Fans suggested that Pokémon TCG Pocket contains another card project that looks similar to unofficial works of art, just a few days after the game was forced to score illustrations from several cards as part of the new expansion.
Last week, Pokémon admitted that it used the art of fans as a strict reference to the new Ho-Oh Pockg Pocket Pocket card, found in the new wisdom of the expansion of the sea and heaven. The case came to light after the fans claimed that the Ho-OH card design was tracked from unofficial works of art previously published online.
Now the fans have pointed to another card, which could be strictly inspired by fans of art: the rare Buzzwol EX card, which sees an insectoid ultra beast flying in space with one arm raised up, in the position of Superman.
Although this is not an identical copy, concept, framing and beyond is very similar to the appearance of fans published online in 2017, some fans said. But others are not so sure and they noticed that buzzwole, raising his hand, bending the muscles of the slant, is at least something that creation often does.
“I traveled my ancient camera roll when I thought I saw an addictive buzzwole, but after further inspection it was a fanart that I saved him since 2017,” wrote Ricky_Chimmerton Reddit. “I know that this is not an correct copy, but this image has been definitely referred to the card we have.”
“A similar pose, but not the same. It could have been an inspiration, but apparently it was not traced,” said Aestasz’s fans. “The problem is not that they are inspired by the art of fans and make a similar pose. The problem was to follow the art of fans.”
“Similar is an understatement, but yes, at least in this case you can see that it was not just a complete copy,” wrote the aircraft_pea5434.
Last week, Pokémon said that it would start the audit of all Pokémon TCG pocket cards to make sure that it did not provide the work of fans as a reference for any other previous cards. Emphasizing the similar project Buzzwole now, fans hope that Pokémon will pay attention to – and replace a work of art earlier, or assign the original creator.
“After an internal review, we discovered that the card production team provided Illustrator with incorrect materials as official documents commissioned to create these cards,” Pokémon wrote in a statement. “As a result, both cards have been replaced with a short-lived substitute symbol that the team is actively working on replacing fresh works of art as soon as they are ready.”
Currently, the engaging EX and her sister Lugia Ex Card (which also has a HO-OH project in their animation) simply does not contain graphics, and instead contains the awkward text of “fresh art soon”. It will be interesting to check whether Buzzwol Ex will eventually receive similar treatment, or whether Pokémon decides about its project, it can be considered as different enough.
Then Pokémon Company doubled the explanation that her own processes were guilt, not a named illustrator on the card, which simply observed the reference material delivered.
“It caught our attention that there is a criticism against civilian circulating online,” said the company. “Illustrative errors were caused by the Pokémon Company and Creatures Inc production teams, which provided the illustrator as official documents, and we intend to take full responsibility for it.”
Tom Phillips is the editor of Ign. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on BlueSky @tomphillipseg.bsky.Social
