The Pokémon World Championships successful Anaheim, CA are conscionable astir the country successful August, and with it comes an exclusive enactment of cute Pokémon merch, which IGN has an exclusive archetypal look at. Each year, the Pokémon World Championships hosts a peculiar Pokémon Center pop-up shop, and we’re getting three uniquely themed exclusive lines retired of the lawsuit this time. Last year, we got a tropical, Hawaiian-themed Pokémon line. Check retired the unsocial caller Pokémon items, including a first-ever Pokémon bodyboard, below.
“In grant of this year’s Anaheim, CA location, Pokémon Center volition beryllium releasing 3 merchandise lines – the Varsity Line, SoCal Beach Skater Line, and Rockabilly Line,” said Cindy Ruppenthal, elder manager of Pokémon Center and e-commerce astatine The Pokémon Company International. “This year’s postulation draws inspiration from bright, retro-diner design, blending vibrant colors and nostalgic elements that seizure the tone of our SoCal location.”
2025 Pokémon World Championships Exclusive Merch Reveal
Check retired a ample enactment of the exclusive merch that volition beryllium astatine the Pokémon World Championships successful the slideshow above, but support successful mind, this won’t beryllium everything!
The 2025 Worlds Pikachu Plush sporting a varsity jacket, revealed astatine this year’s North America International Championships successful New Orleans, is definite to beryllium a fashionable point on with the different SoCal-themed plush of Fennekin, Machamp, and Jigglypuff, but there’s a batch much to look guardant to.
The standout premiere point this twelvemonth is the SoCal Bodyboard, which is afloat functional for riding waves astatine the beach, and is priced astatine $79.99 USD.
Ruppenthal “expects beardown demand” for the SoCal Bodyboard on with different functional items from the SoCal Beach Skater Line, similar the SoCal Beach Towels.
“Additionally, pursuing fashionable reception from Pokémon Worlds successful Honolulu, we teamed up with Reyn Spooner to make a Pokémon Aloha shirt, bucket hat, tote, and much to observe the lawsuit successful Anaheim,” Ruppenthal said.
The Reyn Spooner Pokémon Aloha shirts from past twelvemonth were truthful fashionable that I witnessed an attendee connection $300 for the garment disconnected someone’s back, literally, since they had sold out.
I witnessed an attendee connection $300 for the Pokémon Aloha garment disconnected someone's backmost past year
“With this year’s California location, it felt similar the cleanable infinitesimal to reintroduce the
apparel collaboration arsenic our laid-back, SoCal designs align perfectly with Reyn Spooner’s bright, formation vibe and signature Aloha shirts,” Ruppenthal said.
As acold arsenic different exclusive apparel goes, determination will be a varsity jacket, “as good arsenic different standout apparel that matches the assorted plan styles offered this year,” Ruppenthal said.
Most astonishing of the designs wide this twelvemonth is astir apt the Rockabilly line, featuring Arcanine, Squakabilly, and an edgy Pikachu wearing a leather overgarment and sunglasses.
“We ever support successful caput that the Pokémon assemblage has divers interests and styles, and arsenic such, wanted to present a bolder counterpart to the Varsity Line and SoCal Beach Skater Line,” Ruppenthal explained. “The Rockabilly Line features darker tones and edgier styling – each portion staying existent to the retro-diner taxable recovered passim the Pokémon Center Pop Up Shop. It complements the store design, which takes fans done a travel (beach to boardwalk to nighttime).”
The theming Ruppenthal describes is important, arsenic the Pokémon Center Pop Up Shop astatine the Pokémon World Championships each twelvemonth isn’t conscionable a plain holding country for goods, but much of an immersive acquisition to research portion shopping, implicit with acceptable pieces and unsocial art.
...this year, determination volition beryllium a Pokémon Center peculiar online-only buying promotion taking spot that aforesaid week.
Usually, each of the Worlds merch revealed present would beryllium exclusive to the in-person Pokémon Center, which really runs an further 2 days up of the 2025 Pokémon World Championship, from August 13 to August 17. However, this year, determination volition beryllium a Pokémon Center peculiar online-only buying promotion taking spot that aforesaid week. During this time, the 2025 Pokémon World Championships Coin volition beryllium disposable online.
We don’t cognize thing other astir this online buying event, similar whether immoderate different 2025 World Championship items volition beryllium available, but Ruppenthall said, “It’s our mode of making definite much fans tin instrumentality portion successful the celebration.”
If you are attending successful person, support successful caput that you usually request to marque a abstracted Pokémon Center pop-up store reservation, but close now, the Anaheim 2025 Pokémon Center leafage says, “More accusation connected however to be the Pokémon Center pop-up store is coming soon!”
We’ll beryllium definite to screen the Pokémon Center Pop Up Shop and a batch much during the 2025 Pokémon World Championships from August 15 to August 17 successful Anaheim, truthful enactment tuned for updates.
Casey DeFreitas is simply a lawman exertion of guides astatine IGN. Catch her astatine the 2025 Pokémon World Championships, oregon connected socials @ShinyCaseyD.