Pokémon Legends: Arceus became the most-streamed game on Twitch in its first week of release, setting a new franchise record. According to statistics from the Twitch platform, on the first day of the game’s release, the peak number of players watching the game’s live broadcast was about 477,000, which was nearly double the 247,000 of “Pokémon: Crystal Diamond/Bright Pearl”.
Pokémon: Crystal Diamond/Bright Pearl” is a remake, and players are naturally less interested in it than “Pokémon Legend: Arceus”, which has many fresh elements, but the record is set by the latter is still not small. watch for.
If you compare “Pokémon Legends: Arceus” and “Pokémon: Sword/Shield”, the peak audience of the latter on the first day was only 188,000, which is a new game in the new generation of the “Pokémon” series.
Not only that, but the sales of Pokémon Legends: Arceus are also very good. The game became the best-selling game of 2022 on Amazon’s platform after it went on sale this week. Last year, it was among the top 100 best-selling games based on pre-order results alone.
Combining these phenomena, it can be seen that the innovation of Nintendo and The Pokémon Company in the derivative works of the Pokémon series is still worthy of recognition. Not only did the game attract a new audience, but it also gave fans of the series something new through this experimental gameplay.
Pokémon Legend: Arceus is now available on the NS platform.