Pokémon is a franchise with a dizzying range of spin-off games, merchandise, films and of course TV shows. There are also plenty that pass us by in the West, of course, with a new show announced for Japanese TV that could be rather fun.
It's a variety show called 'Pokemon to Doko Iku!?', which will have an abbreviated title of PokeDoko and will begin its run in April. More importantly, it has a Pikachu car, which you can call Pi-car-chu, Pikarchu or whatever you want.
We'll let the fine folk at Siliconera explain the show's premise.
PokeDoko will have a focus on travels related to the Pokemon franchise. According to the show’s description, the hosts will travel to meet Pokemon fans all around the world. The program will also feature a uniquely-shaped car modeled after Pikachu.
Shoko Nakagawa, who has regularly attended prior Pokemon variety shows, will return to PokeDoko as a navigator. She will accompany the leading host Ryogo Matsumaru and the car driver Abareru-kun. The show will also feature one more popular Japanese female celebrity. TV Tokyo will reveal the latter’s identity at a later date.
This timeline may have its flaws, but cars shaped like iconic game characters is definitely a perk.
[source siliconera.com]
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That yellow rat gets put on everything over there
Typical Japan, Love the wheels!
Carby, Pi-car-chu... time to pull out the whiteboard and the pins for Mario Kart 9 speculations again?😆
I'd rather like to see a Carizard...
I'll see myself out.
Pikachu Pikachu Pikachu why can't Eevee get some more love for once? sick of the sight of the yellow rat tbh. I'd stomp on it with my size 13 boot if I had my way 😆
Haha, That's awesome man, Too funny.
Life. Goals.
Am I the only one here who thinks that cars and buses are not the same thing?
You step inside and the floor is furry and squishy
Looks more like a Pikabus.
Looks more like a rip off of the Catbus from Ghibli
Pikachu, a pikachu that got sick of its old body, and wanted to be the one doing the catching.
The chubus, coming to a gas station near you.
"please let this be a normal field trip"
this Pikachu car is more like a Pikachu bus.
That cat bus rip-off is going nowhere once it hits a speed bump
@RubyCarbuncle Pikachu is one of the most recognisable characters in the world and has a unique style and look. Eevee is a generic brown dog raccoon thing
Can Kirby eat it?
The only true contender for Carby!
Not the first time they put Pikachu on a car. They've been doing it since the 90s. Only 90s kids remember the Volkswagen beetle Pikachu cars that roamed the streets during Pokemon's first promotional events in the US.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWheels/comments/bbhbgk/signed_the_title_for_this_yesterday_this_pikachu/
@PorllM At least Eevee can be compared to a real life animal. Pikachu is comparable to a science experiment gone horribly wrong.
Eevee is just as popular if not more so than Pikachu now. I'm bored of seeing a stupid freaky looking yellow rat in the spotlight all the time and I just think it would be nice to see Eevee. Also don't forget Eevee is the only Pokèmon that can evolve into more than one Pokèmon, what does Pikachu evolve into? another boring rat.
Sorry I'm just bored of seeing Pikachu now.
@ManaOwls They missed a trick in not brainstorming this series with you!
Carby might have some competition
I almost want to hope it gets in a wreck (where nobody is injured of course) just to see a mangled Pikachu bus.
Well, what would you rather ride in? A yellow bus or a pink car?
How do you get a Pokémon on a bus? You Pikachu.
Better keep a safe distance, don't wanna mess with pikachu's iron tail
The world’s first electric car to run solely on petrol!
It's cool and all, but there is pop-up zoo that has replicas of Pokémon and a touring museum exhibit with life sized Pokémon fossils ... I don't think a car is going to turn a lot of heads.
https://soranews24.com/2021/04/21/life-size-pokemon-skeletons-going-on-display-to-help-kids-learn-about-fossils/
https://soranews24.com/2021/07/01/this-japanese-theme-park-just-made-a-real-world-pokemon-forest-for-you-to-go-pokemon-spotting-in/
This be the most perfect electrical car and the horn better make pika pika or when low on battery pikachu like when it hurt and fully charged it should be making happy sounds
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