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Reenergized partnership project will start in Japan, then spread to Universal Studios parks in other countries<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Back in 2021, an announcement was made that the Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> franchise would be coming to the Universal Studios Japan<\/strong>. Pikachu and his pals wouldn\u2019t be at the Osaka theme park every day, but they would be showing up in limited-time bursts in the form of adorable Pok\u00e9mon parades and stage shows.<\/p>\n \u25bc Pikachu and Gengar during their USJ DJ gig<\/a><\/p>\n In just a few weeks, though, the very first permanent Pok\u00e9mon-themed amusement park facility, Pok\u00e9park Kanto, is scheduled to open<\/a>. Instead of a stand-alone park, Pok\u00e9park Kanto, which has rides, shops, and other Pok\u00e9mon<\/em>-themed attractions, is a section inside Tokyo\u2019s Yomiuriland<\/strong> amusement park, though one that\u2019s probably going to have enough drawing power that\u2019ll it\u2019ll even attract guests who have no interest in Yomiuriland\u2019s other areas.<\/p>\n So that\u2019s it for the Pok\u00e9mon<\/em>\/Universal Studios Japan partnership, right? Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> has clearly chosen to pursue a bigger, more ambitious deal with Yomiuriland, and so it\u2019s burned the bridge with USJ\u2026<\/p>\n Except, nope, that\u2019s not what\u2019s happening at all. With its cast of hundreds upon hundreds of friendly, adorable creatures, sometimes it\u2019s easy to forget just how powerful the Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> franchise is, powerful enough to maintain simultaneous working relationships with competing rivals. So even though Yomiuriland is building hype for Pok\u00e9park Kanto\u2019s grand opening on February 5, Universal Studios Japan has just announced that it\u2019s deepening its partnership with the Pok\u00e9mon Company and is currently developing new, more immersive experiences for Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> fans<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cBuilding off the experiences of previous collaborations with the Pok\u00e9mon Company, we are thrilled to announce the beginning of our project to create Pok\u00e9mon experiences with an unprecedented level of interactivity,\u201d<\/strong> says Universal Studios Japan. The \u201cinteractivity\u201d part is especially important, as it implies that whatever is in the works goes beyond the passive entertainment of watching Pok\u00e9mon parade down a cordoned off street or dance up on a stage away from guests. It also, intentionally or not, creates a contrast with Pok\u00e9park Kanto\u2019s Pok\u00e9mon Forest sub-section, which looks to be a nature walk\/exploration area with Pok\u00e9mon statues, where the fun ostensibly stems more from seeing Pok\u00e9mon than actively engaging with them.<\/p>\n No specifics for the reenergized partnership between Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> and USJ have been revealed, but the companies have said that while the new attractions will debut at Universal Studios Japan, after that they\u2019ll make their way to Universal Studios theme parks outside Japan too.<\/p>\n Source: PR Times<\/a><\/em> Reenergized partnership project will start in Japan, then spread to Universal Studios parks in other countries. Back in 2021, an announcement was made that the Pok\u00e9mon franchise would be coming…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4142","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\/4142","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=4142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/pu-2.jpg?w=640\")
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