The Pokémon Center is a chain of specialty stores selling Pokémon-related merchandise. Pokémon Centers are predominantly located in Japan, the first having opened in Tokyo in 1998. Stores have also opened in Singapore, the United States, and Taiwan.
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Within the Pokémon universe, "Pokémon Centers" are locations where characters can heal, manage, and trade their Pokémon.[1] Real Pokémon Centers, named after the fictional counterparts, may be stocked with shelves of action figures, plushies, cereal boxes, hats, backpacks, and badges.[2]
Locationsedit
Pokémon Centers are located in malls and commercial areas in Japan, the United States (as Nintendo World), Singapore and Taiwan.
Japanedit
The Pokémon Company opened the first Pokémon Center store in Tokyo in April 1998. This original Pokémon Center eventually closed and reopened in a different location.[1] Pokémon Center Osaka, one of the franchise' bigger locations at 830 square meters, was the country's seventh Pokémon Center and opened in 2010.[3]
Only four Pokémon Centers remained open in Japan at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the location in Okayama closed permanently.[4] There are over 20 Pokémon Center locations in Japan as of 2023.[5]
On 8th December 2023, the second permanent Pokémon Center outside of Japan opened in Taipei at the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store near Taipei 101. [7]
On November 16, 2001, Nintendo opened a store called the Pokémon Center in Rockefeller Center, New York City. The Pokémon Center was closed and replaced by the Nintendo World Store in 2005.[8] This store was renovated and rebranded to "Nintendo NY" in 2016.[9][10]
Online storeedit
The Pokemon Company International launched an online "Pokémon Center" store in 2014.[1]
There are Pokemon Center Online stores in the following countries:
United States - pokemoncenter.com
Canada - pokemoncenter.com/en-ca (Opened 2020)
United Kingdom - pokemoncenter.com/en-gb (Opened 2021)
Referencesedit
^ abcSarkar, Samit (2014-07-02). "Pokémon Center online store opening Aug. 6 in US, soft launch today". Polygon.
^Phillips, Tom (2014-09-17). "A look inside Tokyo's Pokémon Center". Eurogamer.
^Loo, Egan (2010-10-23). "Japan's Largest Pokémon Shop to Open in Osaka". Anime News Network.
^Imada, Kaila (2021-08-27). "Pokémon Centers and Stores in Japan are closing indefinitely due to Covid-19". TimeOut.
^"OFFICIALSHOP LIST English｜ポケットモンスターオフィシャルサイト". Pokémon. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
^Seet, Charlotte (2023-08-31). "5 Fun Facts You Didn't Know About Singapore Changi Airport's Wondrous 'Jewel' Complex". Simple Flying. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
^"opening of Pokemon center Taipei". Pokémon Taiwan (in Chinese). Retrieved 2023-11-24.
^Sarrazin, Marc-André (April 21, 2005). . NintendoSpin.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
^Naudus, Kris (2016-02-19). "Nintendo's flagship store reopens with a new name and new look". Engadget.
^Passalacqua, Micheal (2016-01-07). "Nintendo World Store Getting Big Renovation". IGN.
External linksedit
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