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Nintendo announces Pokémon Pokopia has sold over 5m copies, meaning that roughly one in four Switch 2 users now owns the game

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Pokémon Pokopia
Genres · simulation
Release · Mar 5, 2026
Developer · Omega Force, Game Freak
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