Pokémon Center New York: Difference between revisions

To celebrate the opening of the store on November 16, 2001, a wide range of exclusive merchandise was made available for purchase at the store. Many of these items were later made available for purchase at the other Pokémon Center stores in Japan, as well as on Pokémon Center Online.<ref name="merch" />

Another piece of opening day merchandise was the [[Pokémon-themed console editions#Game Boy Advance|Game Boy Advance - Pokémon Center New York Edition]]. This version of the [[Game Boy Advance]] was gold with grey buttons, had "Pokémon Center NEW YORK" written above the screen, silhouettes of Pichu and Pikachu either side of the Game Boy Advance logo below the screen, and the Pokémon logo above the A and B buttons. The handheld console was initially sold alone for $99.95, or bundled with a chocolate brown carry case for $109.95, or a plastic carry case for $105.95.<ref name="onlineshop" />  

Due to poor sales, the price for the console was later reduced to $79.95, and by June 2002 to $69.95 with a free copy of {{game|Crystal}}.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020618214947/http://www.pokemoncenter.com/pkstore/dept.asp?s_id=0&dept_id=1000# ''Online Store'' - Pokémon USA, Inc.] (archived from the original June 18, 2002; retrieved March 23, 2024)</ref> Eventually, the console would stop being an exclusive, and was sold at other US retailers, such as {{wp|Toys "R" Us}}, and at Pokémon Center stores in Japan.<ref name="gaming" />