Pokémon Shiny Diamond and Shimmering Pearl have been released successfully in the UK in physical form. Nintendo Switch’s new commercial success this Christmas, the long-awaited ILCA remakes from the Sinnoh region, have monopolized first and second place in the UK rankings for the past week, individually topping first in Battlefield 2042, the other great release of this period. .

The return to work that ushered in the fourth generation of the series resulted in the second-best physical debut of 2021, behind FIFA 22; before the recent Call of Duty: Vanguard.

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The information, presented by GamesIndustry, specifies that Pokémon Shiny Diamond was chosen by more users, while Shining Pearl remained in second place. The first of those iterations beats Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury without adding sales from both editions. Only Brilliant Diamond is already this year’s best Nintendo Switch release in the UK. The double pack (which includes the box and cartridge from both deliveries) came in ninth place.

Very encouraging figures for the rest of Europe and the United States, given that an increasingly assertive digital aspect is not in sight among users of the Japanese console.

With this data, Pokémon Shiny Diamond and Shimmering Pearl are 26% lower than the premiere of Pokémon Sword and Shield (November 2019) and 13% higher than the accumulated physical sales of Pokémon Let’s Go, Pikachu! and come on, Eevee! (November 2018).

Present and immediate future of Pokémon

Pokémon Shiny Diamond and Shimmering Pearl will be available exclusively on Nintendo Switch starting November 19; two titles that have fully respected the original works, a clear tribute that does not intend to expand the experience with respect to what was seen on Nintendo DS, but rather to remember these adventures. The result is remarkable, although conservative and unambitious. It will be a few weeks later, on January 28, 2022, when a new stage begins with the help of Game Freak with Pokémon Legends Arceus, which will take us to the ancestral Sinnoh (Hisui) on an adventure to open environments under an ARPJ. playability. Explore, capture, turn-based combat, real-time confrontations, and more.

Origin | GamesIndustry