Until Nintendo announced their financial results for Q1 2020, I was inclined to think that Pokémon Sword/Shield (which had excellent sales in its first 6 weeks, and is on track to be the 3rd best seller in the franchise, behind only Red/Green/Blue and Gold/Silver) would sell more than the new Animal Crossing. However, AC is selling incredibly well, especially in Japan, and because it is a franchise that has longer legs than those of Pokémon (even because it only usually has one game per console, while the "pocket monsters" change generation every 3 or 4 years, which yields at least 2 generations for each hardware), I guess that AC: New Horizons will outsell Sword/Shield in the next months.
It sounds good when you say "For the People", but what you really want is... a stronger army than the Knights, and the evil power to control the people.
(Ramza Beoulve, Final Fantasy Tactics)
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