Razer's Pokemon Headsets Bring Charizard, Lucario, And Sylveon To Your Gaming Setup

Razer just gave Pokemon fans a way to rep their favorite pocket monster during ranked matches, unveiling three officially licensed gaming headsets on October 13^th for the franchise's 30^th anniversary.

The lineup, made with The Pokemon Company International, covers two models. Charizard and Lucario each get their own edition of the wireless BlackShark V3 X HyperSpeed, and Sylveon takes over the wired Kraken V4 X with a pink and blue finish and Chroma RGB lighting, according to Razer's announcement. Razer's product page pitches the Charizard model as a wireless headset for PC, console and mobile with its TriForce Gen-2 audio.

Here's Razer's official video for the Charizard Edition!

Launch pricing is $119.99 for either BlackShark and $109.99 for the Sylveon, CGMagazine reports. As of October 15^th, Razer.com has the Charizard at $119.99, while Target lists the Charizard and the Lucario at $139.99 each, with the Sylveon at $109.99.

So if Charizard is your pick, go straight to Razer. That's $20 less than Target's price!

Lucario and Sylveon fans have fewer options. CGMagazine says both of those editions are Target exclusives in the US, while the Charizard is available at Target and Razer.com.

Beats got in on the anniversary the same day, announcing a special-edition Pokemon Beats Pill that went on sale Thursday, October 15^th. It costs $149.99, the same as a regular Pill, MacRumors reports.

For a gaming desk or a stream setup, it's an easy way to get some Pokemon on camera. Pikachu (bright yellow) and Mimikyu (grays) share ONE grill, and it comes with charms shaped like a Poke Ball, the Beats "b" logo and Pikachu's lightning bolts. Under the Pokemon paint it's a standard Pill, so it runs up to 24 hours on a charge, carries an IP67 dust and water rating, and can top off your phone over USB-C.

Stateside, Apple.com and Target have it. MacRumors reports just two other markets carry it, the UK (Apple and Argos) and China (Apple and Douyin).

Card players got news of their own out of Japan. Starting October 13^th, LINE Yahoo stopped allowing three kinds of Pokemon card listings on its Yahoo! Auctions and Yahoo! Flea Market platforms.

The one aimed squarely at bulk flippers caps mass listings, so for a set period after a product releases, sellers can't post large quantities of the same item. LINE Yahoo's announcement names Pokemon Card Game 30^th Celebration as the first set it covers, without putting a number on the quantity or the length of that window. (That's the Japanese release. The English Pokemon TCG: 30^th Celebration set launched in September.) Listings of empty boxes and empty packs are out, too, along with cartons, meaning multiple booster boxes still sealed in their wholesale packaging.

LINE Yahoo has a partner here in The Pokemon Company, which it's worked with under a cooperation agreement since July 2023. Going forward, Pokemon will give LINE Yahoo a heads up on products and distribution it thinks could stir up trouble in the resale market.

Dexerto notes none of this bans reselling cards outright, and all of it stops at Japan's borders.

Dexerto also says nothing similar exists outside Japan, and US collectors have been eating anniversary markups for months. Back in July, we covered Kotaku's report that GameStop's pre-order listings had 30^th Celebration Elite Trainer Boxes at about $130, against a $49.99 MSRP.

Which of Razer's three Pokemon headsets would you wear for your next gaming session?

Should US marketplaces start policing scalpers, too?

Let us know in the comments below!

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