{"id":117455,"date":"2020-09-02T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/09\/nintendo_trademark_applications_appear_for_a_pikachu_car_named_yes_the_picar"},"modified":"2020-09-02T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T11:00:00","slug":"nintendo-trademark-applications-appear-for-a-pikachu-car-named-yes-the-picar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/09\/02\/nintendo-trademark-applications-appear-for-a-pikachu-car-named-yes-the-picar\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Trademark Applications Appear For A Pikachu ‘Car’ Named, Yes, The Pi!car!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There are plenty of Pok\u00e9mon to choose from these days but Pikachu remains the franchise mascot and the Pocket Monster of choice for a huge number of fans. The little electric rodent has adorned countless objects over the last two-and-a-half decades, from billboards to board games, anti-bacterial wipes to aircraft.<\/p>\n

That the little guy should adorn a car is nothing new, but that he actually is<\/em> the car is slightly more unusual. As reported by our friends over at Japanese Nintendo<\/a>, Creatures Inc., Game Freak, and Nintendo recently applied for a new automobile-based Pok\u00e9mon trademark: Pi!car!.<\/em><\/p>\n

Originally filed on 13th August 2020, it apparently relates to a joint project between The Pok\u00e9mon Company and Japanese car manufacturer Toyota for a compact little runner which emits no fumes (presumably running on electricity, unless all involved are totally missing a trick). The three applications, published yesterday in Japan, apparently use the ‘vehicle’ and ‘education and entertainment’ categories and cover both the name and the design of the Pikachu-based car.<\/p>\n