PETA Vs. Pokemon
PETA has finally weighed in on the brutal Pokemon fighting rings run by merciless trainers like the notorious Ash Ketchum. Naturally, there’s a parody game, which, according to PETA’s (correctly accented) press release, “encourages kids to fight for Pokémon rights.” Play the game below, and please do be sure to say something po-faced in the comments.
2. From the press release:
‘Games like Pokémon send kids the wrong message that exploiting and abusing
those who are defenseless is acceptable when it is not,’ says PETA Director of
Marketing Innovations Joel Bartlett. ‘But with Pokémon Black and Blue, children
can experience the great feeling that comes with saving others from harm.’
4. For those who don’t have time to push through this delightful little RPG but want a taste, the game begins thusly:
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- EmHen522 PETA Vs. Pokemon and thinks it’s WTF & Fail
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EmHen522 5 months agoReally, PETA? Really? This is where all of the donation money goes to? Let me explain something to you: Pokemon is one of Nintendo top-selling and most successful franchises and has delighted children for over 15 years. It does NOT teach kids about animal abuse or how to make them fight for money or any of that. If anything, it’s teaches them the total opposite: how to take care of, raise, and become best friends and loyal partners with your Pokemon. Obviously, PETA has never watched even one HALF of an episode of the anime, nor have they ever played one of the games. Also, you think something like a children’s video game series is pure evil, but exploiting women and making them appear naked (albeit heavily airbrushed) on your internationally-run ads is totally acceptable. Yeah, okay
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- soulsister31 thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is Fail
- phongcae thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is LOL, WTF & Fail
- allisonkellym PETA Vs. Pokemon
- barbarao PETA Vs. Pokemon
- alienshe thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is Win
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alyssabb 6 months agoUUMMMMMMM so yeah Im totally against hurting animals, but this pokemon thing was completely inaccurate, ESPECIALLY with Ash! When hes all like ” Why do you want to imprison me in a tiny pokeball?” ummm pikhus never even in a pokeball! And ash is all ” When havI ever showed any love for you?” only in like EVERYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH POKEMON EVAR!Seriously people, one of the most loved franchises ever,at least make your characters accurate…..
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- alyssabb thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is WTF
- DaStiner PETA Vs. Pokemon and thinks it’s Fail & OMG
- sickbu thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is WTF
- The Slim Donkey PETA Vs. Pokemon and thinks it’s WTF, Fail & Trashy
- Shegz thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is WTF & Fail
- nportian thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is Fail & WTF
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- angha thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is Cray, Fail & Trashy
- xTheUnstoppable thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is WTF
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Richard Parker 7 months agoI get what they’re doing here. PETA likes to have a little fun with their campaigns. I stopped supporting them, however, after they started dabbling in porn with Ron Jeremy:(
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- nonpromqueen thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is Fail, WTF & LOL
- varekaid thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is Trashy, WTF & Fail
- taurusfloyd thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is Fail
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taurusfloyd 7 months ago
really? 😑😡 way to ruin my fucking childhood, people for the fucking bad treatment of animals. 💩👎👎👎👎👎👎💢😕😳😕
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- devynn PETA Vs. Pokemon and thinks it’s WTF & Fail
- briannaj2 PETA Vs. Pokemon
- Cody S. thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is Fail & WTF
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Karina Miranda 7 months ago
Peta seriously? Pick your battles properly. How about defending real animals? cause honestly this makes you look retarded.
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- setdrum thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is Win
- K Dog thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is Fail
- Tess thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is WTF
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- kenzie campbell thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is LOL & Win
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- gatann thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is WTF & Cray
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- jamesd28 thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is Win
- eureka thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is LOL
- kestinp thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is Cray, Fail & WTF
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Mock Turtle 7 months agoOn the one hand, I’m very impressed by Peta’s obviously thorough knowledge of Pokémon. On the other hand, this is total bullshit. Pretty much all Pokémon media has made it clear that Pokémon is all about the bond of friendship between a trainer and his/her Pokémon. Plus, Pokémon aren’t even real, so even if this is a thinly-veiled attempt to criticize carnivores and furriers and whatnot, it doesn’t make sense. Oh, and Nintendo and The Pokémon Company aren’t going to stand for this fuckery. Fair use covers satire, but this is a whole other level that not even Peta’s Super Mario Bros. parody came anywhere near. Enjoy getting sued, fuckwads. I hope they take every cent you’ve got, both because A) you’re terrible anyway, and B) you fucked with Pikachu. And just for the record, I’m a devout vegetarian. And gamer.
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- mariaj5 thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is Geeky, WTF & Fail
- adamg24 thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is Fail
- taelors thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is LOL
- halifaxscott thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is Fail
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- kelseym8 thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is Win
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- Fiji Wiji thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is Fail
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ElPickachew 7 months ago
I am an avid Pokemon player. I have played all the games and I have something to ask you. Have YOU yourself played the game? Do YOU yourself know the story line of the games? No, I do not think that you have played the games, and I do not believe that you know the storyline behind Pokemon games. You have to nurture your Pokemon. You heal them, you feed them. You get items for creating a bond between you and your Pokemon.
Throughout the entire game you are gaining Gym Badges to SAVE THE POKEMON.
Rethink what you say. I have been playing Pokemon for years. I grew up with Pokemon. Not only have the games impacted my life, so has the anime. The anime show has had an extremely big impact on the Pokemon culture. In EVERY SINGLE EPISODE there are morals to be taught. Sure, Ash is on a quest to catch them all, but he is out there to become THE GREATEST TRAINER. He nurtures his Pokemon. Look at Pikachu, or Charizard, all of his Pokemon are treated kindly. Ash saves Pokemon. Pokemon: The First Movie, Ash teaches not only every other Pokemon to love and value others, he teaches Mewtwo, himself, who is a genetically built Pokemon, to accept and love all the Pokemon that he has tried to fight against.
Ash has saved Zapdos, Articuno and Moltres. Ash saves the Pokemon and he teaches young children to treat your pets as friends. Is that not what you yourselves have been trying to drill into children from a young age? Team Rocket try to exploit Pokemon. EVERY SINGLE EPISODE THEY ARE UNSUCCESSFUL. What exactly, does Pokemon do that is so horrible?
The games teach people to create bonds with their Pokemon. The games teach people that if you exploit things, you will be punished. There is not ONE THING in Pokemon that sends across a bad message. Pokemon is in fact something that helps children understand how to treat a pet correctly. Please take this into consideration before you slander something that means so much too so many people. Pokemon is something that many people are brought up with and you need to reconsider where you stand. You will not win this fight. -
- noodl33333 PETA Vs. Pokemon and thinks it’s Fail
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- SimplyJ PETA Vs. Pokemon and thinks it’s Cute & Win
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- Whitney Jefferson thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is Cray
- princessp4 thinks PETA Vs. Pokemon is Fail & WTF
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PunkySpunky 7 months ago
Finely they think the samething I thought about Pokemon that it is about animals fighting like dog fights or cock fights
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