{"id":135494,"date":"2026-01-02T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-195802"},"modified":"2026-01-02T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T01:00:00","slug":"pokemon-kicks-off-30th-anniversary-celebrations-with-animated-logo-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/01\/02\/pokemon-kicks-off-30th-anniversary-celebrations-with-animated-logo-reveal\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Kicks Off 30th Anniversary Celebrations With Animated Logo Reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6ed79a15171d0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6ed79a15171d0\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"6ed79a15171d0\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pok\u00e9mon\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6ed79a15171d0\/pokemon.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6ed79a15171d0\/pokemon.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"555\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s a new year, and the video game industry is already gearing up for some absolutely <em>huge<\/em> celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>The monster-catching powerhouse Pok\u00e9mon will celebrate 30 years on <strong>27th February 2026<\/strong>, and to kick off this special occasion, The Pok\u00e9mon Company has now shared its animated logo for the 30th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>It shows Pikachu through the years and highlights how the series began in 1996. The attached message from the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pokemon_cojp\/status\/2006379822012911872\">official Pok\u00e9mon account also mentions<\/a> how it all started with the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gameboy\/pokemon_red_and_blue\">Pok\u00e9mon Red<\/a> and Green in Japan (and Pok\u00e9mon Red and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gameboy\/pokemon_red_and_blue\">Blue<\/a> locally).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-bsky-post\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/serebii.bsky.social\/post\/3mbc57x6n722g @ 2026-01-01T07:18:51+00:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:fhf5k5lbggppbc26y5ir2cli\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mbc57x6n722g\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreichctslcet7cmxwylk6rg4pfjqwdcwejnmtjnz5jah75rw5yyxzsq\">\n<p lang=\"en\">Serebii Update: Pok\u00e9mon has released a small animation to commemorate the start of 2026, the year of Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s 30th Anniversary www.serebii.net<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:fhf5k5lbggppbc26y5ir2cli?ref_src=embed\">Serebii.net (@serebii.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:fhf5k5lbggppbc26y5ir2cli\/post\/3mbc57x6n722g?ref_src=embed\">2025-12-31T15:04:43.301Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/pokemon_cojp\/status\/2006379822012911872 @ 2026-01-01T23:26:05+00:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f330\u5468\u5e74\u3001\u306f\u3058\u307e\u308b\uff01<br \/>\u300e\u30dd\u30b1\u30c3\u30c8\u30e2\u30f3\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc \u8d64\u30fb\u7dd1\u300f\u306e\u767a\u58f2\u304b\u308930\u5e74\u3002<br \/>2026\u5e742\u670827\u65e5\uff08\u91d1\uff09\u306b\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u306f30\u5468\u5e74\u3092\u8fce\u3048\u308b\u3088\u3002<br \/>\u4eca\u5e74\u306f\u6700\u9ad8\u306e1\u5e74\u306b\u306a\u308b\u4e88\u611f\uff01<br \/>\u304a\u697d\u3057\u307f\u306b\uff01<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%9D%E3%82%B1%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B330%E5%91%A8%E5%B9%B4?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f330\u5468\u5e74<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iPXR83Ib66\">pic.twitter.com\/iPXR83Ib66<\/a><\/span>\u2014 \u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u516c\u5f0f (@Pokemon_cojp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pokemon_cojp\/status\/2006379822012911872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>This follows on from the news that McDonald&#8217;s already reportedly has a Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game promo lined up for the big anniversary event. You can find out more about this in our previous story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2025\/12\/mcdonalds-has-another-tcg-promo-in-the-works-for-pokemons-30th-anniversary\">here on Nintendo Life<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What would you like to see from Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s 30th anniversary? When did you first start your adventure as a trainer? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/pokemon\/related-articles:195793,195096,192371 @ 1767341077 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company It&#8217;s a new year, and the video game industry is already gearing up for some absolutely huge celebrations. The monster-catching powerhouse Pok\u00e9mon will celebrate 30 years on 27th February 2026, and to kick off this special occasion, The Pok\u00e9mon Company has now shared its animated logo for the 30th anniversary. 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