How it’s built
- Reported by Game Developer (then Gamasutra), a trade site, in an article on Pokémon USA bringing licensing in-house.
What we assumed
- The takeover refers to licensing and marketing rights.Wizards of the Coast's licence had already ended in 2003, so this cannot be a direct handover from it.
Sanity check
The wording is a summary made by a research tool, not a checked quote. A 2006 4Kids filing names Pokémon USA as a distributor of the game, which fits.
The value
- Pokemon USA took over US Pokemon TCG effective 1 Jan 2006
Where it comes from
Pokemon USA Moves Licensing In-House Game Developer (Gamasutra) · 23 December 2005 Open the original ↗
The line in the source
Pokemon USA took over the U.S. Pokemon Trading Card Game effective January 1, 2006.