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Destructoid
Adam Newell

Fans bemoan Pokémon Center experience at Anaheim 2025— but there is one silver lining

If you have ever been to a Pokémon Center experience at a Pokémon World Championship before, you know about the delays, the issues, the scalpers that try to flip things for a premium, and more issues that you think Pokémon Company would have gotten right by now.

This year in Anaheim, it feels like nothing has changed with trainers showing long lines on social media, sometimes with delays of over a couple of hours, and hordes collapsing around single bins to snag rare items likely to resell them online. In some pictures, there are tons of people all trying to get to the entrance, and it feels like an overcrowded mess so far.

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