Koei Tecmo Wanted Pokémon Pokopia To Be The Very Best (Selling) Pokémon Spin-Off
The life-sim game Pokémon Pokopia has become a surprise commercial success for the Switch 2, selling over four million copies in five weeks. Koei Tecmo aims for the title to become the best-selling Pokémon spin-off in history.
Why it matters
The success of Pokopia demonstrates the continued market strength of the Pokémon franchise and the viability of life-sim mechanics in established gaming IPs.
It's already sold over four million copies
The relaxing life-sim Pokémon Pokopia has been a surprise hit for the Switch 2, but it apparently wasn't forecast by Koei Tecmo to be as successful as it's been in terms of sales.
Company president and CEO Hisashi Koinuma recently spoke to Famitsu about the game, claiming "there weren't any real expectations" attached to the title "before launch". However, the team at Omega Force supposedly had the intention and "aim" of making it the best-selling spin-off in the Pokémon video game series.
Here's what he had to say, according to a translation by Nintendo Everything :
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