The Story difficulty in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 will involve more manageable battles, as a new patch included dodge and parry time adjustments to make the windows for reacting larger. There are also options to change settings to arrange for a greater challenge if you are in Act 3. All are present after updating to 1.3.0.

Both of the Story difficulty changes in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 are designed to make things a bit more manageable if someone experienced issues mastering dodge and parry timing. Both are now more forgiving. You get 40% larger windows to respond to an enemy by moving out of the way or counter their attack. Also, if you do get hit, it won’t hurt as bad. While previously, an attack that hit would do 60% of the damage it would on other difficulty levels, now it will only deal 50%.

As for making the game more difficult, you can set caps on your damage or adjust the health of enemies. With characters, you get two options for damage. You can make it so attacks top out at either 99,999 or 999,999. With enemies’ health, there are six different variants, all of which increase their vitality. The minimum increase is twice as much HP as normal, while the maximum is up to 100x.

Here are the full Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 patch nots for 1.3.0, which Sandfall shared on Steam. Note that there are spoilers in them, if you haven’t gotten to about Act 3.

Simon Rematch

• Players can now rematch Simon after defeating him!
  

Story Mode Balancing.

Story mode is our easiest difficulty setting.

• Parry and dodge windows increased by 40%
• Incoming damage reduced by 10% to 50%

Challenge Modifiers (Act III onward)
At flag checkpoints, players can now:

• Limit max player damage to 99,999 or 999,999
• Multiply enemy HP by x2, x5, x10, x20, x50, or x100

Bug Fixes (297 total, notable examples below)

• Verso now gains Perfection correctly when in reserve
• Simoso weapon will no longer cause lag due to memory leaks
• General polish across collisions, terrain, and scripting
• Cutscenes scale properly on ultrawide and non-standard resolutions
• Fixed a bug where loading a save after resting at a different location would spawn the player at coordinate zero
• Placeholder textures removed near Chromatic Boucheclier and his battlearena
• Fixed performance drops from repeated resting on certain levels
• Crash after dialogue sequences resolved
• Fixed stability issues after extended play sessions
• French voiceover now plays correctly when selected

System & Settings

• Audio can now be muted or unmuted when the game is running in the background
• Mouse and joystick sensitivity improvements
• Manual save file renaming is now ed (EXPEDITION_XX format required. XX must be a value between 00 and 09.)
  

Localization

• Rolling credits updated (added creature VO, refined IOI section)
• Font size adjustments for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
• New strings added and minor text corrections implemented
  

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is available for the PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC. 

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Back in 2024, Good Smile Company announced there would be casual figures of Hololive Vtubers ing the Nendoroid line, with one being Usada Pekora. Now we know that will debut in Japan in October 2025, followed by a worldwide release in Q1 2026. It will cost ￥7,500/$49.99. There is no Good Smile Company Store exclusive this time, so anyone who chooses to purchase from other retailers won’t miss out on any accessories.

There are three face plates with this figure, and all of them feature various stages of joy. One is a standard smiling face. The other is designed to show more excitement, as she has shiny eyes. The third features closed eyes and a wide, open-mouth smile. To go along with the casual nature, she’s wearing blue gym shoes, a white sailor dress, a blue jumper over it, and a white hair bow that looks like rabbit ears. She also comes with a milk carton she can hold and extra hand and arm parts. She also comes with a circular stand with her name and a white bunny icon on it.

Here are some example photos of the Usada Pekora Casual Outfit Nendoroid in the Hololive figure collection:

This is the second Usada Pekora figure in this line. The first Nendoroid came out in 2022. That’s still available through places like Amazon for the standard $54.99 price.

The Usada Pekora Casual Outfit Nendoroid will debut in Japan in October 2025, and the Hololive figure will show up worldwide in Q1 2026. Pre-orders are open until July 23, 2025. You can see the performer at Pekora Ch. on YouTube.

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Square Enix announced that more Kingdom Hearts mouse pads are on the way, with four circular options and one desk-size option coming to Japan. These will debut there on September 20, 2025. While these items will likely appear worldwide, as Amazon and Square Enix Store both do carry past and other series designs, none of them are currently on any US storefronts just yet.

