Pokmon Legends: Arceus is UK's fourth-biggest boxed Pokmon launch ever
eurogamer.netPokémon Legends: Arceus has become another big sales success story for the franchise — just two months after last November's Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
Indeed, Legends: Arceus shifted more boxed copies in the UK than last year's pair of remakes, and is now the fourth-biggest boxed Pokémon launch in the UK of all time — behind Sun/Moon, Sword/Shield and Alpha Sapphire/Omega Ruby.
When you look at Pokémon games not launched as part of a pair, Legends: Arceus is the biggest ever release — a record previously held since 2000 by Pokémon Yellow on Game Boy (thanks, GamesIndustry.biz).
«Inspired as much by Pokémon Go as it is Breath of the Wild, Pokémon Legends: Arceus is flimsy and compulsive — and exhilaratingly new,» Chris Tapsell wrote in Eurogamer's Pokémon Legends Arceus review.
Elsewhere in last week's chart, Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection arrived in fifth place. Maximum Games' Rugby 22 arrived in 33rd.
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