This morning, The Pokémon Company has announced that the latest installment in the monster-catching series, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, has sold 5.8 million units in its debut week, with Nintendo confirming that around half of those sales were on the Nintendo Switch 2.

While still a very good sales performance, it lags a bit behind compared to the first Pokémon Legends, Arceus, which launched in early 2022 and sold 6.5 million units in its first week on the market.

We recently posted Wccftech’s review of the game, penned by Nathan Birch, who rated the game 8.5 out of 10. Here’s a summary of his time with this new Pokémon Legends:

The Pokémon Legends: Z-A campaign is a bit lighter than some other entries in the series, as you’ll be able to complete the story in around 20 hours if you’re really galloping toward the finish line. Of course, you could easily spend two to three times that (or more) if you really want to Catch ’em All and tie up everything the game has to offer. As is usually the case with this franchise, you get out of this Poké Ball what you put into it.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A is the most cohesive, thoughtfully-constructed Pokémon RPG of the HD era. Some may miss the more expansive world of something like Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, but this game’s top-notch new combat mechanics, solid gameplay loop, and refreshing level of polish makes it fairly easy to overlook its compact map. Pokémon Legends: Z-A feels like a great new foundation to build on and I’m excited to see how the series evolves next.

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