{"id":99319,"date":"2026-04-27T08:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2135286"},"modified":"2026-04-27T08:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:04:12","slug":"pokemon-fan-arrested-for-selling-hacked-sobble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pokemon-fan-arrested-for-selling-hacked-sobble\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon fan arrested for selling hacked Sobble"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Pok\u00e9mon series has always encouraged players to look after their Pok\u00e9mon, raise them right, and defend them against the clutches of Team Rocket.<\/p>\n

The Pok\u00e9mon series does not suggest you should genetically modify your Pok\u00e9mon friends and then sell them for money. Nintendo isn’t particularly keen on you doing this either.<\/p>\n

Which brings us to today, and the arrest of a 23-year-old Japanese man for allegedly hacking and selling a Sobble. <\/p>\n

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The Pok\u00e9mon series has always encouraged players to look after their Pok\u00e9mon, raise them right, and defend them against the clutches of Team Rocket. The Pok\u00e9mon series does not suggest you should genetically modify your Pok\u00e9mon friends and then sell them for money. Nintendo isn’t particularly keen on you doing this either. Which brings us to today, and the arrest of a 23-year-old Japanese man for allegedly hacking and selling a Sobble. 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