Nintendo and The Pokémon Firm have confirmed that their Koei Tecmo-partnered Change 2 unique, Pokopia, has bought greater than 5 million copies since its launch in March.
That implies that, in simply 5 months, the life sim recreation has been bought by 21% of Nintendo Change 2’s 23.68 million put in base.
That additionally locations Pokémon Pokopia because the second-best-selling Change 2 recreation, behind Mario Kart World’s 15 million gross sales (though that title was bundled with the console at launch), and forward of Donkey Kong Bananza’s 4.78 million gross sales.
The 5 million gross sales imply that Pokopia is already considered one of the best-selling Pokémon collection spin-offs ever, but it surely additionally represents an enormous success for developer Koei Tecmo, which has doubtless seen few hits of this measurement in its historical past.
Pokopia was primarily developed by Koei Tecmo’s Omega Power group, led by the administrators behind the sandbox recreation Dragon Quest Builders 2.
Notably, Pokémon Pokopia was launched as a Recreation Key Card, which is basically a digital obtain code on a bodily recreation card.
In Pokopia, gamers management a Ditto that takes on the looks of a human. As this humanoid Ditto, the participant will befriend different Pokémon and use their talents to rebuild an island.
A free replace and paid enlargement had been not too long ago launched for Pokopia, with a second enlargement due in late 2026, and a 3rd and last enlargement in 2027.
VGC’s Pokémon Pokopia evaluate calls it “Pokémon’s finest spin-off”, noting that the necessity to grind late within the recreation “can’t boring the shine” of the general expertise.
“Pokémon Pokopia is a wonderful life simulation recreation that takes one of the best bits from the champions of the style and evolves into one thing that Pokémon followers and comfortable recreation followers will love,” we wrote. “Late-game grinding doesn’t boring an journey that’s as stuffed with discovery at 100 hours because it was at one.”
Guides: Go to our Pokémon Pokopia information hub for step-by-step walkthroughs of all the recreation’s Essential Requests, full Pokopia Pokedex, all habitats, and extra.
