Nintendo traz de volta cartão raro de Pokémon 23 anos depois, após famoso mágico desistir do processo: 'Fui um tolo'

Um Pokémon que esteve ausente do Pokémon Estampas Ilustradas por mais de duas décadas está finalmente retornando, depois que o ilusionista Uri Geller (que alegou que o Pokémon era baseado em sua semelhança) aparentemente teve uma nova perspectiva de vida. Geller processou a Nintendo pela primeira vez em 2000 depois de ver uma imagem dos cartões Kadabra no Japão, que tem o nome "Yungerer" ou "Yungeller" (uma referência clara diz Geller ao seu próprio nome), exigindo $ 60 milhões em danos. Embora o processo tenha sido arquivado em 2003 nos Estados Unidos, Geller continuou a persegui-lo em outras regiões.

Nintendo remained tight-lipped about the matter, though fans noted that Kadabra began to be used more sparingly outside of the games and, in the case of the cards, eventually not at all. The Pokémon was removed from the trading card game in 2002 but will return in this year's Pokémon Card 151, which features the very first game's roster (including Kadabra). 

Esta notícia foi quebrada pelo site PokéBeach (abre em uma nova guia), que também recebeu uma mensagem pós-publicação de Geller. 

"I am pleased Pokémon fans are excited to see Kadabra return to the card game," said Geller. "Look, I want to thank the Pokémon fans who reached out to me over the last [few] years. Including the ones from PokéBeach, who kept contacting me non-stop. So basically, it was you and my granddaughters that got me to change my mind.

"Now we can all see Kadabra reunited with the original Pokémon in the card game this summer. I love you all. And I admit, totally open and honest. I was a fool. It was a devastating mistake for me to sue Pokémon. [Kadabra] was basically a tribute to Uri Geller. But it’s back now. Forgive me. I love you all. Much love and energy."

Embora Geller tenha um histórico de ser litigioso, ele também pode ter razão aqui. Kadabra foi definitivamente inspirado por Geller, que é um ilusionista mundialmente famoso e esteve constantemente nas telas nas últimas décadas. O resto dos Pokémon Alakazam são baseados em outros mágicos: Abra é Edgar Cayce; Alakazam é ​​Harry Houdini.

Geller apparently wrote to Nintendo in late 2020 to tell them he'd changed his mind about things, and in December 2020 the president of The Pokémon company, Tsunekazu Ishihara, wrote a letter of thanks (and to give credit where it is definitely due, this seems sparked by a PokéBeach campaign that began on its forums in 2018).

In August 2022, Geller had basically announced this was coming. "The reason I changed my mind—first of all, I did a stupid thing for suing them," said Geller. "I was just angry that my name appeared on a Pokémon card out of the blue without ever being asked. The most important thing is in these 20 years I became a grandfather. I saw my granddaughters and I thought 'Come on, you gotta release the Pokemon card back into circulation again.' Hence my letter. And what a nice letter [Ishihara] sent back. I’m really happy about it."

This is a very Friday story, in which a notoriously litigious corporation is finally no longer under the threat of litigation, and can do a nice thing, but arguably they also deserved it, so… I'm throwing my hands up. I guess at least Nintendo knows Houdini isn't gonna sue.

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• Fonte: https://www.pcgamer.com/nintendo-brings-back-rare-pokemon-card-23-years-later-after-famous-magician-drops-lawsuit-i-was-a-fool