"Pokémon TCG Pocket" has added new illustrations to the "Phoenix King EX" and "Lochia EX" cards launched in the recent "Guidelines for the Sky and the Sea" expansion package.Previously, the original illustrations of the two cards were removed due to alleged plagiarism issues.

After an artist compared the original illustration of the "Phoenix King EX" card in the game with his fan works, it aroused dissatisfaction among players of "Pokemon TCG Pocket".In response, the game team issued a statement saying that there was a mistake in providing the reference material and said that the original illustration would be replaced with a placeholder.

These placeholder maps feature a plain gray background, marked with the text "New illustration is about to be online."Interestingly, these hastily launched placeholder maps unexpectedly gained hilarious pursuits from some players and also gave birth to a collection of humorous pictures.

In the following days, the Pokémon TCG Pocket team called on players to stop criticizing the original illustration's painters, and the statement mentioned: "This illustration error was caused by the production team of Pokémon and Creatures, who provided illustrators with the error material marked as official documents, and we will assume full responsibility for this."

Now, just one week after the problem was exposed, the new illustration has been replaced and everything has returned to normal.I hope the official has made internal adjustments to the art creation process to avoid such omissions from happening again!