Pre‑orders hungry collectors for Pokémon’s 30th anniversary merchandise on the official Pokémon Center site the flagship website went live Wednesday, triggering extensive global server failures as demand overwhelmed the platform, causing crashes.
Queues lines lasted up to six hours in extreme cases, with shoppers racing to secure exclusive goods online.
Early leaks sneak peeks on Tuesday also showed the full trading card game set list the entire deck lineup before its official rollout the upcoming debut, firing up excitement ahead of release.
In Australia Across the continent, introductory 30th anniversary boxes will also show up in McDonald’s Happy Meals this week, marking a milestone event as the themed menus now include the collectibles.