Ed Sheeran is releasing a Pokémon collaboration song next week

videogameschronicle.com:

Ed Sheeran has announced that he will release a new song in collaboration with The Pokémon Company next week.

Titled ‘Celestial’, the song will be released on September 29 on all major music streaming platforms. Sheeran posted a brief clip of the song, which he sang surrounded by Pokémon plush toys, on his YouTube channel earlier this week.

Artwork for the single, which features Ed and a crudely-drawn Pikachu, has also been revealed

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While this may seem like a strange collaboration to some, the Grammy award-winning musician is actually a huge fan of the Pokémon franchise.

Ahead of the Pokémon World Championships in London earlier this year, Ed recorded a message for attendees. He’s also publicly spoken in the past about being stuck in a train station all night during his early touring days, and to pass the time he played Pokémon Red on the Game Boy Colour for nine hours straight.

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The next entries in the series, Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, will be released in November and let up to four players explore an open world together freely.

Earlier this month, Nintendo announced plans to launch a special edition Switch OLED console themed around Pokémon Scarlet & Violet.

The Nintendo Switch OLED Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Switch Edition console will launch on November 4 with a suggested retail price of $359.99.