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| [[File:Tokyo Pokemon Center exterior.jpg|Exterior of the Tokyo Pokémon Center|thumb|right|300px]] | | [[File:Tokyo Pokemon Center exterior.jpg|Exterior of the Tokyo Pokémon Center|thumb|right|300px]] |
− | '''Pokémon Centers''' are retail stores run by [[The Pokémon Company]] specializing in [[Pokémon merchandise]]. | + | '''Pokémon Centers''' are retail stores that sell official [[Pokémon merchandise]]. Japanese stores are operated by [[The Pokémon Company]], while mall kiosks in the Seattle, Washington, area of the United States are run by [[The Pokémon Company International]]. |
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| ==Products== | | ==Products== |
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| ===USA=== | | ===USA=== |
− | ====New York==== | + | ====Seattle, Washington==== |
| + | The Pokémon Company International is headquartered in [[wp:Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue]], a city that neighbors [[wp:Seattle, Washington|Seattle]]. |
| + | =====Northgate Mall===== |
| + | * Opened summer 2010 |
| + | * 401 NE Northgate Way, Seattle, Washington, 98125 |
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| + | This standalone kiosk in the mall's common area is a vending machine that sells five types of [[PokéDoll]]s, several [[Monster Collection]] figures, trading cards, and [[Nintendo DS]] games. It also features interactive games and a PokéDex for visitors to play with. |
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| + | =====Alderwood Mall===== |
| + | * Opened November 2010 |
| + | * 3000 184th Street SW, Lynnwood, Washington, 98037 |
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| + | This shop is the larger of the two Seattle-area shops, but it is still in the mall common area and limited in size. It features a larger vending machine kiosk, a tower of PokéDolls and DX PokéDolls, and TPCI employees who answer questions and ring up sales. |
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| + | ====New York (Nintendo World Store)==== |
| * Opened November 16, 2001 | | * Opened November 16, 2001 |
| * 10 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, 10020 | | * 10 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, 10020 |
| * Phone: (212) 307-0900 | | * Phone: (212) 307-0900 |
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− | '''Note:''' In January of 2005, Pokémon Center New York closed for remodeling; it was reopened as a general Nintendo store called Nintendo World on May 14, 2005, no longer as a Pokémon-exclusive store. There is, though, a section in the ground floor devoted to the franchise.
| + | In January 2005, Pokémon Center New York closed for remodeling. It reopened as a general Nintendo store called [[wp:Nintendo World Store|Nintendo World]] on May 14, 2005, no longer as a Pokémon-exclusive store. There is, however, a section in the ground floor devoted to the franchise. |
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| ==Previous stores== | | ==Previous stores== |