{"id":136891,"date":"2026-04-20T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-200127"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:30:00","slug":"a-surprise-nintendo-pop-up-store-has-arrived-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/04\/20\/a-surprise-nintendo-pop-up-store-has-arrived-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"A Surprise Nintendo Pop-Up Store Has Arrived In London"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/11e92697ad51d\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/11e92697ad51d\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"11e92697ad51d\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Nintendo London Argos Pop-Up Store\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/11e92697ad51d\/nintendo-london-argos-pop-up-store.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/11e92697ad51d\/nintendo-london-argos-pop-up-store.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" alt=\"Nintendo London Argos Pop-Up Store\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Jim Norman \/ Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After years of feeling left out, it feels like London is being treated to a bit of Nintendo store recognition, of late. First, we had the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/gallery-heres-a-closer-look-at-the-london-pop-up-nintendo-stores-sweet-merch\">Westfield pop-up<\/a> at the end of last year, and now there&#8217;s another surprise store in town, taking up floor space in an Argos, of all places.<\/p>\n<p>Out of nowhere, the Tottenham Court Argos is now home to a bunch of physical Nintendo merch, covering everything from plushies to games, Switch 2 consoles to accessories. Heck, there are even a few items that you usually only see online \u2014 hey Alarmo, Talking Flower and amiibo!<\/p>\n<p>Being the local lad that this writer is, we popped up to the store to see what it&#8217;s all about. It&#8217;s got to be said, we were impressed by just how much merch is on display, <em>particularly<\/em> since Argos stores are usually nothing more than a sea of screens (we miss you, catalogues).<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick look at what&#8217;s on offer, because it&#8217;s always good to go in with a list at these kinds of things:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"cols cols-2\">\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Nintendo London Argos Pop-Up Store\" class=\"scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/584eb5d330dd1\/nintendo-london-argos-pop-up-store.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/584eb5d330dd1\/nintendo-london-argos-pop-up-store.445x333.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"333\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Nintendo London Argos Pop-Up Store\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Nintendo London Argos Pop-Up Store\" class=\"scanlines scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c542906255315\/nintendo-london-argos-pop-up-store.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c542906255315\/nintendo-london-argos-pop-up-store.445x333.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"333\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Nintendo London Argos Pop-Up Store\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: Jim Norman \/ Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: Jim Norman \/ Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"cols cols-2\">\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Nintendo London Argos Pop-Up Store\" class=\"scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/18e11fee9e032\/nintendo-london-argos-pop-up-store.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/18e11fee9e032\/nintendo-london-argos-pop-up-store.445x333.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"333\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Nintendo London Argos Pop-Up Store\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Nintendo London Argos Pop-Up Store\" class=\"scanlines scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a4703b6d4ee6d\/nintendo-london-argos-pop-up-store.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a4703b6d4ee6d\/nintendo-london-argos-pop-up-store.445x333.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"333\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Nintendo London Argos Pop-Up Store\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: Jim Norman \/ Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>Let&#8217;s give a little shoutout to the lesser-represented Nintendo franchises, too. It may not be much, but it&#8217;s always exciting to see <strong>Pikmin<\/strong> and <strong>Metroid<\/strong> on the shelf!<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"cols cols-2\">\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Nintendo London Argos Pop-Up Store\" class=\"scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/21b17680ebf78\/nintendo-london-argos-pop-up-store.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/21b17680ebf78\/nintendo-london-argos-pop-up-store.445x333.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"333\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Nintendo London Argos Pop-Up Store\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Nintendo London Argos Pop-Up Store\" class=\"scanlines scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/37e25e229d938\/nintendo-london-argos-pop-up-store.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/37e25e229d938\/nintendo-london-argos-pop-up-store.445x333.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"333\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Nintendo London Argos Pop-Up Store\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: Jim Norman \/ Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>A store employee told us that the pop-up will be sticking around for a while yet, so be sure to swing by if you happen to find yourself in the capital and have a hankering for some Nintendo merch.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/related-articles:192832,199403 @ 1776706204 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you be heading to this Nintendo pop-up any time soon? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Jim Norman \/ Nintendo Life After years of feeling left out, it feels like London is being treated to a bit of Nintendo store recognition, of late. First, we had the Westfield pop-up at the end of last year, and now there&#8217;s another surprise store in town, taking up floor space in an Argos, [&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-136891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136891","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=136891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}