Times Square Mewtwos Fetch $5,000 as Pokémon Go's 10th-Anniversary Event Fuels Backlash
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Updated · Polygon · Jul 16
Times Square Mewtwos Fetch $5,000 as Pokémon Go's 10th-Anniversary Event Fuels Backlash
1 articles · Updated · Polygon · Jul 16
Summary
$500-to-$5,000 eBay listings have emerged for the exclusive Times Square Mewtwo handed out at Pokémon Go's early-July anniversary stunt, with shiny perfect-stat versions drawing the highest asking prices.
Fewer than 2,300 of the special Mewtwos may exist, according to one listing, and each came from a Times Square raid with guaranteed perfect stats and a unique background.
That scarcity traces to Scopely limiting the event to influencers and press, while regular players later got Mewtwo raids without the guaranteed 'hundo' stats or Times Square background.
Most event-background Mewtwos usually resell for $40 or less, making the Times Square version's pricing a sharper symbol of fan anger over an anniversary celebration many felt excluded them.