What this is
Copies of Pokémon Legends: Arceus Nintendo sold to retailers in the year to March 2022 (released 28 January 2022, about two months on sale): 12.64 million.
How it’s built
- Read from Nintendo’s summary of results for the year to March 2022.
What we assumed
Nothing. The figure is used as published.
Sanity check
Only about two months of sales, against about four for Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl in the same filing, so the two launch-year totals are not like for like.
Where it comes from
The line in the source
『Pokémon LEGENDS アルセウス』が1,264万本とそれぞれ1,000万本以上の販売を記録しました (Legends: Arceus 12.64m; each recorded over 10m units)