It's near the end of the month, and it's a good time to tie up a few loose ends. One of those is my run-up to the big 25th anniversary of Pokémon, for which the big day is coming up in just one more month, minus a couple of days. As it so happens, today is a personal anniversary of sorts with a lot of give and take, but that's beyond the point. The point is that there is one more month to go before the big Pokémon anniversary happens, and it's time to continue to run up to that.
One part of that is a preliminary video (in other words, a "trailer") for what's to come in later months. The video contains a Rube Goldberg-style contraption that contains many elements of Pokémon from the past 25 years, including game cartridges from the early years and even as recent as a PokéStop representation from Pokémon Go. The video ends with the 25th anniversary logo displayed as a neon sign along with the usual Pokémon logo... as well as a little something extra for what's to come. Fans of all ages are invited to take a look; I recommend it as well, and it might be possible to find something that struck one's fancy into appreciating Pokémon over this past quarter-century.
As for what's to come, there are some significant ones, thanks to more information in a special edition of the Pokémon e-mail newsletter. One of those is called "P25 Music", a collaboration of Pokémon with some popular artists, and one of them happens to be Katy Perry, also revealed thanks to the preliminary video above. The newsletter also confirmed the anniversary merchandise for the TCG as well as a special skateboard from none other than Bear Walker - this latter merchandise was also involved in a brief preorder goof, which partially indicates its demand with fans. The newsletter also indicates plenty of other celebrations for this very special anniversary, including of regions and more.
For those who want to independently seek information on what's happening, I also recommend checking out the special web site for the big occasion, which would be at 25.pokemon.com. Certainly, I will also be checking it out in order to update on the 25th anniversary happenings on this blog so I can provide my takes on them as well. And it is, in fact, where some of the links in the e-mail newsletter refer to, and that lends support for the site overall.
After waiting for some time - in my case, expectant for almost half a year and even more - the big day is almost here, with (a little less than) one month to go. If there is anything that I have expected since then, it's going to be big, and the celebrations above indicate no less than such. This 25th ("silver") anniversary is a real milestone after all, and real fans like me wouldn't want to miss it - and the patience will pay off real soon within the next month as the anniversary unfolds.
One year ago: Expecting the Contrary
Two years ago: Color Me (Shiny) Groudon
Three years ago: More Pokémon Hanging Things
Four years ago: Fire Power!
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