{"id":135562,"date":"2026-01-06T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-195931"},"modified":"2026-01-06T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:00:00","slug":"londons-pop-up-pokemon-center-officially-reopens-in-february-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/01\/06\/londons-pop-up-pokemon-center-officially-reopens-in-february-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"London&#8217;s Pop-Up Pok\u00e9mon Center Officially Reopens In February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f8c5e71cb332f\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f8c5e71cb332f\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"f8c5e71cb332f\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pokemon Center 1\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f8c5e71cb332f\/pokemon-center-1.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f8c5e71cb332f\/pokemon-center-1.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"535\" alt=\"Pokemon Center 1\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Uh oh, you&#8217;d best get your wallets ready folks, because the official Pok\u00e9mon Center pop-up store is making a return in London this February as part of the <strong>2026<\/strong> <strong>Pok\u00e9mon Europe International Championships<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Open from <strong>Thursday, 12th February to Sunday, 15th February 2026<\/strong>, accessing the store will once again require a reservation, and more details for this will be shared closer to the time. As for what kind of exclusive products you can expect to find, The Pok\u00e9mon Company has confirmed that Mega Evolution will play a big role this year thanks to its reintroduction in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/pokemon-legends-z-a-nintendo-switch-2-edition\">Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look at the exact opening times for the store this coming February:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8211; Thursday, 12 February: 9 a.m. \u2013 5 p.m.<br \/>&#8211; Friday, 13 February: 9 a.m. \u2013 6 p.m.<br \/>&#8211; Saturday, 14 February: 9 a.m. \u2013 6 p.m.<br \/>&#8211; Sunday, 15 February: 9 a.m. \u2013 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Keep in mind that the Pok\u00e9mon Center also doesn&#8217;t accept cash as a payment option, so if you somehow still use cash as your primary payment method, then now&#8217;s the time to break out the debit card.<\/p>\n<p>For now, here&#8217;s a small look at some of the merch that will be on offer:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be sure to update you as soon as we hear more on securing those all-important reservations.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/pokemon\/related-articles:164526,164508 @ 1767777211 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Are you hoping to pay a visit to the Pok\u00e9mon Center in London this year? Which piece of merch catches your eye from this early glimpse? Let us know.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company Uh oh, you&#8217;d best get your wallets ready folks, because the official Pok\u00e9mon Center pop-up store is making a return in London this February as part of the 2026 Pok\u00e9mon Europe International Championships. Open from Thursday, 12th February to Sunday, 15th February 2026, accessing the store will once again require a [&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-135562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135562","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=135562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}