
The Pokémon Company is one that's not shy to merchandising opportunities; it seems there's a Pokémon inspired variant to roughly any product you could think of. This is smart advertising, and it leads to increased brand recognition, but it sometimes also leads to some humorous outcomes. While most of the time the branding makes sense – such as cereal, toys, beach towels, etc. – there are some collaborations that make you wonder what the decision making process really looked like.
It was recently announced that a Japanese lingerie company called Yummy Mart collaborated with the Pokémon Company to produce a range of themed Pokémon undergarments. The range includes pajamas, a poncho, and an eye mask, and they're being developed in celebration of Pokémon's 20th anniversary this year. To get a look at the full collection, you can find it here, but we'd advise that you don't view this sort of thing while at work.
What do you think? What's your favorite piece of Pokémon merchandise? Drop us a comment in the section below.
[source nintendo-insider.com]
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yawn It's all bloody Pikachu. Wake me up when they start producing Jynx-themed lingerie or a Machamp body suit.
The sentence "I'd like to Pikachu" has reached a whole new level of wrong.
At least it's just Pikachu. With some Pokemon designs, some potential undergarments could look a bit...questionable.
I'm looking at you, Jynx and Lopunny.
Pikachu lingerie the future is now...
Good Lord.
The future is now, thanks to SCIENCE!
@WireWare ...or right!
I wanted Jigglypuff or Clefairy
@DarthNocturnal priorities!
Needs pics of smexy girls wearing them.
'Yummy Mart', Lol...
@Yorumi Don't forget Delphox, Pokemon's version of Renamon!
Hahahaha! Oh wait...
Damn this family friendly site, so many hilarious thoughts in my head and I can't articulate them for being somewhat NSFW
You would think they wouldn't have picked a photo where the models teeth are covered in lipstick. Honestly, what's the world coming to 😁
Isn't walmart already had tons of superman batman themed underwear...? It's about time Pokemon.
@sillygostly "It's all bloody Pikachu".....
Thanks for the visual.....
The way the backside of the eh, uh, "item", features Pikachu's backside is a nice touch.
Has science gone too far?
where are the pokemon underoos? cmon people
Ordered for girlfriend..........
War has changed...
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Pfft. Pikachu lingerie, more like.
I fail to see how this is "weird" when there have been comic book heroes on lingerie for decades now.
Now that Pikachu lingerie is a thing, can we allow Jigglypuff bras to become a thing? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Why are these no on some model so that we can see how it fits on a live person?
Gotta catch 'em all!

Well, it must be the start of a wonderful day if the first thing I see when I log on to Nintendo Life is Pokémon knickers.
Might even brighten up @rjejr's day...
I was actually expecting someone to say something along the lines of wanting to throw his Pokéballs at it, but I guess no one dared to go there. Oh, wait...
Good color though, depending on the accident...
Pee-kachu...
No batteries needed: comes with its own electricity...
Cloyster panties.
if you take a girl home and see this,dont let her go.shes one of the good ones.
@japongt Because you gotta catch 'em first...
@BlatantlyHeroic Haha, references....
@TheRealThanos I hadn't decided on my comment yet, but "highlight of my day" was on the short list. Given the choice between being the "Grumpy old man" yesterday and the "dirty old man" today I know which type of article I prefer.
Master Roshi approves.
@rjejr I don't think that Master Roshi is swayed that easily by Pokémon underwear after having this burned into his memory:

@BlatantlyHeroic In Ash's voice : WOW, science is so cool!!!!!!!!
Pikachu: Pika pika!
The future is now, thanks to fetishes!
(But at this point, I wouldn't be surprised to find officially licensed Diglett dildos, either. )
Well I guess all that's left is some Metapod boxer shorts. It does learn harden after all...
@TheRealThanos His memory isn't what it used to be, otherwise he wouldn't keep hitting on Bulma and getting smacked in the face, he's all about the here and now. And leotards.
They're okay. Kids get some pretty cool designs on their clothes so why shouldn't adults have them too?
@EmmatheBest
eww
@WireWare
It took me a few minutes to get that. lol
My eyes...
@DarthNocturnal Bring Pokémon Pinball (GBC) to VC!
Soooo... what is weird in it actually? Or newsworthy? That some IP transferred to underwear?
I guess going outside is advised.
I hope there will be more old news like that, like Mario being on underwear or whatever.
Holy japanese! never change! Holy Cross!
The world is saved.
what? only Pikachu? yawn
They should have used other pokemon as well, like Gengar. Gengar is awesome, as proven by science AND religion.
Kind of want the angry Pikachu sleep mask though. (^_^ )
@DarthNocturnal Forget about this yesterday, was distracted by underwear models. My kid has been waiting for this for awhile now, he plays on PC but has an Android tablet. Thanks for the heads up. And yes, Nintendo Life REALLY should have covered this.
I want Gothitelle themed ones! Why? It's because it's goth time all the time!
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