Pokemon Meetup @ Naka-Kon 2026!

Name: Pokemon Meetup @ Naka-Kon 2026!
Start: 2026-03-14T12:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-03-14T13:30:00-05:00
Location: Naka-Kon

Schedule

Sat Mar 14 2026 at 12:30 pm to 01:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Naka-Kon | Overland Park, KS

Thank you for your interest in the Pokémon Meet-up at Naka-Kon! I'm so excited to have you all join me, especially to celebrate Pokémon's 30th anniversary! Whether it was the TCG, the animated series, Pokemon Go or any of the console/handheld games that made you fall in love, I hope that you'll drop by and spend time with other fans of this franchise.
Date: Saturday March 14th
Time: 12:30 p.m. to 1:15 or so (will depend on CMV filming)
Location: Courtyard (Sheraton side or where ever we can fit in)
Alternate location for inclement/cold weather: Convention Center Lounge
The meetup will be divided into a few aspects:
Individual Photos
Small Group/Themed Photos: Categorized by Pokemon Type, (if we have enough) Team Rocket/Villains, Gym Leaders, Trainers, etc, or pair up with your favorite partner Pokémon/con friend!
We will also have one large group photo of everyone at the end.

CMV Filming!
This is something special to me. To my appreciation of the fandom, I'd love to have you participate in filming a cosplay music video. We will be lip synching the Pokémon Theme song, from the animated series (one minute version found here:

). I have the song lyrics divided up line by line as well as some of the funky guitar riffs between the lyrics, and to make this work I'd need at least twenty to thirty people to help.
I hope you'll join me! Please RSVP here that you're attending, or be sure to let me know via IG DM's/Naka Discord. (I need to know how many to expect so I can get you a ribbon, exclusive for meetup folks!)
For the CMV, if you are participating, please fill out this Google form too! https://forms.gle/s159Qc77CQujSUyNA
If it's not inconvenient for you, I would especially love to have representation from: Team Rocket/Skull/Aqua/Magma/Flare/Star etc and any applicable Grunts, Brock, Misty, Eeveelutions, Helpers (Joy & Jenny) Gym Leaders, Ash Ketchum, a squirtle squad and a few people in Kigus if you have them. Dupes of characters are absolutely welcome, the more the merrier!
To those who are assisting with/participating in the cosplay contest or have time conflicts, if you're willing I can get a few quick one or two snippets later in the evening for you!
Updates will be shared in the discussion post here, the Official Naka Facebook Group (as necessary) and then cross posted to my IG Stories (I will create a highlight for this) and the Naka Discord Meetup Thread.
Photography provided by The Kid once again, https://www.instagram.com/the_pillow_god
All photos as well as the completed CMV will be uploaded to my Google drive for ease of distribution. Don't worry, we'll be sure to take some on our cell phones so you can have something in the moment too.
Plus, our favorite "con-tent" content creator Wolfio
https://www.instagram.com/wolfio will be around for some fun too! Come say hi and nab a selfie or two!