As the Kingdom Hearts II desk-size mouse pad is the largest, it is also the most expensive. It will cost 3,850円 (~$27). It is over 31 inches by almost 16 inches, and it is designed to cover a substantial area on a desk. These types of mats could also be used when playing card games or engaging in other activities. It features characters like Sora, Riku, Kairi, Roxas, Donald, Goofy, Mickey, Namine, Ansem, and of Organization XIII. 

Here’s how that looks:

The four Kingdom Hearts circular mouse pads are 1,650円 (~$12) each. They are about eight inches around (200mm), so they’re really designed to only be used with mice. These each feature stained glass motifs. One features Xion front and center, with characters like Axel, Saix, Roxas, and Xehanort behind her. The second features Riku with Namine, King Mickey, and Ansem behind him. After that is one with Sora and Kairi back to back, with images of Namine and Roxas behind them. Finally, the last one features Sora in a crown sitting on a throne.

This is how all four of those will look:

As a reminder, all of the past mouse pads in this line featured similar sorts of designs. So circular ones always looked like stained glass windows, and the rectangular full-desk ones featured notable art with multiple characters.

The Kingdom Hearts mouse pads will debut in Japan on September 20, 2025. We’ll likely see them worldwide sometime after that. 

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There will be two Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter collector’s editions appearing alongside the standard release of the game after September 19, 2025. However, they won’t both be available at launch. The SteelBook, which features an additional case as a selling point, will debut alongside the Nihon Falcom JRPG. However, all non-game and SteelBook case items in the Bracer Edition sold via Limited Run Games and Clear River Games will ship separately from the game and appear between November 15, 2025 and December 15, 2025. Both all also provide permanent access to the Launch Celebration Pack of DLC costumes and items that will otherwise only be available until October 19, 2025.

The SteelBook Edition of Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter is $79.99. This includes a normal case with foil embossed slipcover, the SteelBook case, and a physical Switch or PS5 copy to start. We also get the Classic Estelle and Joshua DLC costumes based on their appearances in The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky. The Launch Celebration Pack is a part of this bonus as well.

The Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter Bracer Edition is the more expensive of the two at $179.99. It comes with everything in the SteelBook Edition. However, more physical items are. included. There’s an art book, a mini soundtrack CD, a replica of the Bracer Guild notebook, a cloth map showing the whole Liberl region, and a music box that plays the theme song called “The Whereabouts of Light.” 

Here’s a gallery showing how both of these Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter collector’s editions will look: 

In addition to the two Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter collector’s editions, there is also a set with other accessories and items. Pin Box confirmed it will sell a Bracer Supply Box. That costs $272.66 and includes items like a replica Orbment with Orbment Quartz and take on Estelle’s bag. 

Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter will come to the Switch, PS5, and PC on September 19, 2025.

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Square Enix set up new Final Fantasy XIV social media s, with the company now discussing FFXIV on Bluesky. There are actually four s on the service, and all of them currently shared the first announcement post and teaser video. This means people can follow the MMORPG there in English, French, German, and Japanese.

In the reveal, Square Enix noted this isn’t a replacement for any of the other FFXIV social media s. It’s designed to complement them instead. It is unknown if everything we see on, say, the X and Instagram s will also be mirrored on the FFXIV Bluesky . However, right now there are posts on both of those matching the new announcement. As this is the most recent notice on every platform, we’ll need to keep an eye on s in the future to see if every message will always appear everywhere.

It is important to note that the different language FFXIV social media s can post unique news based on what is relevant to the region, so we could see that happen with the Bluesky one. For example, June 6th is “Sheep Day” in Japan, and only the official Japanese X shared a screenshot from Solution Nine. 

This means we’ll have another option to check for possible announcements from events. There will be a Letter from the Producer LIVE LXXXVII held on June 20, 2025. Then on July 4, 2025, there will be a with Naoki Yoshida that will touch on games at Anime Expo 2025.

Final Fantasy XIV is available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC. A mobile adaptation is in development.

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Square Enix announced that two Final Fantasy XVI books will appear outside Japan, with The Art of FFXVI: Echoes of the Rising Tide art book and LOGOS: The World of FFXVI lore compilation both appearing in English in 2026. LOGOs will appear first on March 31, 2026, followed by the art book on May 5, 2026. 

