The Pokémon franchise has declared this the summer of Piplup, which is a big deal for the Gen-IV starter.
Pre-orders for the 38,500-yen (US$350) Very Big Piplup open on August 13 here through the Pokémon Center online store, with shipping scheduled for February.
The newest plushie from the Pokémon Center superstore, this cute colossus is called the Very Big Piplup (Tottemo Okkii Pochama in Japanese), which is a wisely chosen name because that’s what everyone was going to call it anyway.
And a big deal, of course, calls for a big plushie.