'Pokémon Company' job listing mentions Blockchain and NFTs

[DaBigJ]

Not sure if topics like these are banned or not, so if they are then I sincerely apologize.

So this doesn't directly confirm Pokémon NFTs, but the fact that it even mentions these at all is a gigantic red flag, and if they actually go through with this then both the company and brand can get absolutely fucked for all I care.

It's real by the way

[BLUzCLUz]

We're talking about a company already allowing their games to decline in quality as they still make money. This is drilling down rock bottom.

[Blue Blood]

Selling Pokémon themselves as NFTs is the most disgustingly obviously capitalist corporate idea ever. I don't know why the thought didn't occur to me sooner.

[Salamander]

It's my understanding that Japan is still relatively uncritical of blockchain and NFTs, but I'm dubious of it getting much traction in the west - even though it's a western job posting for the international branch.  Nonetheless very disappointing merely in prospect.

[Indigo Rush]

The new series of Pokemon has Team Rocket rugpulling innocent trainers of their hard-mined PokéCoins and using them to re-sell rare Pokemon back to the trainers at a slightly higher price 

[Rabbitearsblog]

I thought the whole NFT thing was done.

[Salamander]

Not in Japan, where big publishers like Square Enix (and... Sega) are still harping on about their commitment to creating blockchain and NFT games.  Remember also that we're in a world where Sesame Street, of all things, just started offering NFTs.  But on the other hand, the NFT part of the job listing is really just a small corner that's more about being apprised of recent technologies in general ("and/or metaverse", note), and The Pokemon Company literally said only last year (whilst suing a company selling NFTs in their name) that they had deliberately chosen not to launch Pokemon NFTs.