I suppose someone could consider LOGOS to be similar to the Ultimania Final Fantasy books, only this is written from the perspective of Final Fantasy XVI character Harpocrates II Hyperboreos and others to go over lore. Square Enix also has Ben Starr as Clive, Stewart Clarke as Dion, and Christopher York as Gav writing segments as their characters to help provide additional insights into the people they played. That will cost $44.99, and the Square Enix Online Store version comes with bookmarks. 

Here are official photos of the cover, bookmarks, and some of its pages. 

The Art of Final Fantasy XVI: Echoes of the Rising Tide is the second art book for this entry, as the first FFXVI one showed up in 2023. While LOGOS is a 256-page tome, this is a lighter, 96-page book. That’s because it specifically focuses on the Echoes of the Fallen and The Rising Tide DLC released after launch. The Square Enix Online Store version comes with an A4-size print of Kazuya Takahashi’s art of the cast. 

Square Enix shared initial images of the bonus art and this book as well.

LOGOS: The World of Final Fantasy XVI will launch on March 31, 2026, The Art of FFXVI: Echoes of the Rising Tide will debut on May 5, 2026, and the game is on the PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC now.

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During a Shift Up Producers' Creative Dialogue Special Livestream that included NieR: Automata creator Yoko Taro and producer Yosuke Saito, a rerun of that crossover event in Goddess of Victory: NIKKE ended up confirmed. That collaboration comes back on July 3, 2025. This is almost two years after its debut in September 2023. 

Since this is a rerun event, we do know quite a bit about what to expect from it. 2B and A2 appeared as the banner units and were SSR ones, while Pascal showed up as an SR unit we could earn. A special story appeared involving Machine Lifeforms. There were also costumes, with 2B getting a YoRHa Uniform 1 design. It is unknown if we could see more characters or costumes in the rerun yet.

Here’s the PV from the original run of that NieR: Automata Goddess of Victory: NIKKE crossover:

The full Producers' Creative Dialogue Special Livestream can be seen below:

This means we’ll see one crossover collab come to Goddess of Victory: NIKKE after another. The Stellar Blade one kicks off on June 12, 2025. That features Eve and Raven as banner characters, Lily as one we can earn from the event, and Providence as a boss we can fight. There will also be Neurolink and Skin Suit costumes for Eve that are based on attire from the game.

All three of these games are tied together in another way too. Stellar Blade got both NieR: Automata and Goddess of Victory: NIKKE DLC added to it after launch.

Goddess of Victory: NIKKE is available on PCs and mobile devices, and the NieR: Automata event returns on July 3, 2025. The game is available on the PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and Windows PC. The anime adaptation is streaming via Crunchyroll. Stellar Blade is on the PS5 and PC.

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Nintendo used its Nintendo Today app to announce a new Splatoon Raiders spin-off game and Splatoon 3 update for the Switch 2. While there’s no release date for the new title, the patch that adds upgrades is 10.0.0 and debuts on June 12, 2025. This comes after the company ended new events and additions in September 2024 for Splatoon 3.

In the case of Splatoon 3, this will be one of the free Switch 2 patches to enhance the game. Of course it will run better on the new system and look better there. There will also be crossplay between folks on the Switch and Switch 2. Urchin Under will debut as a stage, 30 weapon kits will be part of a Splatlands weapon collection, more Badges will appear, Freshness caps will be higher. Finally, Anarchy Battle will use Series Weapon Power to ensure even weapons you’re trying for the first time or learning will be as powerful as ones you’ve mastered. 

In the case of Splatoon Raiders, the first trailer teased players as a pilot and mechanic heading to Spirhalite Islands alongside Shiver, Frye, and Big Man from Deep Cut. The trio learned about potential treasure there. Following a crash, it looks like we’ll explore areas alongside a robot. Other segments also showed our avatar fishing and hanging out with characters at a camp. That segment closed on a teaser of a major beam of light emerging from the ground and unusual storm brewing around it.

Here’s the official trailer for both the new game and Switch 2 upgrade. 

