Why are Shiny Koraidon and Miraidon not distributed via Internet or Tera Raids instead of code cards

Zeriza

I don't have any semblance of hope for this getting addressed by the Pokémon Company but asking it regardless as to: why are Shiny Koraidon and Miraidon distributed via code cards instead of the via Internet option or through Tera Raids? I for one don't have any proper distribution of Pokémon in my company for over a decade and had therefore signed up for United States as a region and had been getting my games for that region. To have any hope of accessing these code cards I need to fly out for 8-14 hours (either to United States or Japan as i need a visa for continental Europe ie France) which is obviously not feasible…

Candy0_o

Because the only other gamestop distribution was tera flying lechonk

Zeriza

https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/comment/94760#Comment_94760

How is that an answer to my question? (And yes, I have that Lechonk from the distribution)

TheJeffers

They want to get people into stores. Maybe pre-order Z-A while you're there. They handed me a booklet about the game with my codes.

It is unfortunate for people who do not have easy access to stores in their own country, or live in countries where the distribution is not available at all. I doubt there will be many Scarlet and Violet distributions after Z-A launches, but maybe there will be other distributions available to you in the future.

SonicPikachu

Then there's the scalpers who now seem to be after these codes too.

Hades0918

https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/comment/95226#Comment_95226

How do they even get multiple codes to sell?

yamicool

https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/comment/95234#Comment_95234

Many work in groups and the new TCG set released same day as the codes so as they were quing at stupid times to be first they cleared out many stores of these codes 8( This is such a mess. I'm a UK player and normally it'd be via Smyths toys or Game here and its been dead silent on any distribution. Why it was just a raid or wifi i dunno this is terrible.

yamicool

Hades0918

https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/comment/95286#Comment_95286

Trust me I get it.

I waited all day a couple weeks ago, waiting for the Phantasm Flames (I think that's the next expansion name) to be available for pre-order on Pokémon Center. The app had so many people in it it had me in a digital line, waiting to get in. It finally let's me in and they were sold out! It was 1:00 P.M, not even a full day, and they were sold out. I was so upset!

Darkbirt

In my country it is even worse, the game store that usually distribute those codes in my country went defunct half a year ago. So their is no one to distribute those codes.

MajorBrendan

Most likely because of scalpers for the very limited number of codes. Not to mention several other factors