{"id":132675,"date":"2023-03-24T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-147035"},"modified":"2023-03-24T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T17:00:00","slug":"pokemon-center-japan-celebrates-25th-anniversary-with-new-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/03\/24\/pokemon-center-japan-celebrates-25th-anniversary-with-new-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Center Japan Celebrates 25th Anniversary With New Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/76b51ab2c69e2\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/76b51ab2c69e2\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pok\u00e9mon Center 25th\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/76b51ab2c69e2\/pokemon-center-25th.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/76b51ab2c69e2\/pokemon-center-25th.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon Center 25th\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Pok\u00e9mon series is about to hit another big milestone this April in Japan. The Pok\u00e9mon Center is about to celebrate its 25th anniversary and has opened a brand new <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/pokemoncenter-25th.pokemon.co.jp\/\">website<\/a> to prepare us (thanks, <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/nintendosoup.com\/pokemon-center-japan-opens-25th-anniversary-website\/\">NintendoSoup<\/a>!)<\/p>\n<p>The 25th-anniversary website is a hub for all things Pok\u00e9mon Center birthday-related and will have details on events, merchandise, and more taking place in Pok\u00e9mon Center stores across the country. There&#8217;s a sweet little &#8220;thank you&#8221; message on the front page of the website, which you can read here (via Google Translate):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you for always supporting the Pokemon Center!<br \/>We are preparing exciting events and campaigns to commemorate the 25th anniversary with the desire that the Pokemon Center will continue to be a place where everyone can smile.<br \/>Please come visit us at the Pokemon Center where there will be lots of fun things to do!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So far, we know of the &#8216;<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/pikatto-pikapika-pikachu-cpn.pokemon.co.jp\/#sec04\">Pikapika Pika Pika Pikachu<\/a>&#8216; campaign, which kicks off on 22nd April and will continue until 30th June. During this period, special Pikachu plushies will be sold that have different \u2014 and sometimes terrifying \u2014 expressions on their face.<\/p>\n<p>Pikachu is arguably the most iconic Pok\u00e9mon worldwide, so it&#8217;s no surprise it&#8217;s getting a lot of attention. And, alongside the plushies, you&#8217;ll also be able to get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/03\/a-new-pokemon-distribution-event-has-been-announced-for-japan\">a special Pikachu<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_scarlet_and_violet\">Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet &amp; Violet<\/a> if you visit a Pok\u00e9mon Center in Japan between these dates.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/pokemon\/related-articles:146992 @ 2023-03-25T01:12:17+00:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>The first Pok\u00e9mon Center opened in the Nihonbashi district in the Kawasaki Sadanori Building in Tokyo, Japan on 25th April 1998, and closed on 16th July 2007 to relocate to the Shiodome Shiba Rikyu Building in Minato City, Kaigan. And while that original store (and its relocated version) are no longer open, there are several Pok\u00e9mon Centers across the region selling all sorts of unique, fun merchandise for the huge multimedia franchise.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re taking a trip to Japan this spring\/summer, then it may well be worth dropping into your nearest Pok\u00e9mon Center and seeing what fun things you can find. Perhaps we&#8217;ll get some sort of celebration or merchandise online, too? We&#8217;ll have to be patient&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company The Pok\u00e9mon series is about to hit another big milestone this April in Japan. The Pok\u00e9mon Center is about to celebrate its 25th anniversary and has opened a brand new website to prepare us (thanks, NintendoSoup!) The 25th-anniversary website is a hub for all things Pok\u00e9mon Center birthday-related and will have [&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-132675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132675","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=132675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}