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Nintendo has confirmed that Pokemon Pokopia has sold over four million copies in its first five weeks, placing it in the top five best-selling Pokemon spin-off titles of all time.
In its latest earnings report, where Nintendo also confirmed that the Switch 2 ports of Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen sold a four million copies (now placing the RPGs among the top 10 best-selling Pokemon games ever at 16 million) the company says: "Pokemon Pokopia, released for Nintendo Switch 2 on March 5, 2026, had global cumulative sell-through exceeding 4 million units in the first five weeks."
Nintendo comments on the success, saying it "is being picked up by a broad range of players regardless of gender, and many are using the features, such as GameShare, that are exclusive to Nintendo Switch 2." It adds, "By continuing to release these kinds of compelling titles for Nintendo Switch 2, we aim to convey the appeal of the platform to our consumers who play on Nintendo Switch."
Serebii's Joe Merrick breaks down the sales numbers of other Pokemon spin-off titles, and while the early years of Pokemon still reign supreme with the first Mystery Dungeon, Stadium, and Pinball games leading the pack, Pokemon Pokopia is now firmly in the top five, with Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness taking the fourth place spot.
Here's the full top 10 for reference:
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red/Blue Rescue Team (5.85 million)
- Pokemon Stadium (5.46 million)
- Pokemon Pinball (5.31 million)
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Darkness (4.8 million)
- Pokemon Pokopia (4 million)
- Pokemon Trading Card Game (3.72 million)
- Pokemon Snap (3.63 million)
- Pokemon Ranger (2.93 million)
- New Pokemon Snap (2.74 million)
- Pokemon Stadium 2 (2.54 million)
Although, at the rate it is selling, Pokopia really doesn't have long to go to become the best-selling Pokemon spin-off ever as Mystery Dungeon Red/Blue sit up top with 5,850,000 copies sold, meaning after another 1,850,001 copies, Pokopia will be the top of the mountain. Plus this is only taking into account its first five weeks, so there's a chance it could already be there.
What's also notable is that with just under 20 million Switch 2 consoles sold, we can calculate nearly one in every five Switch 2 owners picked up a copy of Pokopia. That also places it as the third best-selling Switch 2 game, with Donkey Kong Bananza only just keeping its second-place spot with 4,520,000 copies sold to date.
Pokopia has already passed the Switch 2 Edition sales of Pokemon Legends Z-A (although that game has sold 8,850,000 on the original Switch on top of that). Considering that Nintendo is releasing a Pokemon Pokopia Switch 2 bundle in some regions, it feels like only a matter of time until it passes Bananza, too.
