Well, there’s all kinds of strange things happening in the world today, but none stranger than the Japan World Cup Football team picking Pikachu as their Official Mascot in the Brazil 2014 world cup!
Accordingly to soccerly, here what they had to say:
The Japan National Football team is sure to be getting an “electrifying  boost” in this World Cup with news that one of the most famous video game characters in history will be headed to Brazil as the team’s official mascot, along with 10 other characters from the successful Pokemon franchise.
Someone, somewhere is thinking ‘Gotta catch em all‘ – or it might just be their goalie!
You can read the full story here.