Another week is now upon us and it only feels right to kick things off in style with this officially licensed Pikachu USB charger, offering a slightly different way to charge your favourite devices.
Yes, Nintendo has announced that it will be releasing a brand new, officially licensed Pikachu USB charger that essentially looks like its rear end is sticking out of your living room wall. With only Pikachu's torso and below visible, the look is designed around the idea of Pikachu jumping into the plug socket ears first, generating electricity through its body to be passed on to a USB device of your choice.
The product actually comes as a response to the popularity of unofficial Pikachu 'butt chargers' that appeared on the market last year. Seemingly originating from China-based company Octinn, these Pikachu knock-offs had an even less favourable design, with a rather unfortunate USB port location.
At the moment, the official product is only available to those in Japan. The design is said to be part of an upcoming series, however, with Nintendo reportedly planning to release more chargers in the future. Perhaps, if they're successful enough, we might end up seeing the chargers make it over to the west.
Would you like your very own Pikachu USB 'butt charger'? Would this go well with your current home interior design? Let us know with a comment below.
[source hypebae.com]
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Well..... That's cute?
Poor pikachu, been forced to help with chargig my phone
How is this not a thing years ago lol.
I was going to say that at least the port isn't in the butt... And then there's the Chinese one right below.
Also this reminds me: wasn't it a policy to never make an Elekid toy so that kids wouldn't stick it into the socket? This kind of goes against that idea.
Socket Monsters
Need.
It should be a portable battery not a socket converter
"They were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, that they didn't stop to think if they should"
Well, if you put your mind off the anal branch of humour, the idea seems understandable - an electrical mouse curiously checking out a electricity source through an available entrance - and who would ever attempt to climb through such holes butt-first? It's probably just a "nosy little intruder caught in the act" kind of visual joke.
But there's no use telling it to the internet, is there? Then again, the article does optimistically attempt to.
The official one may not have the butt USB socket but honestly the official one isn’t that much better. Can only hope there won’t be any “discharges” (I’ll see myself out).
For us in the UK we’d need a Raichu plug to fit our big 3 pronged design.
How cheeky. In hindsight this idea should have been a no brainer, butt a come from behind win is good enough for me. Years from now when the Pokemon company looks in their rear view mirror in regards to this product, I hope they and the market will look at it fondly and not give it a bum rap.
Pikachu's Butt is Too Sexy.
@SmaggTheSmug
Yeah, but in the official one, the port seems to be in another...unfortunate place. :/ These are weird. I'll pass.
Apparently, cute does have it's limits....
Would u look at that. A Pikachu butt plug. A universal serial butt. PETA should definitely get involved here.
I am actually insulted that they approved this but they were anal about having Pokémon patterns in Yoshi's Woolly World. (Yes I still can't get over that. )
Me: Sees official charger That USB plugs into a rather unfortunate place....
Scrolls down and sees the unofficial Chinese charger
Me: ...Nevermind.
Did they at least get Pikachu’s consent?
If this is ever released in the west, I pity the marketing team and shop owners who will inevitably deal with the term butt plug being used constantly.
Granted, this thing doesn't need much marketing. I immediately wanted to get this for friends and family for their phones. Just based on seeing the picture.
Wait, Japan uses similar outlets and voltage to the US, no?
@Anti-Matter
Your creepy...
So... It's either Pikachu's official shocking ding-a-ling or unofficial thunder butt.
I guess that's what he meant, paraphrasing, "You gonna eat mains and crap thunder!"
... Gotta get that Chinese one.
Cya
Raziel-chan
@SmaggTheSmug this is a plug designed to look like a Pokemon. It's safe to put it in a wall socket because that's what it was made for.
Elekid is the inverse.
Yeah this just looks totally wrong in so many ways lol
...I kinda want one.
@Razzy
X'D
@MegaMari0
Great pun chain. Applauds
@JayJ
No ifs, ands, or Butts about it.
Funny.
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