{"id":716217,"date":"2026-06-05T06:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/716217\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T06:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:46:14","slug":"pikachu-1996-style-plush-now-available-at-the-pokemon-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/716217\/","title":{"rendered":"Pikachu 1996 Style Plush Now Available At The Pok\u00e9mon Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pikachu\"\/<\/a> Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, The Pok\u00e9mon Company released a special retro-style Pikachu plush in Japan to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Pok\u00e9mon series. This was followed by confirmation the plush (and a key chain based on the same design) would be getting a local release in the future.<\/p>\n

This plush has now been made available on the Pok\u00e9mon Center, and while it seems stock has already sold out in the US and other locations like Australia, it’s worth checking back for a restock in the coming days and weeks. The Pikachu 1996 Style Plush is priced at $29.99 \/ \u00a324.99 (or your regional equivalent) and the key chain is $12.99 \/ \u00a39.99.<\/p>\n

“The Pikachu 1996 Style Plush is bursting with retro charm. With its monochrome palette and pixelated features, this charming little chonkster faithfully recreates Pikachu\u2019s original appearance in the Pok\u00e9mon Red and Pok\u00e9mon Green video games for Game Boy. In addition to the infinitely huggable plush, there\u2019s also the Pikachu 1996 Style Plush Key Chain that brings big-time nostalgic vibes to your bag, backpack, or lanyard.”<\/p>\n

Images: The Pok\u00e9mon Company
\n Images: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/p>\n

Apart from this retro plush and key chain, the Pok\u00e9mon Center is celebrating Pok\u00e9mon’s 30th anniversary with various other merch including themed trading card game items, clothing and some other exclusive items.<\/p>\n

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Did you have any luck securing one of these plush? How about the key chain? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

[source pokemon.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\tSee Also
\n\tPok\u00e9mon Red and Blue (GB) Review<\/a>Guide: Pok\u00e9mon Sword And Shield: Pok\u00e9dex Galar Region<\/a>Guide: Pok\u00e9mon GO Eevee Evolutions Ranked – How To Get Sylveon, Leafeon, Glaceon, Umbreon, Espeon, Vaporeon, Jolteon And Flareon<\/a>Guide: Pok\u00e9mon GO Special Evolutions \u2013 How To Get Pangoro, Sylveon, Glaceon, Aromatisse, Slurpuff, Sirfetch\u2019d, Galarian Cofagrigus And More<\/a>Guide: Pok\u00e9mon GO Mega Evolutions List – How Get Mega Energy<\/a>Guide: Pok\u00e9mon GO \u2013 The Rarest Pok\u00e9mon Including Wild, Shiny, Mythical And Regional Catches<\/a><\/p>\n

About Liam Doolan<\/p>\n

\"Liam<\/p>\n

Liam is a news writer and reviewer on Nintendo Life. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company Earlier this year, The Pok\u00e9mon Company released a special retro-style Pikachu plush in Japan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[24952,49,48,75,137555,32667,3506,35236,13803],"class_list":["post-716217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-anniversaries","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-game-boy","tag-merchandise","tag-pokemon","tag-reminders","tag-the-pokemon-company"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}