McDonald's Japan will being selling Pokémon Happy Sets at participating McDonald's restaurants nationwide for a limited time starting on August 8th, 2025 and ending on August 21st, 2025.


For the three days from August 9th, 2025 to to August 11th, 2025, an extra Pokémon TCG pack was included in Pokémon Happy Sets. 6 promo cards featuring the McDonald's logo were available at random in the packs. The Pikachu card was the only card that featured new artwork for this distribution.

The distribution of the Pokémon Happy Set weekend bonus Pokémon Cards ended at all stores on August 9th, 2025, the first day of the distribution. McDonalds Japan put up an apology message on the offical Happy Set site sincerely apologizing for not meeting customer expectations. They had set a limit of five Pokémon Happy Sets per customer but that wasn't enough to stop scalpers.

The notice also asked patrons to please refrain from purchasing Happy Sets for the purpose of resale or other commercial purposes and to refrain from ordering more than they could eat.

ハッピーセット®「ポケモン」ポケモンカード配布終了のお知らせ

2025.08.09
平素よりマクドナルドをご愛顧いただき、誠にありがとうございます。
8月9日(土)から8月11日(月・祝)の3日間限定で予定しておりましたハッピーセット®「ポケモン」をお買い求めのお客様へのポケモンカードの配布は、予想を上回る売れ行きのため、多くの店舗で終了となりましたことをご案内申し上げます。
早期の配布終了により、楽しみにしてくださっていたお客様のご期待にお応えできなかったことを心よりお詫び申し上げます。
なお、店舗への在庫に関するお問い合わせはご遠慮いただきますようお願いいたします。

Week 1 - August 8th, 2025 to August 14th, 2025

Week 2 - August 15th, 2025 to August 21st, 2025

Sources: https://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/family/happyset/detail01/ and https://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/company/info/2025/0809b/

YouTube Clip - McDonald's Pokémon Happy Set

Original Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnLOdbpFLJ4

YouTube Clip - McDonald's Pokémon Happy Set Commercial

Original Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_xGYjr1W44