{
  "id": 17819974,
  "title": "Limited-Time Pokémon Cards Accidentally Revealed a Year Early",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/limited-time-pokemon-cards-accidentally-revealed-a-year-early",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-02T16:11:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Polygon",
    "slug": "polygon",
    "url": "https://www.polygon.com/pokemon-cards-mcdonalds-2027-leak/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Last week, McDonald's and The Pokémon Company announced a new promotional event for November, pairing Pokémon trading cards and toys with Happy Meals. However, the pictures of the cards displayed in the announcement contained a mistake - they revealed the cards planned for next year's collaboration. Each year, McDonald's and Pokémon release exclusive trading cards as part of a promotional event, which fans worldwide collect with great excitement. Upon seeing the 2027 promotional tag, enthusiastic fans quickly pointed out the error, showing that these were not the right cards for this year's event. Despite the quick correction, the 2027 set of cards had already been shared across the community. For next year's Happy Meal offer, fans can look forward to a selection of 15 different Pokémon cards. While McDonald's Pokémon cards are readily available, fans often order multiple Happy Meals to amass all 15 cards, leading to chaos and food waste. Additionally, die-hard fans rush to buy these limited-time cards at McDonald's, sometimes spending hundreds of dollars to later resell them at exorbitant prices. In Japan, facial recognition technology has been installed at Pokémon Centers to curb such scalping, but it seems unlikely that McDonald's would implement such measures for their annual promotional event.",
  "summary": "The Pokémon Company posted the wrong set of promotional cards, revealing limited-time McDonald's cards coming in 2027.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}