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A new Pikachu-inspired flavor, arcade game tie-ins, and collaboration merchandise are great ways to celebrate the peak of summer right now<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Baskin-Robbins Japan (known popularly as \u201c31\u201d in Japan) kicked off its 31 Pok\u00e9 Summer! Campaign <\/strong>on August 1. The ice cream chain teaming up with Pok\u00e9mon over the summer has become an annual event<\/a> for Pok\u00e9-fans to look forward to, and we couldn\u2019t wait to get our hands on this year\u2019s goodies for ourselves.<\/p>\n The main draws of the campaign are some creative Pok\u00e9mon tie-ins. For instance, with purchase of a Pok\u00e9mon Double Cup <\/strong>(Small for 51o yen [US$3.44], Regular for 610 yen), you\u2019ll receive one of 20 randomly selected stickers and one of two special yellow spoons. With purchase of a Pok\u00e9mon Sundae<\/strong> (600 yen each), you\u2019ll receive a Frienda Pick, <\/strong>which is a rectangular plastic tile with a Pok\u00e9mon\u2019s information for use in the Pok\u00e9mon Frienda<\/em> arcade game.<\/p>\n Of course, given our unofficial motto of \u201cGo big or go home<\/a>,\u201d we sprung for a pricier option in the form of the Pok\u00e9mon Exciting Ice Cream Box (Small) <\/strong>for 3,500 yen, which also comes in a Regular size for 4,140 yen. For this deal, you select nine flavors of ice cream to go home with you in special box which is in turn placed inside a Pok\u00e9mon-patterned refrigerated bag.<\/p>\n We were quite pleased by our haul when we got home and laid it all out on the table.<\/p>\n The refrigerated bag in particular is remarkable for its two-way functionality. It initially comes as a smaller-sized bag that\u2019s a perfect fit for the Ice Cream Box.<\/p>\n However, when you release its side buttons\u2026<\/p>\n \u2026the bag transforms into a tote! This point makes it a perfect addition for all of your summer picnicking needs.<\/p>\n Honing in on the box, it has a colorful design with Pok\u00e9pals old and new.<\/p>\n We were delighted to open the lid and find a coloring page as well.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s check out the ice cream itself now. This summer\u2019s special flavor of note is Pikachu\u2019s Toropika Soda<\/strong>, meant to evoke the taste of a nostalgic soda float and perfect for a hot summer day. Combining sorbet with vanilla cream, it has a refreshing base with a mix of creaminess to it.<\/p>\n It also comes with candies in the shape of Pikachu\u2019s face that taste like white chocolate and have a crunchy texture somewhere between chocolate and ramune soda-flavored candies.<\/p>\n All in all, everything was simply, summery sweet!<\/p>\n The Baskin-Robbins Japan x Pok\u00e9mon campaign will be around through September 3, so swing by your local branch when you need to add a boost of Pok\u00e9-power to your day. On your way, you might also want to stop by several JR East train stations to earn yourself one of these giant Pok\u00e9mon cards<\/a> while supplies last.<\/p>\n Reference: Baskin-Robbins Japan<\/a><\/em> A new Pikachu-inspired flavor, arcade game tie-ins, and collaboration merchandise are great ways to celebrate the peak of summer right now. Baskin-Robbins Japan (known popularly as \u201c31\u201d in Japan) kicked…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1673\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/2.jpg?w=640\")
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