Pepsi Launches Limited-Edition New Collab with Pokémon – And Fans Want to 'Catch Them All'

This year marks the official 30th anniversary of the wildly successful multimedia series, Pokémon.

To celebrate the big event, multiple well-known food and beverage brands have announced new partnership with the creators of the franchise to help bring certain limited-time Pokémon products to life.

While American fans will receive limited-edition collabs between Pokémon and brands like Pop-Tarts, Japanese audiences are getting what might very well be the most exciting lineup of releases tied to the franchise.

According to Sporked, Pepsi is set to roll out a wide variety of new soda bottles featuring some of the most famous Pokémon characters ever featured in the series. This includes:

• C.C. Lemon: Lemon soda featuring the images ofPichu, Pikachu and Raichu.
• Pepsi Big Zero: A Japanese-exclusive, zero-sugar, zero-calorie iteration of Pepsi featuring images of Charmander, Charmeleon and Charizard.
• Pepsi Big Zero Lemon: Pepsi Big Zero with a lemon flavor profile, featuring images of Squirtle, Wartortle and Blastoise.
• POP Melon: Melon-flavored soda with images of Bulbasaur, Ivysaur and Venusaur.
• Natchan Apple: Apple juice featuring images of Applin, Dipplin and Hydrapple.
• Natchan Orange: Orange juice featuring images of Pawmi, Pawmo and Pawmot.

As delicious and creative as these sodas sound, sadly, American Pokémon fans might have trouble finding them in the States, with the products exclusively sold in Japan. However, Sporked recommended more determined collectors check their local Asian supermarkets or try to get their hands on the bottles through online sellers.

Launching in 1996, Pokémon initially began as a colorful Nintendo video game before its successful transition to mainstream pop culture. Over the years, it's spanned numerous video games, card games, tie-in animated series, movies, comic books and many more.

Since its inception three decades ago, it's become one of the highest-grossing media franchises ever created, with its estimated revenue somewhere around $115 billion.

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This story was originally published May 14, 2026 at 6:51 AM.