Pokemon Centers in Japan Now Selling English Pokemon TCG Products! What?!

[Water Pokémon Master]

Well this is unprecedented!
Pokemon Centers in Japan have started selling a wide variety of English Pokemon TCG products, including booster boxes, sleeved packs, mini tins, figure collections, Pokemon Center Elite Trainer Boxes, playmats, and card sleeves.

They each have stickers on top of the packaging that say “Overseas version.” The Japanese prices are equivalent to our MSRP. The items have been spotted at multiple Pokemon Centers.
The products include every set from February 2022’s Brilliant Stars through June 2023’s Paldea Evolved.
Furthermore, Japan’s online Pokemon Center...

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[Yaginku]

We have stores here (hobby stores, obviously) that sell Japanese boxes, so it shouldn't be surprising that the opposite is happening. That said, an official store, also with PTCG being clearly "Japan first, rest of the world second" is surprising. Here's wishing that, at some point, the game won't have two basically incompatible versions.

 

[snoopy369]

Ehh, stores here don't get direct product ... they buy it from another store or distribution channel. Japanese stores could've done that also, and presumably did to some degree. The official stores selling it is a pretty big deal.

 

[PatchampYoutuber]

Wait until they open the packs and witness the insta-warping of the cards

 

[Jaxolotl]

Me is confusion

 

[k4kirin]

I'm jealous because I want those Lunatone sleeves and they're sold out in the US Pokemon Center hahaa

 

[ArceusTrainer]

"Ehh, isn't this holofoil cheap-looking?"
"What's with the way they cut the cards? How lame!"


Also: when are our Pokémon Centers going to start to sell Japanese cards? I don't buy EN cards anymore.

It would be hilarious if they dont sell anything.

 

[Octowen]

Now let’s hope that the english Pokémon Centers sell the Japanese playmats and sleeves!!! Not gonna happen though

 

[bbb888]

Wait until they open the packs and witness the insta-warping of the cards

Wait until they open the packs and witness Code cards!! Now people in Japan can finally play TCG Live. There are no code cards in Japanese packs, right?

And Scalpers are moving to Japan now?

 

[Nintenfreak]

Makes sense, not like they can find Japanese card products, at least TPCi actually prints cards. Imagine being a Japanese kid and opening a pack of cards for the first time in your life and getting 10 whole cards?

 

[VitaminD3]

Wait until they open the packs and witness Code cards!! Now people in Japan can finally play TCG Live. There are no code cards in Japanese packs, right?

And Scalpers are moving to Japan now?

Probably expanding their business.

 

[waffledog]

I doubt anyone in Japan is going to spend money on inferior cards. Now if Walmart or Target were to sell Japanese cards at retail or slightly above that would be nice.

 

[Snowy Lilacs]

IDK I figured there might be some American card collectors over there just like there are Japanese collectors over here. I doubt its that deep

 

[The-Kaiser]

i assume for English reading tourists and US Military members in the country