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...Violet Save Data

https://www.ign.com/articles/japanese-police-arrest-36-year-old-man-on-suspicion-of-tampering-with-pokemon-violet-save-data

Police in Japan have arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of selling illegally modified Pokmon save data to customers online a practice which is banned under the countrys 2019 Unfair Competition Prevention Act.
As reported by the Japanese website NHK News, and translated by Automaton, the suspect was apprehended by police on April 9 after a police cyber patrol discovered evidence that the individual had used special tools to illegally modify save data for Pokmon Violet in order to change Pokmon move sets.A 36-year-old man was arrest for selling illegally modified Pokemon save data.
The 36-year-old allegedly took custom orders for rare Pokmon, and sold the resulting tampered data between December 2022 to March 2023, for up to 13,000 yen ($84) a time on a website that served as a marketplace for video game assets and items. He also offered deals in which six Pokmon would be created for the equivalent of roughly $30 in yen.
The 36-year-old has reportedly admitted to committing the crimes at the heart of the ongoing investigation, while providing the justification that he did it to earn a living. According to Automaton, the suspect could face up to five years imprisonment, and/or a fine of up to 5 million yen (over $32,600).
This isnt the first time that criminals have sought to make money off of Game Freaks wildly popular franchise. For example, In 2021 an ill-fated Pokemon card heist saw one desperate man attempt to descend from a six-story building in order to steal a treasure trove of trading cards and cash from a Tokyo store.
2022 saw the trend continue, with criminals in Tokyo committing a series of high-value Pokemon burglaries, including one instance in which theives made off with a haul of cards worth over $60,000. Its worth noting that the raw last for Pokemon and the trouble it can land you in is felt well beyond the criminal fraternity. As a case in point January 2022 saw two Los Angeles police officers fired after they ignored a call to attend a burglary in order to chase down a Snorlax in Pokemon Go.

Well duh he would get in trouble from Nintendo/GameFreak by making money from that

There are a ton of homebrew sources including a Discord but none of them charge for that for that very reason. All they do is occasionally ask for donations.

ellis123 posted...

As a case in point January 2022 saw two Los Angeles police officers fired after they ignored a call to attend a burglary in order to chase down a Snorlax in Pokemon Go.

...Really? A Snorlax?

Solar_Crimson posted...

...Really? A Snorlax?

And not even in 2016 when it was actually rare

Solar_Crimson posted...

...Really? A Snorlax?

The Snorlax got their donut.

https://imgur.com/4GmvlSs