Nintendo Alerted After DHS Uses Pokémon to Promote ICE Raids |
A video captioned “Gotta Catch ’Em All” spliced raid footage with Pokémon imagery, sparking calls for Nintendo to step in.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/nintendo-alerted-after-dhs-uses-pokemon-to-promote-ice-raids-tearing-families-apart/

45 comments

  2. Tell Nintendo that DHS wants to host a Smash tournament. That’ll get them involved.

  3. This isn’t the first Pokémon reference I’ve seen. Asmongold the streamer made a joke about dressing up as Ash and joining ICE raids

  4. Wow, that is….that is fucked up. That is chilling.

  5. Hopefully nintendo does step in but I’ve come to realize these really litigious companies are only excited to litigate against weaker parties, like with disney bending over to appease trump I expect nintendo won’t want this fight.

  7. We can have more trust in Nintendo’s Legal Team than in the Department of Justice

  8. “Want to host a charity event? Absolutely not.

    Want to fundamentally abuse human rights? Be our guest.”

    –Nintendo, apparently. 

  9. Misty will like you if you join the ICE secret police.

  10. Once the Constitutional Republic is restored on the other side of this crisis, we can reuse these same memes when we’re trying to capture all the Republican war criminals and collaborators. After asking Nintendo’s permission, of course…

  12. Nintendo will be all over this in a heartbeat, faster than you can say “my switch2 just got banned”.

  14. Well they tend to freak the fuck out if someone uses their music, so they’re probably talking to lawyers as we speak.

  15. I know they’re trying to be funny, but this is another way to try and dehumanize people. People aren’t Pokémon. You’re separating families, and there’s a good chance they’ll never see their kids or spouse again. You’re taking them to countries they’ve never been to before. You’re even taking them countries that are having civil unrest where they could easily get killed. This is not a game.

    Republican extremists try to be funny, and they’re not. They’re bullies and disguising it as humor.

  16. There’s no way Nintendo wants to be associated with ICE like this. They’ll sue.

  17. These people are so fucking disgusting… how much of your brain do you have to missing to have such an incredible lack of empathy and basic human decency. I hope Nintendo fucks them up.

  18. Watch Nintendo sue their fans into ground for enjoying their games but let this slide

  21. Nintendo needs to enforce their copyright or they lose it. Meaning if Nintendo doesn’t sue, we all can use it going forward. 

  25. I will never stop laughing if Nintendo of all fucking people is the reason ICE gets sued into insolvency lmao.

  26. Nintendo shutting this down would be a good thing for once

  28. I guess this dials down the temperature and helps re-establish a civil dialogue after recent, mutual fears that political violence could escalate. It’s a good thing everyone’s being held accountable to the same standards here.

    Coolcoolcoolcoolcool

  29. Hey magas – you guys are always asking why we call you fascists and Nazis. This is why.

  30. Conservatives just can’t stop stealing. It’s in their genes.

  32. I normally wouldn’t agree with their abusing the legal system, but in this case, I’m all for Nintendo throwing the book at them. If for nothing else, being associated with this garbage can be damaging to their brand.

  33. Nintendon’t use Nintendo’s IP in any way if you don’t wanna get sued.

  34. I did not have Nintendo lawyers vs ICE/DHS in my 2025 bingo card.

  36. NATIONWIDE STRIKE OCTOBER 14. DON’T spend a dime for these nazis and their supporters and call off work. Only together will change for good be made!

  37. never have I been more embarrassed to be american. this is so shameful

  38. Can we just hold on that screenshot for a second? Notice that it says “the worst of the worst,” followed by …a guy who killed somebody while driving drunk?

    Y’know, that crime [we give rich white kids a stern talkin’ to for](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Couch)?

  39. What they do here will show the world what Nintendo really is about. If they don’t sue for copyright infringement or illegal/improper use of copyright material, then it’ll show that they only care about suing people when it affects their bottom line, not because of any morals or copyright issues.

  40. When did government and politics get to be so cringe? What happened to professionalism.

  41. That means someone in homeland security thought Asmongolds joke was hilarious and chose to make that a message.

    In case you didn’t know, asmon made a joke about dressing up as ash Ketchum and going around catching different types of illegal immigrants.

    This is fuckin gross

  42. Dehumanizing people in a campaign attempting to be funny is beyond evil.

  43. This administration is fucking disgusting. They’re human beings, man. This isn’t some fucking game. These are people’s lives, and they’re just acting like this.

    Have your feelings about immigration. The system needs fixing, and if they commit a crime, then let justice do is thing. How anyone in the GOP can support or be OK with this behavior is beyond me.

  44. what the actual fuck… I shouldn’t be surprised there is no floor for these people to hit, but I just always seem to be shocked at how cruel and inhumane these people can be…

    My stomach knotted just reading that, fuck.

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