Kadabra Petition to bring him back!

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Dezuray

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As many of you know, a couple years back Uri Geller filed a lawsuit against Nintendo saying Kadabra was based off him, (loosely) such as Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee. Since the controversy, Nintendo has halted production of Kadabra trading cards. Nintendo tried to fix the problem by recently giving Abra the Ultra Evolution ability, allowing him to skip his Kadabra evolution.

Here is an Article:
http://www.experiencefestival.com/kadabra_-_lawsuit_pressed_by_uri_geller

So I started this petition to send to Nintendo of Japan / America after we reach a certain amount of signatures to try to bring back Kadabra. :)

In November 2000, Geller sued video game company Nintendo over the Pokémon character "Yungerer," localized in English as "Kadabra," which he claimed was an unauthorised appropriation of his identity.[70][71] The Pokémon in question has psychic abilities and carries bent spoons. Geller also claimed that the star on Kadabra's forehead and the lightning patterns on its abdomen are symbolisms popular with the Waffen SS of Nazi Germany, and he was outraged at the connotations that Nintendo had supposedly made.[71] Although the symbols are derived from Zener cards, the name is a pun; the katakana n (ン) resembles the kana ri (リ) (the transliteration of Mr. Geller's name into Katakana would be ユリゲラー Yurigerā). Geller sued for £60 million (the equivalent of US $100 million) but lost.

He also considered a suit against IKEA over a furniture line featuring bent legs that was called the "Uri" line.[72]
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I'll start by signing first:
Yumi Ryou - Dezuray
CuboneGirl98
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Nintendo is doing that so that they don't get sued again. Why in the world would they change this and put themselves at risk again because of a petition?
 
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