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Kaan Serin

Pokemon Legends: Z-A only needs to sell 200k units to break even, former Nintendo marketing leads estimate, so "they should inject a bit more money into these things"

Starter Pokemon Totodile, Tepig, and Chikorita stand in front of trainer Urbain in Pokemon Legends: Z-A.

Following the purported Pokemon megaleak, two former Nintendo marketing leads estimate that Pokemon Legends: Z-A only needs to sell about 200,000 copies to make back its development budget.

Alleged confidential information straight from The Pokemon Company has been doing the rounds this week - though it all reportedly stems from last year's hack - with unverified documents about Generation 10 and future plans flooding the internet. Part of the supposedly leaked information relates to Legends: Z-A's budget, which is reportedly 2 billion yen, or around $13 million.

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