Exclusive Pikachu card featured in McDonald’s Japan Happy Meals in limited-time Pokémon promotion

McDonald’s Japan brings back Pokémon Happy Meals with exclusive cards and reprints for collectors.

McDonald’s Japan has announced the return of Pokemon Happy Meals, featuring an exclusive Pikachu promo card alongside collectible reprints from the Pokemon Trading Card Game. The promotion will run for a limited period from August 9 to August 11 2025.

The highlight of this release is a new Pikachu promo card, which shows the Electric-type Pokemon about to eat a burger. This artwork is exclusive to the McDonald’s promotion and will not be available through other releases.

Each Happy Meal will include this Pikachu card and one additional promo card at random, with options including Sprigatito, Fuecoco, Quaxly, Ralts, or Riolu.

While Pikachu features new artwork, the other cards in the set are reprints from earlier releases. Each card carries the McDonald’s logo on the bottom right corner of the artwork, identifying it as part of this limited collaboration and marking it as a collectible item for fans of the franchise.

8/8(金)～
ハッピーセット®にポケモンのおもちゃが登場！

8/9(土)〜8/11(月)はポケモンカードも
もらえるよ！#ポケモン #ポケカ pic.twitter.com/mJqrfJhNdp

— マクドナルド (@McDonaldsJapan) July 15, 2025

McDonald’s Japan has also announced that Pokemon toys will accompany the Happy Meals during this promotion. At the time of writing, it is not confirmed whether this promotion will expand to other regions outside Japan.