Strolling Through the Japanese Pokémon Center

My friend Aaron and I stopped by the MEGA TOKYO Pokémon Center in Ikebukuro, which some of you know because I tweeted out pictures while I was there, and he made a video of our trip. If you’d like a virtual stroll through the store check out the above video! I’m the gay guy with the red bag 🙂

If you want to see more videos about life in Japan make sure to go subscribe to Aaron on YouTube!

<3 PJ

Supporters

Help support our work by becoming a Patron on Patreon! Swadloon Platoon members and above will be added to our site supporters list!

530 thoughts on “Strolling Through the Japanese Pokémon Center”

  1. My moves
    Blindside 120
    Dark physical version of Future Sight
    Quicksand
    Status
    Turns the terrain into quicksand opponent is unable to flee lasts 5 turns
    Ignite
    Status
    The user Increases its body heat and damages on contact 10% to burn and Water does more damage
    Force Volley
    Psychic
    Physical 15
    The user sends a cascade of energy pulses striking 2-5 times
    Meltdown
    Poison
    Special 90
    The target is sprayed with caustic acid does super effective damage on Steel types

    Reply
  2. From the Opening Ceremony at Worlds (rewatch the beginning part):
    Mr. Ishihara: “Thank you very much. So the last couple of years at Worlds, we’ve been able to make some exciting announcements for our Pokemon fans. And this year as well, I have some exciting news to share with you. So FIRST I’d like you take you through this video and then I’ll bring out some guests to tell you more.”

    I might be overthinking this, but I feel like this was referring to more than one piece of news, especially since the word first was used. Who knows, maybe they held off from a main series game announcement so the hype wouldn’t distract the players (saw this on a YouTube comment)?

    Reply
    • GCPM11 also did a video saying the same. Personally I think the reason he used the word first was because of the “Pokken Tournament” tournament later on Friday. I’d like to think that they’ll do a main series announcement at the closing ceremony, especially since Masuda and Ohmori will be there, but I don’t want to get my hopes up just to have them dashed again.

      Reply
    • I think he was just saying “First we’ll show you the trailer, and after that the developers will talk about it”. His statements were overblown. However, Masuda and Ohmori would be fools not to attend the ceremony tomorrow. It logically seems strange for them not to allude to the future. Maybe not a reveal, but a simple “we’ll reveal some exciting information soon”.

      Reply
  3. I wrote this up to try and predict the next occurences in the Pokemon franchise. This is really loosely written and doesn’t have any hardcore evidence to support it. Personally, this is what I’d like to see and what I think and hope will actually happen:

    2015 – Generation 6.5 is teased through CoroCoro. The green blob Pokemon makes its first appearance at the end of Movie 18 and is officially revealed in October’s CoroCoro. Mega Zygarde is further teased in October’s CoroCoro and is officially revealed in Mega Evolution Act IV.

    2016 – Volcanion is revealed in CoroCoro at the beginning of the year. In Spring, Generation 6.5 is officially announced with a Winter release date. A 19th Movie also comes to light and features Mega Zygarde and Volcanion. In Winter, the Generation 6.5 game comes out, and a Volcanion event is released shortly after.

    2017 – Generation 7 is teased at E3. At this point, it has been a year since the release of the Nintendo NX, which has support for cartridges as well as digital downloads. A beta version of an open-world Pokemon experience is shown and dated for the following year in Spring. Movie 20 will be some kind of special 20th Anniversary film similar to Pokemon Origins. It may feature some kind of subtle teaser for Generation 7.

    2018 – The first open-world Pokemon experience is released in Spring 2018 and has cross-compatibility with the NX and a new 3DS model. The 21st movie will most likely feature one or more out of three or five Mythical Legendaries in the 7th Generation. A CoroCoro towards the end of the year teases a special announcement for 2019.

    2019 – In May/June, Diamond and Pearl remakes are confirmed and release in the Fall. Meanwhile, the 21st Movie continues showcasing the Generation VII Mythical Legendaries.

    2020 – The third game in Generation VII is shown off in a Pokemon Direct at the beginning of the year and launches in Fall. The 22nd Movie wraps up the Mythical Legendary story for Generation VII.

    2021 – Pokemon’s 25th Anniversary calls for a Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow remake for the new 3DS model and Nintendo NX. It’s an open world experience that takes you back a few decades before Pokemon Red and Blue and further clarifies the events of The Pokemon War. Really going out on a limb on this one–the 23rd Movie marks the end of the Pokemon Anime and premiers at the end of the year as opposed to the middle. The final season of the anime takes an older Ash back through the Kanto region, which has largely changed since he’s last seen it. He works his way up to battle all the trainers in the region, conquers the League and becomes a Pokemon Master. Everyone cries, and Dicie gets shot for calling this one right on the money. 😉

    Reply
    • FUUUUUUCK dude, if that all came true the future will look bright. I simply can’t believe that we’re going full circle already. Diamond and Pearl are my childhood, even more than Emerald was. I really think that would be a great end to the franchise, too. I don’t think it will end at Gen 7, though. Someone at Game Freak (can’t remember who) said that Gen 7 Pokemon will be simplistic, which could connect to Kanto’s simplicity in some way.

      Reply
      • No, I’m not butthurt. You use the word lame and stupid, which are unnecessary and far from being constructive. I guess it’s OK to have that kind of behaviour in this site, so I am free to use the same words as you’re using. I really think you’re coming at me after the reaction you got from your “No megaevolution can have its primary type changed” rampage. We all know what is going on here. At least, I used my words exquisitely and tried to carry on an intellectual argument about the situation there.

