2021 marks the 25th anniversary of the uber-popularPokemonfranchise, and The Pokemon Company is celebrating in a big way. It announced today that it will be collaborating with famous pop musician Katy Perry and other celebrities that have yet to be disclosed.
Along with the musical collaborations, The Pokemon Company will release tons of merchandise as the year goes on, including partnerships with McDonald’s,Build-a-Bear, General Mills, and Mattel, just to name a few.
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And for thePokemonTrading Card Game fans out there, there will be new TCG collection packs coming out every month from March to October. The packs will feature classic card designs from the original set of trading cards that were released about 20 years ago or so. TheKanto favorites such as Pikachuand Charmander will come back this year with a special Pokemon anniversary design on the front of the cards.
According to Serebii, the First Partner Pack will be released on August 01, 2025, and will have oversized cards that feature the starters from the pack’s region. This first pick will focus on Pokemon from the Galar region, which is the latest region that was introduced inPokemon SwordandPokemon Shield. Here are the release dates for the rest of the packs and the region it focuses on:
As far as other Poke-related anniversary events go, The Pokemon Company has yet to reveal anything major just yet. There are some Pokemon projects currently in the works for the Nintendo Switch, such as asequel toDetective Pikachuand a newPokemon Snapgame, but neither of those titles have concrete released dates, nor release windows for that matter.
There might be a chance that the highly-rumoredremakes ofPokemon DiamondandPokemon Pearlrelease this year, but fans will just have to wait for The Pokemon Company to finally confirm it. These remakes would most likely use the same engine that was used to developPokemon SwordandShield, but some fans have a different idea of how the remakes could potentially look.
A fan usedUnreal Engine to create mock-up imagesof the Sinnoh region’s Twinleaf Town and Route 201, two locations fromPokemon DiamondandPokemon Pearl. It was quite impressive and truly showed how realistic a Pokemon game could potentially be one day.
PokemonTCG fans can look forward to the first anniversary pack when it releases on March 5.
