Stage magician Uri Geller is back in the news over Pokémon again, but for a different reason. Geller is most well-known for his spoon-bending trick, and has claimed that the Pokémon Co. and Nintendo used that as part of their design for Kadabra, as well as Kadabra’s Japanese names being Yungerer, Yungeller, and Yun Geller. This led him to filing a lawsuit and demanding for cards be pulled from TCG sets. This also led to Kadabra being downplayed in many Pokémon related works and projects over the years, and the games themselves were changed.
It seems though Geller has had a change of heart and tweeted out the following
“I am truly sorry for what I did 20 years ago. “Kids and grownups I am releasing the ban. It’s now all up to #Nintendo to bring my #kadabra #pokemon card back. It will probably be one of the rarest cards now! Much energy and love to all!”
According to an interview with The Gamer, Geller says the constant requests from fans for him to reverse his decision swayed him to change his mind.
“Due to the tremendous volume of emails I am still getting begging me to allow Nintendo to bring back Kadabra/Yungeller, I sent […] a letter to the chairman of Nintendo giving them permission to relaunch the Uri Geller Kadabra/Yungeller worldwide.”
Spoon Bendin’ Muthafucka! He Heee