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Fake Pokemon App Removed

by Jim Reilly on February 21, 2012 at 10:37 AM

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[Update]

Apple has removed all three games from the App store. If you ended up buying on of them, you can request a refund through your Purchase History.

[Original Story]

Buyer beware. One of the top-selling apps today on iTunes is a fake Pokemon game.

Dubbed "Pokemon Yellow," the game doesn't even work and is in no way related to the official Nintendo product. The app was uploaded by Daniel Burford of Home of Anime late last week.

"Shoulda read the bottom comments before purchasing, this is a scam. Crashes after main screen," read one customer review. The same company also recently uploaded fake versions of Digimon and YuGiOh+.

We contacted Nintendo and Apple for comment and when or if the Apps will be removed.

[Source: Apple]

Filed under: News, Apple, YuGiOh, Pokemon Yellow, Digimon

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by WintersWolf Monday, February 20, 2012 at 11:05 PM

I thought the big deal about getting on the App Store was that Apple themselves had to approve your App? Obviously just about anyone can get their app on there now...
by Oscar Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 02:24 AM

haha that sucks..
by Gregg Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 02:34 AM

That's kinda funny, actually.
by P0tshot Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 05:51 AM

Isn't that technically fraud? Well, as well as obvious copyright infringment. Think this may end up costing him quite a lot of money, which makes me happy.
by Lukedoc321 Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 06:02 AM

Why don't people ever read comments....
by Apricot Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 06:49 AM

I hate it when people do this! Satoru Iwata and the new Apple president (I forgot his name) need to go give Daniel Buford a billion kicks in the croch! :P

EDIT: It's a good thing that Apple got rid of this Pokemon app. I guess that Daniel got kicked in the croch so many times that he finally decided to give up. :P Wait. You can get refunds on games that get taken off from the App Store? Awesome! I bought Full Fitness and it got taken of the App Store, so I can get my money back! :)
by Narok24 Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 07:24 AM

Trololololololololololol
by Azelf2010 Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 08:21 AM

Wow... Really? I mean, how did it even get past Apple if these guys who made it already had an infamous reputation for making "fake" games?
by Agile1 Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 08:54 AM

Copyright infringement & fraud. That's a great strategy b/c there's no way they could track these people down, right? There's no way investigators could follow the money or use the internet to find a company that makes apps.
by Marbi Z Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 08:55 AM

They better remove that app if they know what good for them! Otherwise they'll be feeling the wrath of Nintendo's legal teams!
by Agile1 Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 08:58 AM

Copyright infringement & fraud. That's a great strategy b/c there's no way they could track these people down, right? There's no way investigators could follow the money or use the internet to find a company that makes apps.
by Max Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 10:24 AM

Saw this and it was hilarious
by Dhughes60 Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 10:46 AM

Take that scammers!!
by Alex Hanavan Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 11:03 AM

damn straight
by Warrior Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 11:05 AM

Man, I love Pokemon and Yugioh so much and it tickes me off how these guys made a scam off it. Ugh, I'm glad they were taken down. I say these guys should be suied.
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by Darkvizardberrytan Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 11:12 AM

awww i didnt even get to see it.
by Hendawg_of_middlelands Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 11:13 AM

woah I wouldnt bother purchasing anything without some sort of reviews, but I can see it happening man as a new means to make money and take advantage of apps. Apple need to sort their checking out they obviously suck.
by Josh Brenner Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 11:27 AM

If you morons actually thought that Pokemon Yellow would be on the App Store for real, then you are just brain-dead STUPID!! If a Pokemon game was gunna be on the app store, it would have been released by Nintendo themselves, not some random guy. You don't even need to check the reviews first, just check the publisher's name! Dumb-asses!
by ThisFreakinGuy Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 11:39 AM

Reminds me of when I bought a fake copy of Pokemon Emerald..... screw you guy from Hong Kong... screw you.

But at least I learned a valuable lesson: Never buy from people in Hong Kong.
by SpiderRyno Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 11:53 AM

See people think Reviews ruin things, no, they are there to help you save money and not buy crap that people try to market. now if only apple would check all of their products and not just a few of them.