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Astro’s Playroom on the PS5 set something of a standard for console “tech demo” launch games and showpieces. It educated while also acting as a genuinely pleasant and compelling platformer. Especially since it ended up being a free pack-in for the system. Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is the equivalent for Nintendo’s newest console generation and, while it is education and enlightening, it is nowhere near as enjoyable. Especially since it comes with a $9.99 price tag.

The setup for Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is one of the things I genuinely appreciate about this application. It’s set up in the same way as the sort of console experiences for this system ahead of launch. You pick an avatar for yourself out of a line of pre-generated folks waiting to get into a Nintendo Exhibit. Once your time comes, you head out onto a show floor organized on top of a giant Switch 2 and its peripherals. So the experience begins on Joy-Con 2 (L) Area, with more opening up as you collect stamps and unlock new difficulty levels for the minigame tech demos or additional locations. You can also chat with other attendees. The concept is sound, the design is great, and I love the style.

Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is broken down into two types of experiences. One involves short quizzes taken after reading an article describing either an element of the console or its one of its peripherals’ design. The other involves an interactive display of some feature tied to the device. So in Joy-Con 2 (L) Area, you can take quizzes about the construction of the controller, play Dodge the Spiked Balls: Survival Mode, and play Find the Strongest Rumble: Along a Line. The quizzes there cover things like the new rumble feature, while the activities show off the mouse-based elements of the new controller and HD Rumble 2. Once you do enough there to earn its stamps, you unlock Area B, which is Nintendo Switch 2 Console Area. 

The execution of everything is fine too. There’s a fast travel option that comes up after you reach Area B. The UI is clear, so it is easy to see how many stamps you collected. Since the minigames are all essentially tech demos, there are ample explanations and they’re usually quite educational. The quality isn’t something I’d call into question.

I’m just not a big fan of how Nintendo handled the content presented here. The information for the quiz sections is fascinating. I did feel like I understood the console, controllers, dock, and camera much better after going through them. They aren’t challenging either, so long as you pay attention. But while they’re novel, I would probably never gone through them if I didn’t need some easy stamps. They weren’t so interesting that I consider them required reading.

Likewise, the minigames present in Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour are nowhere near as joyful and fun as Astro’s Playroom. I think I might have had more fun with 1-2-Switch. I know I liked Nintendo Land better. None of the minigames here are memorable, and they all feel like tech demos manned by overly enthusiastic staff trying to manufacture a “good time” while nudging you along like, “Hey, see how this works here? Try this! Neat, right? Right?” Some are incredibly bland, like HDR Fireworks designed to show the difference between brightness in SDR and HDR. At worst, I felt like I did the thing and at least got a stamp out of it. At best, I thought the educational element of it ended up being worthwhile. Especially in Super Mario Bros 4K, which helped show how many pixels the original Super Mario Bros 1-1 level took up, the way HD Rumble 2 mimics sensations in Maracas Physics, and appreciated how Open the GL/GR Locks got me used to using the new buttons on the Switch 2 Pro Controller. 

Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour works fine. It’s totally functional and educational. It just isn’t fun in the same way games like Nintendo Land and Astro’s Playroom are. Considering this is a product that costs real money, I feel like there needed to be more to it in order to make it worthwhile. If it was even $4.99, rather than $9.99, I might consider recommending it for the insights and experiences that can sometimes be fascinating. As-is, you’ll probably pick out the more novel elements and upgrades to the new system while playing better games like Mario Kart World. 

Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is available for the Switch 2. 

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Back in 2021, Square Enix and Victoria Rosenthal released The Ultimate Final Fantasy XIV Cookbook: The Essential Culinarian Guide to Hydaelyn. You can still find that for $29.99 on stores like Amazon. Now, a companion to it will appear, as volume 2 of the FFXIV cookbook launches in October 2025. The Square Enix Online Store and Amazon are already taking pre-orders for $34.99 each.

The full title this time is The Ultimate Final Fantasy XIV Cookbook Volume 2: The Culinarian’s Journey from Shadow to Shore. This is to represent the regions covered in this installment. While the first entry primarily covered the base game, Heavensward, and Stormblood, this one includes food from the expansions Shadowbringers, Endwalker, and Dawntrail. 70 total recipes based on meals from the game will appear, and there will be step-by-step instructions and photos of how everything should look. 

