{"id":129779,"date":"2022-11-15T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-134824"},"modified":"2022-11-15T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T17:30:00","slug":"pokemon-squishmallows-are-coming-to-the-pokemon-center-very-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/pokemon-squishmallows-are-coming-to-the-pokemon-center-very-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Squishmallows Are Coming To The Pok\u00e9mon Center &#8220;Very Soon&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b26f8c5b48fd8\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b26f8c5b48fd8\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Squishmallows Pokemon\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b26f8c5b48fd8\/squishmallows-pokemon.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA1Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"505\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b26f8c5b48fd8\/squishmallows-pokemon.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Squishmallows Pokemon\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pokemon\/status\/1592563319365173249\">The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Update [Tue 15th Nov, 2022 17:30 GMT]:<\/strong> We&#8217;ve got some friend-shaped critters coming to the Pok\u00e9mon Center in the US, UK, and Canada &#8220;very soon&#8221;, according to the official Pok\u00e9mon Twitter. The company has just <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pokemon\/status\/1592563319365173249\">dropped a short little clip<\/a> of the upcoming Pok\u00e9mon X Squishmallows collaboration, and we&#8217;ll be able to buy one in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Pikachu and Gengar are the only two &#8216;mons confirmed to be making the jump to round, cuddly, and incredibly soft form so far, nor do we have a price for them yet, but listings should be appearing on the online Pok\u00e9mon Center stores in the near future. The toys were revealed at San Diego Comic-Con earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>We want to be the girl in the advertisement, honestly. Imagine being surrounded by that many Squishmallows. We&#8217;d probably fall asleep <em>pretty fast<\/em>, though.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Something friend shaped is dropping on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PokemonCenter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PokemonCenter<\/a> US, UK and Canada very soon! \ud83d\udc95 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/squishmallows?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@squishmallows<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Uc67Ry6tgG\">pic.twitter.com\/Uc67Ry6tgG<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Pok\u00e9mon (@Pokemon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pokemon\/status\/1592563319365173249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>For more details on the upcoming Squishmallows, check out our original story below&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Original article [Thu 21st Jul, 2022 13:30 BST]:<\/strong> Kids love Pok\u00e9mon, right? Kids <em>also<\/em> love <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/squishmallows.com\/\">Squishmallows<\/a> too. If you don&#8217;t know about Squishmallows, these are irresistible plush animal (or sometimes food and drink) toys that you can&#8217;t stop squeezing. The company itself claims that they are &#8220;the softest, cutest, cuddliest plush around.&#8221; Okay, we <em>have<\/em> to believe that.<\/p>\n<p>So surely these two things are a match made in heaven? Yesterday on Twitter, Squishmallows and Pok\u00e9mon playfully teased a collaboration <em>and<\/em> appearance at this weekend&#8217;s San Diego Comic-Con.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Of course! Got room in your booth? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SquishmallowsxPokemon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SquishmallowsxPokemon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MF5ntqJwNl\">https:\/\/t.co\/MF5ntqJwNl<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Pok\u00e9mon (@Pokemon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pokemon\/status\/1549786476799397888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>And, just hours later, the folks over at <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/nintendowire.com\/news\/2022\/07\/20\/first-look-pikachu-and-gengar-squishmallows-invade-san-diego-comic-con-2022\/\">Nintendo Wire<\/a> managed to get a look at the brand new toys. So far, only Pikachu and Gengar have been announced, but the possibilities are making us a little dizzy!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a good look at both of these cuddly fellows from Twitter user <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FizzOpera\/status\/1549926015245471745\">@FizzOpera<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Front and back shots. The Gengar is phenomenal <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SquishmallowsxPokemon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SquishmallowsxPokemon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GJA90weaqI\">pic.twitter.com\/GJA90weaqI<\/a><\/span>\u2014 You autumn know (@FizzOpera) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FizzOpera\/status\/1549930715864711168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The attention to detail is phenomenal on both soft toys, but we&#8217;re in love with Gengar in particular! The spikes on its back are perfect, and the signature grin just makes this mischievous Ghost-type Pok\u00e9mon look <em>even cuter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees got a sneak preview before Comic-Con officially opens up later today, so for now, these are the only two Pok\u00e9mon Squishmallows we know about. We&#8217;ll make sure to update you if more information comes out about the toys!<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you think of this collaboration? Which Pok\u00e9mon would you like to see be made into a Squishmallows toy? Let us know!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company Update [Tue 15th Nov, 2022 17:30 GMT]: We&#8217;ve got some friend-shaped critters coming to the Pok\u00e9mon Center in the US, UK, and Canada &#8220;very soon&#8221;, according to the official Pok\u00e9mon Twitter. The company has just dropped a short little clip of the upcoming Pok\u00e9mon X Squishmallows collaboration, and we&#8217;ll be able [&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-129779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129779","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=129779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}