Pokémon turns 30 in 2026. The franchise has spent three decades adding games, cards, shows, toys, characters, and collectibles to the world, but its most interesting legacy is more personal: the memories people carry from discovering it when they were kids, and the way those memories are now being handed to a new generation. The timing is especially visible right now. Pokémon's official 30th-anniversary celebration began earlier this year, and the Pokémon Trading Card Game's