The summer of Pokémon just keeps going and going and going! Pokémon GO Fest comes back this July 17-18 and ticket prices for the worldwide event are just $5.

In celebration of the festival, the U.S. Pokémon Center website has featured an entire line of Pokémon GO themed items, including a 2021 GO Fest t-shirt. What's special right now, though, is any Pokémon GO merchandise purchase comes with a promo Professor Willow card. 

Ties to Pokémon GO: This Professor Willow card contains a single-use Offer Code that can be redeemed to claim exclusive Special Research. From the Pokémon Center's website: "The offer code can be redeemed between July 1, 2021 at 12:00am UTC - August 1, 2023 at 12:00am UTC to receive the Special Research. Remember that there is no deadline to complete Special Research once it has been claimed."

The Pokémon Center launched a promo Pikachu card last year to celebrate the opening of the Canada Pokémon Center website. Once promo Pikachus were no longer available, trainers were scouring the internet for a card. Will the Professor Willow card be as popular? I doubt it, but we have time to find out...

Information and photo courtesy of The Pokémon Company