Justification of deleting the Pokémon examples Mr. Famicom stated that Yoshio Sakamoto claimed that Pokémon is not explicitly merchandise driven. I searched for the validity of this claim, and there is nothing in his interviews that infers this ideals. As stated before, there is a clear link between the anime and the video games, as well as many other ancillary products. There is no disrespect intended on the behalf of Mr. Famicom, but I call to have the Pokémon examples in anime and video games reinstated for a lack of context on Sakamoto's statements.