Immediately after the release, players will be able to receive a special Slowpoke, but the way to obtain it will surprise many. To claim the gift, you need to personally visit one of the Pokémon Center stores in Japan and try to reproduce the character's signature sound. If the attempt is successful, employees will hand over a code. It can be activated in both Pokémon Legends: Z-A and the Pokémon Home service. The promotion will run from October 24 to November 11, 2025, and is timed to coincide with the opening of a new Pokémon Center in Kagawa Prefecture, where Slowpoke has become the official mascot.
However, it is all limited to the territory of Japan. Slowpoke does not have rare skills or unique characteristics, so later it will be possible to obtain it in other ways. But the example shows how unusually the company uses local features of the region to promote the game.