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The Pokémon Company asks TCG Pocket players to stop criticising illustrator accused of plagiarising fan art
The Pokémon Company said it will take full responsibility for TCG Pocket card plagiarism issue with Creatures Inc, asks fans to stop harassing the illustrator.
The Pokémon TCG Pocket team has asked its community to stop directly blaming or criticising the artist who created cards for its mobile trading game using "incorrect reference materials", which turned out to be unofficial fan art. A commissioned illustrator then tweaks and finalises the concept before it is added into the game, and it would appear that this is what happened with the production of the since-removed Ho-oh and Lugia cards. The Pokémon Company and Creatures Inc have asked the community to stop blaming and criticising the illustrator for what they admit is their error, and said they will enforce stricter measures going forward, to ensure this kind of mix up does not happen again.
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