemon-spin-offs-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1822276","title":{"rendered":"After a successful launch weekend, Pokopia has become one of the best-selling Pok\u00e9mon spin-offs ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a 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Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-12T12:35:52+00:00\">March 12, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" 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article-styling\">\n<p>It is fair to say Nintendo&#8217;s new Animal Crossing-like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-pokopia\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a> has had a pretty darn successful launch.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, Nintendo and The Pok\u00e9mon Company revealed Pokopia sold 2.2m copies across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a> over its release weekend, cementing its place as one of the best-selling Pok\u00e9mon spin-off games ever, and in just four days.<\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>We can assume sales figures will be higher now that a few more days have passed since its release, though some countries <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Chris_Dring\/status\/2030759466254455123?s=20\">have reported supply limitations for the physical version of Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As for where those 2.2m sales Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia made, 1m of them were in Nintendo&#8217;s home country of Japan. The game has become so popular that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-boosts-nintendo-share-price-after-first-weekend-out\">Nintendo&#8217;s share price recently got a significant boost<\/a>, after months of it seeing a downward trend.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This success is well deserved, with many of us here at Eurogamer rather taken with Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia (though, I spent far too much time manually watering the world with my Squirtle powers, only to later discover it would eventually rain and do all that for me).<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed_wrapper\" data-domain=\"twitter.com\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here&#8217;s the current known standings for Pok\u00e9mon spin-off games that have sold over 1 million<\/p>\n<p>Pokopia has already leapfrogged most of them and wil undoubtedly hit near the top <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qMGO3dr8hK\">pic.twitter.com\/qMGO3dr8hK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Merrick (@JoeMerrick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeMerrick\/status\/2031899651624886670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>We recently awarded the game four stars. &#8220;Pokopia succeeds in capturing the spirit of Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s past without sacrificing its uniqueness, as one of the best spin-offs the franchise has ever seen,&#8221; our Lottie wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-review\">Eurogamer&#8217;s Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To make sure you don&#8217;t miss anything during your own adventures, be sure to check out our guides. Here is one on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-walkthrough\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia&#8217;s walkthrough<\/a>, along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-pokedex\">full Pok\u00e9dex list<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-habitat-dex\">the Habitat Dex<\/a> &#8211; which will help you make every habitat in Pokopia &#8211; to get you going.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>It is fair to say Nintendo&#8217;s new Animal Crossing-like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-pokopia\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a> has had a pretty darn successful launch.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, Nintendo and The Pok\u00e9mon Company revealed Pokopia sold 2.2m copies across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a> over its release weekend, cementing its place as one of the best-selling Pok\u00e9mon spin-off games ever, and in just four days.<\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>We can assume sales figures will be higher now that a few more days have passed since its release, though some countries <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Chris_Dring\/status\/2030759466254455123?s=20\">have reported supply limitations for the physical version of Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As for where those 2.2m sales Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia made, 1m of them were in Nintendo&#8217;s home country of Japan. The game has become so popular that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-boosts-nintendo-share-price-after-first-weekend-out\">Nintendo&#8217;s share price recently got a significant boost<\/a>, after months of it seeing a downward trend.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This success is well deserved, with many of us here at Eurogamer rather taken with Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia (though, I spent far too much time manually watering the world with my Squirtle powers, only to later discover it would eventually rain and do all that for me).<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed_wrapper\" data-domain=\"twitter.com\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here&#8217;s the current known standings for Pok\u00e9mon spin-off games that have sold over 1 million<\/p>\n<p>Pokopia has already leapfrogged most of them and wil undoubtedly hit near the top <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qMGO3dr8hK\">pic.twitter.com\/qMGO3dr8hK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Merrick (@JoeMerrick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeMerrick\/status\/2031899651624886670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>We recently awarded the game four stars. &#8220;Pokopia succeeds in capturing the spirit of Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s past without sacrificing its uniqueness, as one of the best spin-offs the franchise has ever seen,&#8221; our Lottie wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-review\">Eurogamer&#8217;s Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To make sure you don&#8217;t miss anything during your own adventures, be sure to check out our guides. Here is one on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-walkthrough\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia&#8217;s walkthrough<\/a>, along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-pokedex\">full Pok\u00e9dex list<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-habitat-dex\">the Habitat Dex<\/a> &#8211; which will help you make every habitat in Pokopia &#8211; to get you going.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia After a successful launch weekend, Pokopia has become one of the best-selling Pok\u00e9mon spin-offs ever Three cheers-izard. 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