Only three specific meals ended up being confirmed for this book so far. One is the Alpine Breakfast that debuted in Heavensward, and will likely involve ingredients like bread, eggs, cheese, chicken, spinach, and tomatoes. The Tacos de Carne Asada are a Dawntrail recipe. In-game, this dish involves items like flour, meat, garlic, onion, paprika, and pepper. Finally, Pudding of Perseverance & Prominence will be in there, though I can’t seem to find a counterpart for that.

The Ultimate Final Fantasy XIV Cookbook Volume 2: The Culinarian’s Journey from Shadow to Shore will debut in October 2025, and FFXIV is available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC. 

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Idol Corp announced on its official social media that the Vtubers Coni Confetti, Kai Saikota, and Nikki Rei will all graduate, but all three will perform at a concert at OffKai Expo Gen 4 between June 20-22, 2025 ahead of their June 30, 2025 graduation date. Of the three, only Nikki will continue to perform as an indie under the same identity after that date. 

First, here is the Idol Corp announcement that stated the three Vtubers would be leaving the company by June 30, 2025. It thanked all three of item. It also noted that anyone who attends OffKai Expo Gen 4 will be able to leave fan letters for the performers at the San Jose, California event. 

Each of the performers also shared messages on social media and, in some cases, during streams that went over the announcement. On June 8, 2025, Coni Confetti said on social media, “…I cant do an announcement stream or grad stream cus im [sic] locked out of my stuff right now LMAO.” She did share this message, however:

Kai Saikota said in her first message, “ive [sic] loved being your dragon god for every second of it. youve [sic] changed my life in ways i [sic] could have never imagined. thank [sic] you for always loving me.” She also shared a stream going over her decision and graduation.

Finally, Nikki Rei shared an extended statement on social media and announced she would hold a stream on YouTube to answer questions at 11am PT/2pm ET on June 9, 2025. You can read the full comment below:

You can watch her stream below:

The last major group of departures from Idol happened after Brave Group acquired the company in August 2024, as five people chose to leave. One of the more notable who left back then was Rin Penrose. 

Coni Confetti, Kai Saikota, and Nikki Rei will graduate from Idol Corp by June 30, 2025, but all three Vtubers will perform at OffKai Expo Gen 4 before that happens.

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When a new update arrives in a HoYoVerse game, the company usually takes to social media to tease gacha characters that will appear in the next version. It’s happened again now for the 2.1 Zenless Zone Zero patch, as the company shared two Spook Shack faction characters named Alice Thymefield and Yuzuha Ukinami who will appear. Both are Thirens. 

Alice Thymefield is a Anomaly Agent in Zenless Zone Zero. She deals physical damage when she attacks with her sword. She also seems to be a fencer. She comes from a noble family. The announcement didn’t note exactly what kind of Thiren she is. 

Here’s her first trailer:

Yuzuha Ukinami, meanwhile, is clearly billed as a tanuki Thiren in Zenless Zone Zero. She acts in a role for the Spook Shack faction, and she also deals physical damage. 

We can see her for the first time here:

Here’s a gallery of the first images for both new heroines.

This means we’ve seen quite a few new Thiren characters in Zenless Zone Zero since the 2.0 series of patches kicked off. Two of them are in the Yunkui Summit faction. Pan Yinhu is a panda, while Ju Fufu is a tiger.

Zenless Zone Zero is available for the PS5, Xbox Series X, PC, and mobile devices, 

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Dash Food is one of the more fun surprises in Mario Kart World. Grab a meal, get a speed boost and maybe a costume! I have sacrificed first or second place in a race to ensure someone gets a snack when I know I’m missing one of their outfits. But there’s one tragedy here. You can’t dress up Cow in costumes in Mario Kart World, and it’s one of Nintendo’s greatest failings in an otherwise exemplary game. 

For my first full day with the Switch 2 and Mario Kart World, I only used Cow. Cow is wonderful. I love everything about her. But I also know I missed so many opportunities when I did. Lots of other characters can get variants with new outfits via Dash Food, and it might be fun to use this early unlocking push to also get those costumes. 

I had fun doing it! Especially with characters such as Peach, Daisy, and Rosalina, as I knew all three had pretty decent wardrobes to start. However, as I did so, I also started to feel bad. Why?

