Best bits from this year's Pikachu outbreak

Whether the entire city of Yokohama ended up on a Catastropika or struck by a 10,000,000-volt Thunderbolt, the Pikachu outbreak got them covered and for this year, it's the biggest Pikachu outbreak to date in addition to some special guests in store.

Running from the 9th until the 15th of August, 2017, this Pikachu outbreak got the entire Yokohama city under Pikachu control by land, air, and by sea. From subways, malls, parks, everywhere across the Yokohama Minato Mirai area, there are Pikachus everywhere, about 1,500 of them taking over the metropolis. There's even a Pokemon GO area where players can catch Pokemon in the said game as well as taking on ultra-hard raid battles as a team.

Let's take a look at the best bits from this year's Pikachu outbreak as told by netizens.

みんなのピカチュウの写真を紹介するよ！ #Repost @mariorimagoto ・・・ #ピカチュウ大量発生チュウ

A post shared by ピカチュウ公式Instagram (@pikachu_pokemon_official) on Aug 9, 2017 at 1:11am PDT

ピカチュウラッピングされたチョイモビの前で、記念写真📸 ミミッキュも仲間に入れて嬉しそう👏 #ピカチュウ大量発生チュウ #ピカチュウ #ミミッキュ #ポケモン #電気自動車 #チョイモビ #日産 #pikachuoutbreak #pikachu #mimikyu #pokemon #electricvehicle #nissan

A post shared by ピカチュウ公式Instagram (@pikachu_pokemon_official) on Aug 10, 2017 at 12:58am PDT

みんなのピカチュウの写真を紹介するよ！ #Repost @goodsign87523611 ・・・ #ピカチュウ #ピカチュウ大量発生チュウ #ピカチュウ大量発生チュウ2017 #pikachuoutbreak #pikachuoutbreak2017 #pikachu

A post shared by ピカチュウ公式Instagram (@pikachu_pokemon_official) on Aug 10, 2017 at 3:28am PDT

みんなのピカチュウの写真を紹介するよ！ #Repost @k_y1002 ・・・ かわいくてかわいくて。 #ピカチュウ大量発生チュウ

A post shared by ピカチュウ公式Instagram (@pikachu_pokemon_official) on Aug 10, 2017 at 4:34am PDT

みんなのピカチュウの写真を紹介するよ！ #Repost @ima_photo_m ・・・ JAPAN🇯🇵 ピカチュウ大量発生ちゅう #japan #pikachu #yokohama #pokemon #poketmonster #summer #landscape #landscapephotography #photographer #photogenic #photograph #写真 #写真好きな人と繋がりたい #写真部 #風景 #風景写真 #夏 #横浜 #ポケモン #ポケットモンスター #ピカチュウ #ピカチュウ大量発生チュウ #桜木町 #ファインダーごしの私の世界 #日本

A post shared by ピカチュウ公式Instagram (@pikachu_pokemon_official) on Aug 13, 2017 at 11:44pm PDT

「ピカチュウだけじゃない ピカチュウ大量発生チュウ！」、今日限りのパレード「ピカチュウ・カーニバル・パレード」の様子を少しだけ紹介するよ✨ #ピカチュウ大量発生チュウ #ピカチュウ #ポケモン #みなとみらい #日本大通り #pikachu #pokemon #pikachuoutbreak

A post shared by ピカチュウ公式Instagram (@pikachu_pokemon_official) on Aug 14, 2017 at 2:45am PDT

If you want to see more of Pikachu and pals, keep watching the Pokemon Sun & Moon anime on TV Tokyo every Thursday nights after Aikatsu Stars! Also, check out Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You, now showing in theaters, as well as the upcoming Pokemon Ultra Sun and Moon video games coming on the Nintendo 3DS this November.