Koei Tecmo talks Pokemon Pokopia, wanted to make the best-selling Pokemon spin-off

Koei Tecmo has shared a few comments about Pokemon Pokopia’s massive success, including some lofty sales hopes the company had back when it was working on the project.

Famitsu recently spoke with Koei Tecmo president and CEO Hisashi Koinuma in a wide-ranging interview. Of course, it was only natural for Pokemon Pokopia to come up during the interview.

When Famitsu brought up how Pokemon Pokopia has likely been one of the more particularly rewarding collaborative projects that he’s recently worked on, Koinuma said:

“From among our spin-off titles I do feel a strong sense of accomplishment. We did work with the aim to make it the best selling spin-off game, but before launch there weren’t any real expectations (laughs). However, directly ahead of launch, lots of overseas media played it and rated it very highly, and then I felt it spread from there.”