Pokémon Center cancels a large wave of 30th Celebration orders (bots suspected)
· Pokémon TCG — official web anti-bot enforcement / preorder cancellations
Mew and Mewtwo art used in Kotaku’s 30th Celebration order-cancellation story.
Kotaku / The Pokémon Company as credited on-page · Source
Ahead of the September 16, 2026 30th Celebration street date, Kotaku reported collectors across X and Reddit saying thousands of Pokémon Center 30th Celebration orders were canceled overnight (reports dated about September 7). Community consensus — not company confirmation — held that bot-placed orders were the main target, with some legitimate buyers claiming collateral cancellations. Kotaku explicitly noted The Pokémon Company had not released a statement or explanation in that article. This is distinct from early marketplace listing removals, sealed-product bans, and big-box MSRP rows already covered elsewhere.
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Stays Reported, not a Verified anti-bot victory, until TPC confirms. Kotaku quoted a September 7, 2026 post from @PokeSignals as an example; that social post is a lead, not a source link here.