The Pokémon Company demands Six Compañaas de China

Considering the resounding success of Pokémon for more than 20 years, it is not a surprise to hear that some companies try to take advantage of love for this series, and create their own versions of the Nintendo saga. Although these projects usually go unnoticed, there are some that attract the attention of The Pokémon Company, and this game the case of six Chinese companies, which have been sued by the creators of Pikachu.

Recently, it was announced that The Pokémon Company has issued a lawsuit against six Chinese companies for copyright violation and unfair competition behavior. Here more than $ 72 million are claimed in damages, and public apologies are required on the main social media platforms, websites of games and application stores, including Sina.com, Tencent.com and Netease.com.

The game in question is pocket monster reissue, which has existed since 2015. This is a mobile game where you have to capture pocket creatures, and participate in an RPG combat system in shifts. Although most of the designs of the monsters are original, there are videos where you can see a direct copy of Clephable and Granbull, as well as characters like Ash and N.

According to Jiangyin Zhongnan Heavy Industries Co., one of the six companies that has been sued, Pocket Monster Reissue_ managed to raise more than $ 4 million dollars per month during its first year in the China market. However, since the announcement of this legal conflict, the actions of this company have fallen by 6%.

At the moment there is no official and public statement by The Pokémon Company , or one of the six companies in China. In related issues, a new Pokémon for scarlet & Violet has been revealed. Similarly, here you can see a look at the next generation of TCG.

Editor note :

There are hundreds of pokémon clones in the market. Some, like pocket mortys, at least have original ideas and completely unique designs. However, it is also true that there are many more that use a copy of Pikachu and now. It will be interesting to see how this demand changes the plans of companies that planned to do the same.