{"id":126570,"date":"2022-07-15T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-134573"},"modified":"2022-07-15T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T16:30:00","slug":"pokemon-center-japan-is-selling-a-very-big-and-very-round-spheal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/07\/15\/pokemon-center-japan-is-selling-a-very-big-and-very-round-spheal\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Center Japan Is Selling A Very Big And Very Round Spheal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9830774c36647\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9830774c36647\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9830774c36647\/big-spheal.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Big Spheal\"><\/figure>\n<p>Everyone knows the best Pok\u00e9mon are the spherical ones, and Pok\u00e9mon Center Japan has finally seen the light, announcing a new &#8220;life size&#8221; Spheal plush.<\/p>\n<p>(For the record, Spheal is about 80cm tall. Or&#8230; wide. Because he is round. The plush is 80 \u00d7 98 \u00d7 100cm.)<\/p>\n<p>Big Spheal costs 49,500 yen, or about $350 \/ \u00a3300, putting him almost in line with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2020\/6\/8\/21284253\/pokemon-plushie-mareep-price-500-meme\">$500 four-foot Mareep plush from the meme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ah yes. Me. My girlfriend. And her 500 dollar four foot tall mareep. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y9T325NLSz\">pic.twitter.com\/y9T325NLSz<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Skooch (@SkoochLoL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkoochLoL\/status\/1269363003901657088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Spheal, which weighs 7.5kg, is made of cooling fabric, which means he&#8217;s always slightly cool to the touch, just like a real seal (probably). It&#8217;s only available in Japan for now, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokemoncenter-online.com\/?p_cd=4521329346830&amp;pc_top=banner\">the Pok\u00e9mon Center website<\/a>, which does not ship outside of Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Have some of the official promo images to cheer you up:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"4521329346830 14 L\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0ce197a36ef0e\/4521329346830-14-l.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0NTAgNDUwIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0ce197a36ef0e\/4521329346830-14-l.450x.jpg\" alt=\"4521329346830 14 L\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"4521329346830 12 L\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cb94543d8dca0\/4521329346830-12-l.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0NTAgNDUwIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cb94543d8dca0\/4521329346830-12-l.450x.jpg\" alt=\"4521329346830 12 L\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"4521329346830 11 L\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/42d27a2aae4a9\/4521329346830-11-l.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0NTAgNDUwIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/42d27a2aae4a9\/4521329346830-11-l.450x.jpg\" alt=\"4521329346830 11 L\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"4521329346830 10 L\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/951f1a09c37fb\/4521329346830-10-l.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0NTAgNDUwIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/951f1a09c37fb\/4521329346830-10-l.450x.jpg\" alt=\"4521329346830 10 L\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"4521329346830 10 L\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6bfbf8b3269bb\/4521329346830-10-l.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA2MDMgNDk1Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"603\" height=\"495\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6bfbf8b3269bb\/4521329346830-10-l.603x495.jpg\" alt=\"4521329346830 10 L\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"4521329346830 08 L\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/850555e6fab0c\/4521329346830-08-l.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAyOTIgMjQ1Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"292\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/850555e6fab0c\/4521329346830-08-l.292x245.jpg\" alt=\"4521329346830 08 L\"><\/a><a title=\"4521329346830 07 L\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0d6d875f1e423\/4521329346830-07-l.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAyOTIgMjQ1Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"292\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0d6d875f1e423\/4521329346830-07-l.292x245.jpg\" alt=\"4521329346830 07 L\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>Is Spheal your favourite round boi? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone knows the best Pok\u00e9mon are the spherical ones, and Pok\u00e9mon Center Japan has finally seen the light, announcing a new &#8220;life size&#8221; Spheal plush. (For the record, Spheal is about 80cm tall. Or&#8230; wide. Because he is round. The plush is 80 \u00d7 98 \u00d7 100cm.) Big Spheal costs 49,500 yen, or about $350 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}