US EditionThe Pokemon Company Begs TCG Pocket Fans Not to Blame Artist Behind Plagiarized Ho-Oh, Takes Full Responsibility After Removing It
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The Pokémon Company stresses that it is to blame for TCG Pocket artwork mishap, asks fans to stop harassing artist
Following reports earlier this week that the new Ho-Oh EX card in Pokémon TCG Pocket featured traced-over fan art, The Pokémon Company has asked players and fans to stop harassing the artist involved for the card as it takes full responsibility for the mishap. For anyone not up to speed, Chinese artist @lanjiujiu made a post on Twitter claiming that artwork they had previously drawn back in 2021 had been lifted for a new Ho-Oh card in Pokémon T…
Faced with the controversy over Ho-Oh's alleged plagiarism in Pokémon TCG Pocket, the Pokémon Company is calling for the harassment of the responsible artist to stop.
The Pokémon TCG Pocket team has asked its community to stop directly accusing or criticizing the illustrator who created cards for the mobile trading card game based on fan-art because he used false reference material – which ultimately turned out to be an unofficial fan-art. more
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