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==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
===Pokémon.com misinformation=== | ===Pokémon.com misinformation=== | ||
{{main|Pokémon.com#Errors}} | {{main|Pokémon.com#Errors|Pokémon.com → Errors}} | ||
Despite being the official site, [[Pokémon.com]]'s pages often have inaccuracies and errors. A notable example is claiming that players of {{game|Red and Blue|s}} can find {{p|Mew}} instead of {{p|Mewtwo}} in [[Cerulean Cave]].<ref>[http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-red-version-and-pokemon-blue-version/ Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version | Pokémon Video Games] ([https://archive.today/8GUgw archived copy])</ref> | Despite being the official site, [[Pokémon.com]]'s pages often have inaccuracies and errors. A notable example is claiming that players of {{game|Red and Blue|s}} can find {{p|Mew}} instead of {{p|Mewtwo}} in [[Cerulean Cave]].<ref>[http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-red-version-and-pokemon-blue-version/ Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version | Pokémon Video Games] ([https://archive.today/8GUgw archived copy])</ref> | ||
===Litigation=== | ===Litigation=== | ||
In January 2005, an issue of the science journal ''{{wp|Nature (journal)|Nature}}'' featured an article in which a group of researchers named a newly discovered {{wp|Zbtb7|cancer-causing gene}} "Pokémon".´<ref>http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v433/n7023/abs/nature03203.html</ref> Later that year, Pokémon USA had promised to take legal action, causing the gene to be renamed.<ref>http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7070/full/438897a.html</ref> | |||
In January 2005, an issue of the science | |||
===Voice actor controversy=== | ===Voice actor controversy=== | ||
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===Official websites=== | ===Official websites=== | ||
* [http://www.pokemon.com/us/country/ Pokémon.com's Country Selector] | * [http://www.pokemon.com/us/country/ Pokémon.com's Country Selector] | ||
** [http://www.pokemon.com/us US website] | ** [http://www.pokemon.com/us/ US website] | ||
** [http://www.pokemon.com/uk/ UK website] | |||
===Official social-media website accounts=== | ===Official social-media website accounts=== | ||
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** [https://www.youtube.com/user/PokemonUfficiale The Pokémon Company International] on {{wp|YouTube}} <small>(Italian)</small> | ** [https://www.youtube.com/user/PokemonUfficiale The Pokémon Company International] on {{wp|YouTube}} <small>(Italian)</small> | ||
** [https://www.youtube.com/user/PokemonOficialPT The Pokémon Company International] on {{wp|YouTube}} <small>(Portuguese)</small> | ** [https://www.youtube.com/user/PokemonOficialPT The Pokémon Company International] on {{wp|YouTube}} <small>(Portuguese)</small> | ||
** [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTVSfDNBRYINEfo6oZ1v6Nw The Pokémon Company International] on {{wp|YouTube}} <small>(Russian)</small> | |||
** [https://www.youtube.com/user/PokemonOficialES The Pokémon Company International] on {{wp|YouTube}} <small>(Spanish)</small> | ** [https://www.youtube.com/user/PokemonOficialES The Pokémon Company International] on {{wp|YouTube}} <small>(Spanish)</small> | ||