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Yes, even Pokemon has had it's share of scandals

April 06, 2009 in Blog comments 16

Yahoo.com takes a quick look back at some bizarre circumstances the Pokemon series has caused. From the infamous Pokemon episode that gave 700+ people seizures in Japan to the deadly Burger King Pokeball, one thing the series certainly has a lock on is controversy.

Self-proclaimed psychic Uri Gellar built his reputation on his supposed ability to bend spoons with the power of his mind. When Nintendo introduced Kadabra, a psychic-type Pokemon that carries a bent spoon, he sued for $100 million over claims that the game had stolen his identity. Gellar lost. You'd think he'd have seen that coming.
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    Slashdragon Apr 6, 09
    I laughed when I read that Uri Gellar actually thought he could wi against Pokemon. His identity wasn't stolen, bending spoons is part of psychic history.
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    Big A2 Apr 6, 09
    I've heard about the seizure one, the Jynx one, and the Saudi Arabia before.

    It seems that when something gets so popular someone has to come along and say that it possesses children. I'm sure if Kirby was as popular as Pokemon people would be banning it from their countries.

    The Sunday School one made me laugh though, especially the Jesus part.
  • 0
    kspiess Apr 7, 09
    100$ million! That's a real lol.
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    xxxRockerxxx Apr 7, 09
    That part about the psychic is classic.

    You can always expect some sort of controversy for a popular franchise.
  • 2
    Bale Fire* Apr 7, 09
    The pokeball one is just sad. How would the kid continue to hold it to their face even when they were suffocating?
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      Drogo Baggins Apr 7, 09
      I agree. When I read that I was a little confused.

      It's not like the halves of the ball could creat any sort of suction, and get stuck on you. If you look at how they're made, you can tell that it would be nearly impossible for such a thing to happen, because they're not perfect halves of a sphere.

      You would literally have to jam the thing into your face and hold it there until you suffocated, and even that seems impossible to me. I'd think you would just pass out, thereby releasing the toy from your face, long before you actually died.

      The child must have had some other health problems in order to die like that.
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    BANDITO ATTACK Apr 7, 09
    idgaf what anyone says - jynx is ridiculously racist, because japan is racist - and they forgot that other [normal] people were actually going to look at this shit after they sent it over seas.
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      Galacticdramon Apr 7, 09
      That's either a joke or hypocrisy and I don't know which.

      I thought it was Alakazam that Gellar didn't like?
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        Zeon I Apr 7, 09
        No, he hates Kadabra because in Japan, Kadabra's name is Yungerer. Now what does that sound like?
    • 1
      Drogo Baggins Apr 7, 09
      Lol, Bandito.

      I think you lose all credibility when you say something is racist, and then give a prejudice reason behind your comment.
    • 0
      Tiger of Wu Apr 7, 09
      I think Bandito is being racist, because all American's like him are racist.

      Ohwait 0_o
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        Capn Droid* Apr 7, 09
        Hah, really now. Only those drooling Brits would think something like that.

        How about that? Racism explaining the racism over racism about racists being racist.
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          Tiger of Wu Apr 7, 09
          Either you completely missed the point of my post or are terrible at expressing what you mean.
    • 0
      Big A2 Apr 8, 09
      Just to clear things up, Jynx was acctually based on those Ganguro and Yamanba fashion trends, which were extremely popular in Japan when Pokémon was first released.
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    Disillusioned Apr 7, 09
    Did he just wake up one morning and decided he just wanted some extra cash or something D:
    Such a ridiculous thing to sue about.

    I've heard of most those ones but they still make me laugh
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    Cruxis Mana Apr 7, 09
    I miss racist Jynx.

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