It is Pokemon Gold and Silver’s twenty fifth anniversary subsequent week, and to mark the event The Pokemon Firm is releasing some extremely good merch.
Provided that Pokemon is clearly focused in direction of youngsters, its merch can oftentimes skew in favour of that focus on viewers, even when a giant a part of the video games total viewers are millennials that may’t settle for they’re getting older. However evidently the most recent batch of merch introduced is focusing on that precise ageing demographic, as The Pokemon Firm has revealed a line of things all about celebrating Gold and Silver’s twenty fifth (Japanese) anniversary, which is November 21 subsequent week. There’s some significantly good things in there, and proper now it is solely accessible in Japan by way of the Pokemon Heart, however I am actually hoping it makes its approach over right here so I can choose up some bits.
Pokemon plushies are typically a dime a dozen, there’s so lots of these issues, however this line-up encompasses a plush of Ho-Oh and Lugia in gold and silver color schemes respectively, which simply look actually pretty, truthfully. There’s some cute stationary and keychain bits too, in addition to a easy however good backpack, in addition to a number of stickers that are available in plastic replicas of Gold and Silver Sport Boy Colour cartridges.
However simply the very best items of all are a pair of reversible jackets, each with Ho-Oh and Lugia on the entrance, in a gold and silver color scheme, with a distinct legendary on the again relying on which color you get. Flip it inside out and the sample then appears just like the Johto map, which simply looks like a very nice contact. If these do make it over right here, I can think about these promoting out fairly fast, and whereas there isn’t any indication that they’ll, it is nonetheless price maintaining a tally of The Pokemon Firm’s socials simply in case.
It is at all times doable that the corporate is planning to launch this merch nearer to the North American and European launch dates, which had been in 2000, and 2001 respectively. Should you’re studying this, The Pokemon Firm: please at the least deliver the plushies, I promise I am going to cease badmouthing Scarlet and Violet if you happen to do.