McDonald's has announced the early end of a Happy Meal Pokémon card promotion in Japan, after the chain was swamped by fans buying up dozens of burgers just to extract the packs found within them.

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McDonald's has announced fresh restrictions aimed at combating scalpers, as it launches the next wave of its enormously popular Pokémon promotion in Japan.

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Last weekend, Japanese McDonald’s outlets’ attempts to include packs of Pokémon cards in Happy Meals ended not only two days early, but in the complete chaos of miserable children and gross amounts of ...

McDonald's Japan's Pokémon Happy Meal launch had it all — scalpers, grown men brawling, and pigeons feasting on fries.

Limited edition Pokémon cards caused “congestion and confusion” and “the abandonment and disposal of ordered food” in ...

Sure enough, McDonald’s launched a promotion over the last few days in which every McDonald’s Happy Set came with two limited-edition Pokemon cards — and customers loved the idea. Then, disaster ...

Fast-food chain McDonald's Japan has canceled a Happy Meal campaign that came with coveted Pokémon cards, apologizing after resellers rushed to buy the meals and then discarded the food, leaving trash ...

McDonald’s locations in Japan were forced to cancel a Happy Meal promotion featuring limited edition Pokémon cards because collectors swarmed stores — leaving behind piles of untouched food and ...

Piles of untouched Happy Meals littered sidewalks outside McDonald's restaurants in Japan over the weekend, as frenzied ...