Pokemon Legends Arceus is Breaking Sales Records

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Pokemon Legends: Arceus is finally out and many Pokemon fans are extremely excited to jump into this new world. Those fans have expressed their enthusiasm for Pokemon Legends: Arceus by preordering the game in droves, helping this Pokemon title to already be on track to be one of the best-selling games in Pokemon's history.

Pokemon Legends: Arceus is the next mainline game in the lengthy Pokemon franchise, and the first to not be sold as a pair. This game features some of the biggest gameplay changes in the series yet with open-ended exploration and crafting. New gameplay changes have also been introduced including the player character getting knocked out by Pokemon in combat, and catching Pokemon directly on the overworld without needing to transition into a battle.

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According to UK retailer Currys, Pokemon Legends: Arceus has already broken sales records for the company. The game was the most preordered game in the company's history. The retailer has been around for decades selling video games, so Pokemon Legends: Arceus breaking records for the company is crazy to see in 2021. However, it's not just popular in the UK. A Twitter user by the name of Ezereal, who tracks sales records for various games in the industry, has said that the game is currently the #1 best-selling game on Amazon in the USA, Japan, the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Australia.

It will likely be a couple of more days until the initial sales numbers for the weekend sales come in for Pokemon Legends: Arceus, but it seems pretty clear this game will well a lot of copies considering its high sales position on Amazon across multiple big countries around the world. Mainline Pokemon games