The recent release of "Pokémon Crimson/Purple" and the protagonist Ash's victory in the animation have caused another Pokémon whirlwind in our lives. However, this week it was reported that an Australian company is developing the Pokémon Metaverse game without authorization and will even launch Pokémon NFTs. Such serious infringement has prompted the Pokémon Company to file a lawsuit.
Pokémon Company International Files Infringement Complaint
According to the complaint filed by The Pokémon Company International in the Australian Federal Court, it filed an infringement lawsuit against an Australian company "Pokémon Pty" on December 21.
Pokémon Pty, under the name "Kotiota Studio", began promoting a Metaverse mobile game called "PokeWorld" on Twitter on October 18 this year, and by December 18, five promotional videos had been released. This game not only claims to have P2E elements, but is also expected to release 10,310 Pokémon NFTs in the fourth quarter of 2022.
In addition, Kotiota Studio also stated that it has obtained the official authorization of Pokémon and has even participated in the development of many Pokémon games, such as "Pokémon HOME", "Pokémon SLEEP" and the most popular "Pokémon". Meng Zhu/Purple". Even more shamelessly, he sent letters to multiple media outlets, asking them to list Kotiota Studio as a game developer in their past Pokémon reports.
Actual infringement scene
On the official website of PokeWorld, it can be found that Kotiota Studio has used many well-known Pokémon for game development without authorization from The Pokémon Company, such as Pikachu, Charmander, and Bulbasaur.
PokeWorld official website screen
In the game's promotional video, you can see rough 3D battle scenes and deformed Pokémon, paired with gems and strange skill elements that do not exist in the Pokémon game worldview. If you are a fan of Pokémon, you will definitely feel uncomfortable seeing these pictures.
PokeWorld battle screen officially stated that Pokémon NFT will not be launched
After being subjected to such serious infringement, The Pokémon Company International has asked the court to stop PokeWorld's malicious behavior, and mentioned in the lawsuit documents: The Pokémon Company and Nintendo have carefully decided not to launch any Pokémon NFTs.
The Australian court is currently investigating the case, but the defendant company has not made any response, but its Twitter account has been deleted.
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