Because Cow deserves costumes in Mario Kart World. 

Nintendo knew ahead of time Cow is a standout. Cow is the reason NPCs and certain enemies got to be playable characters in Mario Kart World. From the moment Cow ended up being confirmed, she’s been the talk of the town. Her not getting her own outfits is a travesty.

I found it especially disheartening once I started unlocking costumes for other Mario Kart World characters who are enemies or weren’t drivers before. Lakitu? He’s got two costumes. King Boo gets three extra variants. Poor Cow gets nothing. 

Now, I know there could be excuses (bad ones) for Cow being neglected and denied costumes in Mario Kart World. She’s a cow. Sure. But again, that doesn’t stop King Boo. There could be cute collars for her or a hat. 

Especially since we know Cow can wear a hat. She will don a crown, just like everyone else, once you come in first in Grand Prix or Knockout Tour to show your achievement for getting first place. Give her a straw farmer hat similar to Peach’s! Let her get a cute bow like Birdo! Give her a permanent tiara like the queen she is! 

Cow deserves to dress up and be pretty in Mario Kart World, and Nintendo should acknowledge that by giving her costumes in an update. Let her wear fun hats! Give her necklaces! Maybe she could wear a cape! Don’t limit her and those of us who love her!

Mario Kart World is available for the Switch 2. 

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Bandai Namco announced the first Bleach Rebirth of Souls DLC character and it will be Ichigo Kurosaki (Thousand Year Blood War Arc). If someone has the $24.99 Season , he will debut on June 10, 2025. Everyone else can get him on June 17, 2025. 

Editor’s Note: There will be spoilers for the Bleach Thousand Year Blood War anime in the Rebirth of Souls Ichigo Kurosaki DLC trailer below. 1g5m2j

This video primarily focuses on some gameplay footage samples. None of this version of Ichigo’s attacks are named. Instead, after seeing a quick series of images highlighting existing characters in the game, we see this Thousand Year Blood War Arc fighter appear. First, there’s a static image of his art. Then, we see him take the field. He uses two attacks, as well as appears in a notable form for this version of the hero.

Here’s the full trailer:

This means there will be four versions of Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach Rebirth of Souls once this DLC debuts. The first is a standard version of the character. The second Bandai Namco revealed ended up being Ichigo Kurosaki (Bankai). The third turned out to be Ichigo Kurosaki (Final Getsugatensho). Each one highlights the hero at different points of the series. 

Bleach Rebirth of Souls is on the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, and the full launch of Ichigo Kurosaki (Thousand Year Blood War Arc) happens on June 17, 2025. The Bleach anime, including Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, are streaming on on Disney+ and Hulu. Viz Media handles the manga series outside of Japan.

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The Pokemon Company International announced that the next two Squishmallows based on the series’ characters are Torchic and a Cheery Pikachu variant plush. Each one costs $29.99. Only the 12 inch variants are available on the official Pokemon Center online storefront now. The official email outreach noted these are pre-orders, but exact release dates didn’t appear.

Like all Squishmallows plush, these two are each an oval, pillow-like shape with a few distinctive, identifiable characteristics. In the case of the Torchic, it features feathers all around the character’s neck, a beak, and more feathers on the character’s head. The Pikachu has its characteristic ears, red cheeks, embroidered arms on the front fabric, brown back stripes, and its zig-zag tail. 

Since these are the Pokemon Center releases of these two Squishmallows, the Torchic and Cheery Pikachu plush feature other characteristics unique to this retailer. Each one has a tag attached with special imagery, as well as a Poke Ball-shaped patch on the back. Ensuing releases at retail stores like Walgreens and Walmart won’t feature the patch or tag. However, those ones will appear in different sizes.

Here’s how the Torchic and Cheery Pikachu Squishmallows look:

The previous two releases in this series were Chansey and Eevee. 

This means Pikachu is the most common plush in this line. A standard one appeared in 2023. A Winking Pikachu version debuted after that. A Christmas variant wears a Santa hat. As these are quite common, it isn't unusual to find them at places like Amazon or Walmart.

The Torchic and Cheery Pikachu Squishmallows are on the way. The most recent games in the series are Pokemon Scarlet and Violet for the Switch.

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