{"id":21081,"date":"2026-09-01T03:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T03:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=21081"},"modified":"2026-09-01T03:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T03:56:11","slug":"wild-card-pokemon-hands-the-next-movie-to-a-card-player-and-mimikyu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=21081","title":{"rendered":"Wild Card, Pok\u00e9mon Hands the Next Movie to a Card Player and Mimikyu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/31140601\/pokemon-wild-card-movie-reveal.jpg\" alt=\"Pokemon Wild Card Movie Reveal\" width=\"960\" height=\"961\"\/><br \/>Seven years after Pok\u00e9mon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle left theaters in Japan and later arrived on Netflix, a new feature-length animated film is finally on the calendar. Pok\u00e9mon: Wild Card was unveiled August 30, 2026, during the closing ceremony of the Pok\u00e9mon World Championships at Chase Center in San Francisco, then confirmed on Pok\u00e9mon.com the same weekend.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-256216\"\/><br \/><iframe title=\"Pok\u00e9mon: Wild Card | Official Teaser Trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H6_jMQ6whtQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>Tsunekazu Ishihara, president and CEO of The Pok\u00e9mon Company, told the arena this is the first new Pok\u00e9mon movie in seven years, and that the lead is a trading card game player \u201cbattling and striving to be a champion,\u201d language aimed straight at the people sitting in that room. Official copy keeps the premise short. A TCG player and his partner Mimikyu have to put their cards on the table and prove they can reach their goals. There are no gym badges, no Ash, and no cross-country journeys like those that defined the old theatrical slate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aawp\">\n<div class=\"aawp-product aawp-product--horizontal\" data-aawp-product-asin=\"B0G2SYW75X\" data-aawp-product-id=\"256290\" data-aawp-tracking-id=\"tec02e-20\" data-aawp-product-title=\"LEGO Pok\u00e9mon Venusaur Charizard and Blastoise - Building Set for Adults Ages 18+ - Collectible Pok\u00e9mon Figures - Gift Idea for Men &amp; Women - 72153\">\n<div class=\"aawp-product__thumb\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aawp-product__image\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/516OK1wgjJL._SL160_.jpg\" alt=\"LEGO Pok\u00e9mon Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise - Building Set for Adults, Ages 18+ - Collectible...\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"aawp-product__content\">\n<p>            LEGO Pok\u00e9mon Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise &#8211; Building Set for Adults, Ages 18+ &#8211; Collectible&#8230;        <\/p>\n<div class=\"aawp-product__description\">\n<ul>\n<li>EPIC POK\u00c9MON MODEL BUILDING KIT \u2013 Relive your thrilling training journey with this LEGO Pok\u00e9mon Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise (72153) building&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>3 ICONIC POK\u00c9MON FIGURES \u2013 This detailed Pok\u00e9mon model kit features 3 posable Kanto partner Pok\u00e9mon in their fierce and final evolution forms&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>DYNAMIC DISPLAY PIECE \u2013 Each Pok\u00e9mon figure can stand alone while posed in a battle stance or be mounted on its biome stand, each of which can be&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nMimikyu shows up with a pretty out there backstory. Introduced back in Pok\u00e9mon Sun and Moon back in 2016, this Ghost and Fairy-type is a bit of a oddball \u2013 it wears a tatty old cloth painted to look like Pikachu, and the whole reason for this getup is that it just wants the same affection that people lavish on that little fella. This Pikachu-inspired costume hides a rather different story, a dark and low-slung figure that is a bit of a scaredy cat who prefers shadows to bright lights. This same \u2018costume logic\u2019 is now being matched with a human lead who wears a yellow sweatshirt that is essentially a duplicate of the same silhouette, at least according to Japanese press, which refers to the player as Mikiya. However, the English team is remaining cautious, referring to him solely as a TCG player for the time being.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/31140551\/pokemon-wild-card-movie-reveal-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pokemon Wild Card Movie Reveal\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><br \/>A 39-second teaser finally dropped, allowing the world to get a glance. The game begins with a slew of cards spread around a playmat before things get a little crazy. We get a taste of city nighttime with neon and the works, a river, and a stone barrier. Mikiya sits at the table, appearing peaceful in his yellow hoodie, while Mimikyu lurks in the distance, perched on the fence. There\u2019s a brief flash of a Psychic deck with a Mimikyu card already in play, and then the footage turns to the player gazing directly at the camera, with the logo and an eye symbol that\u2019s a little perplexing. The wording at the conclusion effectively implies that it will all come in 2027 and then on after that, or in 2027 and on, depending on which part of the video you view. That\u2019s why all of the trade news is just repeating the same narrative without even attempting to guess the exact date.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/31140557\/pokemon-wild-card-movie-reveal-2.jpg\" alt=\"Pokemon Wild Card Movie Reveal\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><br \/>CloverWorks is handling the animation, and they\u2019re also responsible for Spy x Family, Bocchi the Rock!, and My Dress-Up Darling, a very unusual lineup that deviates from the traditional gentler family fare of older Pok\u00e9mon films. Katsuhiko Kitada will direct after previously working on The First Slam Dunk, Attack on Titan, and Naruto: Shippuden. Meanwhile, Akemi Hayashi is responsible for character design, having previously worked on Banana Fish, Lazarus, and a variety of other projects. STORY inc. is credited with planning and production, and Toho will handle distribution in Japan, but there is no information on who will voice the actors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/31140737\/pokemon-wild-card-movie-reveal-3.jpg\" alt=\"Pokemon Wild Card Movie Reveal\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><br \/>Release details are being kept very vague. The general consensus is that it will be released in cinemas worldwide in 2027, with the tagline \u201cand beyond\u201d prominently featured on the teaser. Of course, this has sparked all sorts of speculation, including a sequel film, a companion series, or simply a massive international launch. However, no one from The Pok\u00e9mon Company has announced whether there would be a second chapter. Other information, such as when it will be released in the United States, who will stream it, and when we will be able to see it, are yet unknown.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Wild Card, Pok\u00e9mon Hands the Next Movie to a Card Player and Mimikyu<br \/>\n<br \/>#Wild #Card #Pok\u00e9mon #Hands #Movie #Card #Player #Mimikyu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven years after Pok\u00e9mon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle left theaters in Japan and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[548,3840,13470,4122,3125,577,2450],"class_list":["post-21081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","tag-card","tag-hands","tag-mimikyu","tag-movie","tag-player","tag-pokemon","tag-wild"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pokemon-wild-card-movie-reveal.jpg",960,961,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pokemon-wild-card-movie-reveal-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pokemon-wild-card-movie-reveal-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pokemon-wild-card-movie-reveal-768x769.jpg",640,641,true],"large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pokemon-wild-card-movie-reveal.jpg",640,641,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pokemon-wild-card-movie-reveal.jpg",960,961,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pokemon-wild-card-movie-reveal.jpg",960,961,false],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pokemon-wild-card-movie-reveal.jpg",960,961,false],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pokemon-wild-card-movie-reveal-540x340.jpg",540,340,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news678.top\/?cat=8\" rel=\"category\">Tech<\/a>","tag_info":"Tech","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}