Whereas there’s one thing about Pokémon Legends: Z-A’s European launch gross sales and the general drop from Arceus and Scarlet/Violet, its gross sales in the US are a unique story. Circana’s Mat Piscatella revealed that by way of items and greenback gross sales, it’s the largest bodily online game launch within the area since The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Which is not any small feat, contemplating that the latter launched in Could 2023 on the Nintendo Change, which loved a far greater set up base. Much more spectacular is the truth that Pokémon Legends: Z-A’s console bundles, which contributed considerably to its robust gross sales in Europe, aren’t even included in its US gross sales.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A is accessible for Nintendo Change and Nintendo Change 2, and bought over 5.8 million items worldwide in its first week (with roughly half of its gross sales being on the brand new console). You may take a look at our evaluation right here – we gave it an eight out of ten, praising the real-time fight system, soundtrack, and Lumiose Metropolis as an entire.
