Pokémon Happy Meals return to McDonald’s France in Dec. 2024 (UPDATE)
For the past few years, The Pokémon Company has collaborated with McDonald’s to put out specially themed Happy Meals featuring Pokémon Trading Card Game packs. Usually the promotion occurs around August in the US, but it looks like there will be a bit of a delay this year. According to PokéBeach, the promotion will be available in France between December 4th, 2024 and January 21st, 2025.
In the past, the promotion has featured special packs of Pokémon TCG cards included with Happy Meals, plus coloring sheets and activities for kids. The cards haven’t been anything new or groundbreaking, but they do have a new numbering as part of the McDonald’s set, so collectors will want to keep an eye out.
If you’re not in France, this is still good news! Typically, the Pokémon TCG promo comes to the United States a couple months before it arrives in France. That means it’s likely that we’ll be seeing it in October or November of this year, so stay tuned.
UPDATE: As we inch closer to the launch of this collaboration, a handful of new details have come in:
- runs from December 4th, 2024 to January 21st, 2025
- largely themed around Dragon Pokémon
- you will receive one 4-card booster containing 1 holo card and 3 non-holo cards
- there will be 15 cards available, 6 of them holo
- all of the cards will be reprints from previous sets, but with new McDonald’s numbering
- holo cards will be printed on the confetti holofoil used exclusively for McDonald’s cards
- Pokémon featured on the cards are as follows:
Charizard,
Quagsire,
Pikachu,
Miraidon,
Hatenna,
Koraidon,
Umbreon,
Dragapult,
Hydreigon,
Roaring Moon,
Jigglypuff,
Dragonite,
Eevee,
Rayquaza,
Drampa
UPDATE: We’ve gotten official confirmation that this offer will be available at McDonald’s locations in both Canada and New Zealand, but exact dates are yet to be revealed. Obviously at this point, it’s clear we’ll have to wait until 2025 for the promotion to roll out. While a U.S. release is likely with the announcement of Canada, we’re still waiting on an official announcement.
