Pokémon dramatically pulled out the construction of a novel Pokémon TCG trading card, among the storm of controversy on apparent origin.
Fans said that the card, ex ex ex ex ex ex with the wisdom of maritime expansion and sky, based on plagiarism of fans-I in a statement issued today, Pokémon funded.
“For our community, thank you for constant support and passion for pocket card games in Pokémon,” Pokémon Company wrote. “We want to share an important update regarding the upcoming expansion, the wisdom of the sea and heaven. It pointed out that there was a production problem regarding the illustration of Ho-oh contained in addictive graphics for Ho-oh ex (3-star) and Lugia Ex (3-Star).
“After an internal review, we discovered that the card production team provided the illustrator with official documents as official documents ordered to create these cards. As a result, both cards were replaced with a short-lived substitute symbol that the team is actively working on replacing novel works of art as soon as it is ready.
“We also conduct a wider investigation to ensure that there are no similar problems in the game.”
Currently, obtaining a card shows an empty card design with an awkward, looking text “New art soon”-then the black screen instead of the engaging work of the card. It doesn’t look great.
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– Pol (@profpoliwag) July 30, 2025
Yesterday’s controversy, which took place after the wisdom of Sea and Sky card projects, was analyzed and examined online, caused a broader discussion on the legal conditions of Pokémon for Fanart-where seems to suggest that the company could, if he wants, to do everything he likes with fans designs.
Today’s action definitely suggests that although Pokémon Company can legally argue that he can employ fans’ projects, in practice he does not want to do it, or leave fans, thinking that he now considers Fanart as an truthful game in commercial employ.
“All our players who are looking forward to this expansion and talented illustrators who revive the world of Pokémon, we deeply apologize for any inconvenience,” continued Pokémon. “We treat this matter very seriously and we are involved in strengthening our quality control processes to prevent it.
“Thank you for understanding, patience and constant support of Pokémon’s pocket playing games. We are involved in providing the impressions that you can enjoy.”
Talking to Ign yesterday, a legal expert in the video industry Richard Hoeg, host of the virtual legality podcast, said that the legal conditions of Pokémon Company on the Fan Art fan as confirmation that fans would create their own Pokémon art-but finally from a legal point of view all public projects contained under Pokémon.
“He effectively says:” Look, we (TPC/Nintendo) We are legally the only ones that will create derivatives (including the art of fans), but we all know that you will do it “, Hoeg said about the conditions,” so if so, what is in mind, we can use them unique, we can use them without payment (because start from us). “
Today’s statement suggests that Pokémon TCG Pocket will not contain more fans in the near future.
Tom Phillips is the editor of Ign. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on BlueSky @tomphillipseg.bsky.Social
