ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —

October has barely begun, and costumes are already in fashion.

It's not Halloween — it's "Pokeween & Trick or Treat" this Saturday and Sunday, where kids and adults get to dress up as their favorite Pokemon characters and enjoy vintage trading cards and anime collectibles, live music, food trucks, raffles and giveaways at Embassy Suites.

Eric Jaqua was there with his children — all of them in Pokemon costumes.

"I feel like it's important to me as a family just to come together and find things to celebrate, and Pokemon has been around for so long and it's so pure," Jaqua said. "There's so many goof, different movies and shows and collectibles and things, and there's even studies behind it to show it's good. For the kids to get involved in Pokemon helps with memory an

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