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Pikachu redesign proposed by US Nintendo rejected by Ishihara (TPC head), early overseas rollout (told 2025)

Early overseas rollout (told 2025)

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Japanese-language article, 2025 Toy-People.com (re-report of Game*Spark, 2025-07-29) · 7 August 2025 Open the original ↗

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こんなもので勝負はしたくない (We don't want to compete with something like this; of US Nintendo's Cats-like Pikachu redesign)

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Pikachu redesign proposed by US Nintendo rejected by Ishihara (TPC head), early overseas rollout (told 2025)

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