The internet was abuzz this past week after a new Pokémon was revealed that looked suspiciously like US Presidential Candidate Donald Trump.
Gumshoos is a mongoose Pokémon that seemingly features Trump’s infamous blonde comb-over as well as a sour demeanor.
The design wasn’t intentional, said creators Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori in a recent interview with Game Informer.
“It’s a very American-centric question I think, and actually a lot of people sent me comparison photos on Twitter pointing out the resemblance. But we had started the design of this Pokémon a long time back, and we didn’t have any intention to make it look like Donald Trump.”
“We don’t really look at current events that are going on, but one thing we do do sometimes when designing Pokémon is kind of see what kids of that era might like. Like for example maybe if there’s like a popular animal as a pet in a certain era then we might wanna try to come up with a certain Pokémon based off of that, to kind of really just focus on what kids of this era might like.”
That said both acknowledged that there was an uncanny resemblance to the politician – acknowledging that this was now the “Trump” Pokemon.
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