Polaris Altares loves Pokémon like a stereotypical Seattleite might love Gore-Tex or pour-over coffee—deeply and without fail. It does, after all, run in the family. Dad Brian and mom Adelaide own Tabletop Village in Chinatown–International District, a store and hangout space devoted to tabletop games and tournaments, especially Pokémon Tabletop Card Game (aka Pokémon TCG). Amassing Pokémon is just an occupational hazard.
Brian collects Mewtwo. Adelaide’s into Ditto. Younger brother Cyrus has Charizard. And 12-year-old Polaris? He’s got the biggest, and arguably most adorable, collection of all: Pikachu. “I started getting into collecting when I was five or six,” he says. “Pikachu was just really cute
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