Nintendo’s share price climbs 15% in two days following the success of Pokémon Pokopia

    Posted by Turbostrider27

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    1. Must be fun to buy and sell Nintendo stock considering how wacky it moves.

      Guess we probably can’t do that unless we are Japanese?

    2. I think this game has serious legs and is probably the biggest reason to own a switch 2 as crazy as that sounds.

    3. So I like Stardew Valley but Animal Crossing never really clicked with me. Minecraft I’ve always been indifferent towards.

      Would I like pokopia?

    4. I thought the wind and waves announcement was our special 30th anniversary gift. Turns out it was Pokopia and Nintendo themselves didn’t even seem to know either. I’m 40hrs in and incredibly impressed.

    5. I honestly wanted to hate this game, but I’ve been playing it nonstop since its release. On the surface, it doesn’t appear to be worth its $70 price (which almost deterred me from buying), but the game combines the best parts of Animal Crossing and Minecraft, while introducing new aspects to a typical sandbox game. Definitely worth the money, as I’ll easily be sinking 100+ hours into this.

    6. It’s literally dragon quest builder 2 but without the combat and a pokemon skin on top. Crazy how the pokemon IP can carry a game.

    7. Given basically everyone on my friends list is playing it, including people I wouldn’t have expected, I expect this to do numbers.

    8. One of those decisions that looks stupidly obvious the more you look at it.

      Animal Crossing (the best-selling Switch game) mixed with Minecraft (the best-selling game period), as a Pokemon game (the highest-grossing franchise ever). Obviously you have to make a good game after that, but conceptually it’s such a home run you have to wonder what took so long.

      It helps that these series and genres have an inherent compatibility, but I would be very surprised if Pokopia did not become a staple series going forward.

    9. ladymysticalwmn on

      First time in ages I’ve seen so much positive news and buzz surrounding a Pokemon game.

    10. This game would have been perfect for the lackluster Switch 2 release, well at least we got it now 🙂

    11. Alright. Yall convinced me. Will be getting Pokémon Pokopia when I get off work today.