Pikachu Batteries Recalled for Unintended Sparks

Turns out batteries are best left to bunnies, not mice (Energizer joke). Two varieties of mobile smartphone back-up batteries are being recalled in Japan, one featuring Pikachu and the other a generic Pokéball image. Buyers reported that the units became uncomfortably hot and some even saw smoke.

If you came into possession of one of these, please see the page linked above for refund instructions or contact the seller! For the rest of us, let this be a lesson that Pikachu’s power cannot be harnessed so easily by human technology!

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606 thoughts on “Pikachu Batteries Recalled for Unintended Sparks”

  1. well today is officially the worst
    My stupid fucking broken, defective ear went numb in the inner ear i still can hear but it feels somebody lined my inner ear with cotton AND ITS DRIVING ME FUCKING INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Every time i put my finger in my ear all i hear is a ultra high frequency and it HURTS and the worst part is i can’t tell if i have tinnitus attacks or that my brain just imagines them

    i feel like smashing my own skull open just to try and fiddle with my ear canal just to get it feeling right

    these ear things are happening way too frequently each day and it will ultimately lead to permanent deafness or me killing myself in a fit of rage due to aggravation

    I truly hate my body and the millions of problems it carries

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  2. I have a quick question about Malamar. Since Contary is the better of all of its abilities, but it also reverses stat changes, would Light Screen be affected by Contary’s effects? I’m curious if it would work or not.

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  3. Sweet, just got myself a Timid Serene Grace Togepi and a Timid Alolan Vulpix with Moonblast, Freeze-Dry, and Hypnosis from WT in the past hour

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  4. Alright it’s come to my attention that things like Hippowdon throw a wrench in my team
    i want to give Golisopod Liquidation as a hard counter by that means giving up either Aqua Jet or Swords Dance CURSE YOU FOUR SLOT MOVE SYNDROME

    because this Golisopod is actually Defensive and it works so well, since Swords Dance boosted leech life keeps it happy and priority is it’s biggest perk

    First Impression
    Leech Life
    Aqua Jet
    Swords Dance

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  5. I haven’t met Impa yet, but I’m at Hyrule Castle killing Guardians and looking for Korok’s. Do I have a chance at beating Ganon lol?

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    • I stormed the castle yesterday and turned off the game as soon as a cutscene started. I don’t want to see that until the very end.

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      • I did that just before as well xD Wasn’t expecting a cutscene. I want to complete everything before I take on that I think. So likely gonna take a while. On the bright side, got 100 Korok’s so far xD

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        • Great job finding them all, but really you never need more then maybe 30 or so. Really once you have enough to carry around ten weapons, you really don’t need any more.

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          • hahaha. Well good luck with that hell. Its really not worth doing, but enjoy it. Really a lot of things to complete this game just come down to farming, like how it takes something like 11.6k ruppies to complete all the fairy fountains, an extra 3k to buy a house, and I think like 4.3k Mon to get that one special set of armor that requires you selling countless monster parts to a certain vendor, but good luck with your venture.

    • Yes and no. You can beat him right at the start of the game, but its very difficult. Like without spoiling the fight, it really tests your ability to defeat Guardians, if you know what I mean.

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  6. I think it’s amazing how no one at Nintendo noticed that dungeon 3 was a swaztika and didn’t change it. Like, I’m not offended by it, I just think it’s funny how no one was like “hey maybe we should change the shape a bit idk”

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  7. People who play on showdown, if you quit before it updates your Ranking number, do you still get the upgrade/downgrade?

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  8. Well Pokémon Conquest is regrowing on me beat Oichi’s story and frst 5 months into Hideyoshi’s I claimed the kingdoms of Fire, Water, Grass, Normal, and Fighting (Then took Ground, Rock, Bug, and Electric kingdoms)

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  9. so has anyone else actually figured out how to get the Mawilite and beedrilite from the global link website because I have been searching for like 3 days and there is no mention of it whatsoever

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    • I did it by looking for an news article on the subject, and found one that gave me a link to a PGL page where you supposedly get the gift… Can post the link if you want. Other than that I have no idea.
      Went to the link but found out there was none for me because suddenly you had to have played 3 battles which I didn’t see written anywhere beforehand (1@é&#&cking ù$ù`ù$ù$sses). I guess it was to punish people like me that played 1 token battle with their in-game team which they catastrophically lost (only to then discover that I couldn’t even get my team out of the PC without connecting to the internet because screw me right -_-) because they couldn’t be bothered to waste time actually participating.
      At least they’re distributing them to everyone next month…

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        • Fair enough, I was just p*ssed because I legitimately checked all over to make sure what the terms were and found no mention of three battles for some reason

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          • Hm, I think Serebii always mentions it. Perhaps you accidentally overlooked it? Either way you’ll still get the Mega Stones, just a little later.

          • Lol (not to sound pedantic though this is literally pedantic af haha) actually having looked in the archive serebii didn’t say 3 battles anywhere when it came to this specific competition, guess he just forgot haha.

          • Oh, well it usually does. I think it said in the competition rules on the Global Link anyway. 3 battles qualifies you in rankings.

      • yep, thats it, thanks. Think they would have actually made it easier to get too, but GF and nintendo seem to want us to really have to work for things this gen

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    • The site seems poorly managed this time. It was better last gen. I used a link from someone else, probably what Ultron posted.

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  10. Now I have 1 boss, 70 shrines, and a ridiculous number of Koroks left in Breath of the Wild. This has been an intense journey so far, but one I will see to the end (or close to it). Without a doubt, this is Nintendo at its very best.

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  11. Probably unpopular opinion: I want Nintendo to continue to vary Link’s design from game to game. Nothing wrong with the green tunic and cap, but I think they could make much better designs if they don’t feel limited to go back to the hero’s garb.

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    • I’m with you on that. I like seeing variants on his design, and I think that making the green tunic a secret item like it is in BotW is a good compromise.

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      • ehh i would be fine with that, but i kinda always like how they weaseled in the ironic green tunic, half the time he’s always worn it, its the knight’s outfit, or his nan made him partake in cosplay

        it’s kinda a funny nod

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