        Reply
          • We don’t know that yet. Not until they’re completely finished with Mega Evolutions. It’s like Heavy’s “no Pokemon that evolves with an elemental stone can mega evolve.”
            So, it’ll be true until otherwise, which I’m sure they’ll do at some point just to change the game up a little.

          • That was kinda a jaded theory with very little backing it up
            I’m just going by that absolutely no Mega Pokemon to date have lost their primary typing after Mega evolving

          • But no elemental stone Pokemon Mega Evolved until Gallade? It’s the same thing. I agree with you right now but they’re bound to prove something eventually.

          • not really the Stone thing really just didn’t make sense it was just uncanny luck that a Stone Evo Mega Evolved

            But the type thing makes way more sense

  4. Anyways, today we find out if anyone’s speculations were correct, or if we get nothing (which is painfully a heavy possibility).

    Reply
  5. Personally I’m not expecting anything. CoroCoro is very soon anyway. If anything, we’ll get an announcement of an announcement.

    Reply
  6. I can’t believe that school starts tomorrow. I was looking forward to it, but now I’m just scared out of my mind. From everything I’m hearing, I’m going to get absolutely slaughtered ;_;

    Reply
  7. Apparently a new trailer for X and Y was shown at the closing ceremony of the 2013 World Championships. That’s after they announced Mega Kangaskhan in the opening ceremony. It’s not much, but it gives us a shred of hope.

    Reply
    • There were two secret announcements planned Friday for the opening ceremony. One was Pokkén on Wii U and the other was removed because the Pokkén Mini Tournament went over time and they needed to start with the VGC/TCG Tourney. They’res a chance we will get something today, unless the Pokkén Tourney WAS the other secret

      Reply
      • Did they say that they were running low on time? I was under the impression that they were listing that as a secret as well in case it went on too long. Then again, why wouldn’t they just make it go straight from 1-4:30?

        Reply
        • I don’t know. They were pressed for time anyway; opening ceremony, registration, Pokkén… Set up, etcetera. We’ll see today though.

          Reply
      • I was under the impression that the second secret was just to fill in space for the rest of the Pokken Tournament tournament………That tournament did seems to go on longer than I figured it would, but I just don’t c that whole thing as 2 different things

        Reply
  8. I can’t do it……while I personally thought it was hilarious that they revealed Pokken Tournament for the Wii U in the opening ceremonies, it was something that was pretty obvious. They barely showed anything new so it was kind of a let down. And this is coming from someone who stoked for PT. lol I just don’t want to get my hopes up……….the only way I c the announcement coming now is from s separate format like a direct or general website announcement. I’m still pretty sure it’ll happen in the next few weeks, but at this point I just don’t c it for this weekend……kind of a bummer….lol

    Reply
  9. Can someone help me…I just used the Super Rod in Cinnabar Island in Crystal and found both Chinchou and Lanturn. According to the internet, they’re not supposed to be there.

    Reply
    • R u sure ur not playing HGSS? They’re both in the water around Cinnabar Island in those games hahaha I’m sure u’d notice the difference lol That is weird tho. lol

      Reply
      • It’s kinda freaky. I’m certainly not playing HGSS. I know that this game isn’t a bootleg too. That would be SUCH a strange thing to add to a bootleg. I think I may have just made a discovery.

        Reply
    • Nah, it’s fine. You can find them there normally. On Pokearth on Serebii it seems they missed out Chinchou and Lanturn, but on their Pokedex it shows they are able to be found on Cinnabar.

      Reply
  10. It’s been 2 years since Mega Evolutions were leaked in Corocoro. Can you believe i despised the thought of Megas when I first heard about them? I remember heading to the kitchen and having an imaginary rant xD

    Reply
    • It’s a good concept to jolt some new buzz into the series but nowadays people treat Mega Evolution as a given not a privilege

      Reply
  11. I was watching the video, thinking that’s cool , wish they had more pokemon centers in the US, then I saw your HUGE phone and thought holly crap that’s a huge phone! Haha

    Reply
  12. I just beat Red on my first try. That certainly went down to the wire, though. My goal was to complete Crystal before school starts…and that I did!

    Reply
  13. My god these matches r moving so fast……Isn’t there only the final matches for Masters? What in the worlds r they gonna do for the amount of time they’ll have left? hahaha

    Reply
    • I think they will, pretty much especially in front of thousands of people I feel it would be awkward just standing up there
      “New pokemon Game!”
      *crowd cheers*
      *Masuda and his squad slowly walks off stage with no trailer and goes home*

      Reply
  14. You guys are so optimistic about there being an announcement. I’m like 90% no 10% maybe right now. I just don’t think there is going to be one. Pokkén Tournament is there next big step in the franchise, so I think that’s it for big announcements.

    Reply
    • Yea, I don’t think there will be one, but I do like the optimism, but I don’t want to see everyone sad about no announcement

      Reply
  15. i don’t care what anyone says, I liked the matches, and I don’t care a lot of pokemon were repeating, I like seeing the matches

    Reply
    • The final matches r always fun, but I would like for once to c some variety in these completions. There’s 720(1) Pokemon that people can have and they only choose like 20 of them to use lol

      Reply
  16. That was an amazing battle. I was very nervous when Volcarona set up a Quiver Dance, but luckily it fainted before it had the chance to do anything. Congratulations to the new Pokémon Masters World Champion, Shoma!

    Reply

Leave a Comment