From June 12th to 14th, 2026, the Nother America International Championship (NAIC) is happening at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. NAIC is the third and last region of the championship series following the LAIC that happened last year in November and EUIC that happened in Feburary.
For each international competition, the competitors and staffs will each receive a welcoming merch pack. Within the pack there will be an exclusive championship pin. NAIC’s competitor pin features Mega Blastoise. This year, different region has different featuring Pokémon for the competitor pin. LAIC’s feature Pokémon was Mega Venusaur and EUIC’s was Mega Charizard X.
Here’s the competitor pin:
All the staff pin (including the backboard) this year are the same. The feature Pokémon is Mega Charizard Y. Here is the pin:
Just like EUIC, Pokemon Center had a Pop-Up store at the event and sold exclusive goods. The pins at EUIC were also sold at NAIC except the logo pin. Instead, a North American version of the logo was sold.
There were also promotional events set up around the event. Fans can join these events and get a free pin. The pins at NAIC were all previously given out. So I will just list them here as reference:
- Play Lab Espeon Pin – Previously given out at 2026 EUIC. Received by participating at the Play Lab booth.
- Pokopia Ditto Pin – Previously given out at PAX East 2026. Received by playing the Pokopia game at the game booth.
- Pokemon Champions Pin – Previously given out at PAX East 2026. Received by playing the Pokemon Champions game at the game booth.
