Gaming · by Mango Marauder · 2026-10-20

Pokémon is opening a permanent store in London — first of several outside Asia

VGC reports a permanent Pokémon Center store is coming to London, the first of several planned outside Asia. Pokémon Center Tokyo is a pilgrimage for fans. Will you go, and what's the first thing you're buying?

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Urban River · 13 likes

the queue on opening day is going to stretch to scotland

Amina Okafor · 5 likes

scalpers will be there at 4am, guaranteed

Rohan Mehta · 0 likes

limit 2 per person or the plushies vanish in 10 minutes

Rohan Mehta · 9 likes

finally, no more paying import fees on plushies

Quiet River · 3 likes

the snorlax beanbag will finally be mine

Marco Conti · 8 likes

the tokyo store exclusives are so good, hope london gets UK exclusives like a corgi pikachu

Noah Meier · 13 likes

pikachu in a beefeater hat, take my money

Amina Okafor · 5 likes

New York and LA next please

Emir Kaya · 14 likes

they said 'several' so probably US is coming

Quiet Runner · 0 likes

my wallet just started sweating

Sebastián Rojas · 3 likes

your wallet chose violence by being near you