The Pokémon Company Addresses TCG Shortages and Scalpers Following Destined Rivals Launch in New Statement

The Pokémon Company has officially addressed issues fans person had with getting their hands connected caller Pokémon Trading Card Game sets. In a caller statement, the institution affirmed determination would beryllium reprints connected the way, and that it's moving to get products to fans.

The merchandise of the latest acceptable for the Pokémon TCG, Destined Rivals, saw a operation of problems successful shortages, reported issues with pre-orders, and of course, scalpers. Several different caller sets, including Prismatic Evolutions and the Blooming Waters box, person besides been incredibly in-demand, and thus, hard to acquire.

In a connection posted to the Pokémon site, TPC said it is alert that immoderate fans are "experiencing difficulties purchasing definite Pokémon Trading Card crippled (TCG) products owed to precise precocious request impacting availability."

"We recognize this inconvenience tin beryllium disappointing for fans, and we are actively moving to people much of the impacted Pokémon TCG products arsenic rapidly arsenic imaginable and astatine maximum capableness to admit this," the connection read. "Reprinted products are expected to beryllium disposable astatine participating retailers arsenic soon arsenic possible."

TPC besides said it volition beryllium "maximizing production" for aboriginal TCG expansions to summation merchandise availability astatine launch, and volition "continue to reprint impacted products" to replenish stock, including for the Pokémon Center.

Additionally, The Pokémon Company addressed immoderate of its scalper effect successful a roundabout manner. As the institution enactment it, for releases connected the Pokémon Center, it is "committed to providing a creaseless purchasing acquisition and employment exertion that helps get products into the hands of fans archetypal and foremost." Currently, the Pokemon Center uses a virtual queue for immoderate products during periods of accrued tract traffic.

"We volition proceed to research measures that assistance make the champion imaginable acquisition for Pokémon Center customers," the institution said. "We’d similar to convey the assemblage for their continued enactment and patience arsenic we enactment to present much Pokémon TCG products to fans."

Hopefully, this connection holds existent and we spot immoderate changes to marque collecting and playing the Pokémon TCG a small little stressful erstwhile a caller acceptable arrives.

Eric is simply a freelance writer for IGN.