Pokémon calls on fans to stop “attack or slander” illustrators, get involved in TCG pocketismism scandal

Pokémon has stepped in and asked fans to stop harassment Pokémon TCG Pocket Artist involved in theft scandal.

It's been a long week for people at Pokémon, which has been dealing with very public plagiarism allegations. It all started with the wisdom of card design for the ocean and the sky and was checked online earlier this week, Raises wider discussion of Pokémon's legal provisions for Fanartwhich seems to indicate that the company can do anything you like using fan-made designs. One day later, Pokémon Company pulls the design of the new Pokémon TCG pocket trading card.

“After internal review, we found that the card production team provided incorrect materials as official documents to the illustrator to create the official documents for these cards,” it said at the time. “So both cards were replaced by a temporary placeholder, and the team actively replaced the new artwork immediately after they were ready.”

Despite claiming responsibility, the TPC said it has been aware of the illustrator's “criticism” and called on fans not to attack or slander the artist and to hold on to internal blame again.

“Previously announced questions about illustrations from Ho-Oh Ex (three-star) and Lugia Ex (3-Star) – which caught our attention is that criticism circulated online by the illustrators of Cards.” statement Post to Twitter/X, such as translation Automatic.

“The illustration error was caused by the production team of Pokémon Company and Creatures Inc, which provided incorrect materials as official documents and we intend to assume full responsibility for this.”

As Automaton explains, Pokémon Company Commissions Art is in one of two ways: invite illustrators to provide direct input designs, or by giving them reference materials that they must follow. In this case, it is the latter, so all the illustrators do is follow the materials they provide.

The statement closed “again our deepest apology again” and promised the team will “continue to work harder than ever to ensure thorough quality control and prevent recurrence.”

Video game industry legal expert Richard Hoeg, who is hosting virtual legality sales, said the legal provisions of Pokémon About Fan Art is a recognition that fans will create their own Pokémon art, but ultimately, legally, any openly shared design falls under the ownership of Pokémon Company.

“It looks like it's effective to say 'look, we (TPC/Nintendo) are still the only ones allowed to make spin-offs (including fan art), but we all know you're going to do that.”

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