Update [Fri 18th Nov, 2022 22:30 GMT]: A new shoe in the Pokémon X PUMA collection was released on November 12, with Gen 1 ghost-type Gengar as the theme. The Electric Purple/Fire Red TRC Blaze Court sneakers don’t seem to be available on PUMA website, although several shoe enthusiast sites have listed it on their second-hand market. The rest of the sneaker designs – including Pikachu, Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur – are available for purchase.
Update [Wed 2nd Nov, 2022 17:00 GMT]: The Pokémon Company has now officially announced the collection with a simple tweet.
The shoes will be available at Pokémon Center stores as well as other shoe stores, but we’ll likely have more details in the coming weeks.
For more details on the shoes, including photos, check out our story below…
Original article [Tue 1st Nov, 2022 20:30 GMT]: The Pokémon Company is working with sports brand PUMA to create a variety of suede sneakers for both adults and children, and they’re pretty cool. It causes us to seriously consider whether we have enough… drip? Is that what the kids say?
Shared on Twitter by PKMN_Style (thank PokeJungle!), five different shoes represent Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle, and instead of being the same, there are subtle design differences to make each pair unique.
Inside the shoe, there is a silhouette of the Pokémon (or Pichu for Pikachu), and there are different designs on the soles to match the respective Pokémon. There’s a little icon on the back of each shoe and a cute little charm featuring the Pocket Monster you’ve chosen. And of course, they all match the color of their Pokémon, but in a way that’s not too colorful.
We think our trainer game — both in Pokémon trainer terms and shoe terminology – will be greatly improved by these. Take a look at them and see if you agree!
The shoes have yet to be officially announced, although several other retailers are listing the shoes online right now. Children’s footboard There’s a kids shoe for $90, with a release date of November 12. We’ll likely hear from The Pokémon Company or PUMA soon about where and when we might be able to touch it. hands (or feet?) on these shoes.
What do you think of the shoes? Will you catch them all when they fall? Put your shoes on and head down to the comments to let us know!
