The government agency posted the video on X Monday, which opens with exploding doors and masked agents leading accused suspects away, all while set to the Pokémon theme song and captioned with the text: “Gotta Catch ‘Em All.”
By Tuesday, the video had more than 24 million views. And even Customs and Border Protection added to the meme, sharing a gif with a dancing Pikachu and saying it was “Border Patrol’s newest recruit.”
Is this finally the moment to cheer for nintendo lawyers? What a time to be alive
Given how corporations are bending the knee, I’m convinced that just in this instance (and only in this instance) Nintendo will call this a fair use.
Idk, if the Trump administration tried to go after Nintendo there would be riots.
Maybe, but that doesn’t control what Nintendo would do.
They’re all warmed after patenting basic game designs.
Dehumanizing is an important part of the Nazi playbook.
From a separate article:
Don McGowan, Pokémon’s veteran ex-legal chief, has told IGN he believes any such action is highly unlikely — and listed numerous reasons why.
“I don’t see them doing anything about this for a few reasons,” McGowan, now principal at Extreme Grownup Services, told IGN today. "First, think of how little you see [The Pokémon Company International]'s name in the press. They are INSANELY publicity-shy and prefer to let the brand be the brand.
“Second, many of their execs in the USA are on green cards,” he continued. “Even if I was still at the company I wouldn’t touch this, and I’m the most trigger-happy CLO [Chief Legal Officer] I’ve ever met. This will blow over in a couple of days and they’ll be happy to let it.”
Nintendo isn’t going to do anything unless they face public backlash like Disney did
