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===Pokémon UNITE=== | ===Pokémon UNITE=== | ||
When [[Pokémon UNITE]] was first announced, it quickly attracted controversy due to being developed by {{wp|Tencent}}, a Chinese corporation that has close ties to the {{wp|Communist Party of China}}<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-06/tencent-helps-communist-party-pay-homage-to-the-china-dream</ref>, which has been responsible for {{wp|Human rights in China|numerous human rights violations}}. It also brought up a controversy that had been steadily growing about the use of {{wp|microtransactions}} in Pokémon games. As a result of these controversies, the Pokémon Unite reveal quickly became the most disliked video on [[The Pokémon Company]]'s {{wp|YouTube}} channel.<ref>https://www.ign.com/articles/pokemon-unite-trailer-most-disliked-video</ref> | When [[Pokémon UNITE]] was first announced, it quickly attracted controversy due to being developed by {{wp|Tencent}}, a Chinese corporation that has close ties to the {{wp|Communist Party of China}}<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-06/tencent-helps-communist-party-pay-homage-to-the-china-dream</ref>, which has been responsible for {{wp|Human rights in China|numerous human rights violations}}. It also brought up a controversy that had been steadily growing about the use of {{wp|microtransactions}} in Pokémon games. As a result of these controversies, the Pokémon Unite reveal quickly became the most disliked video on [[The Pokémon Company]]'s {{wp|YouTube}} channel, despite all efforts of deleting the dislikes as many have discovered throughout the time since it was uploaded.<ref>https://www.ign.com/articles/pokemon-unite-trailer-most-disliked-video</ref> | ||
==In multiple media== | ==In multiple media== | ||