>>59059600Because they were literally just remaking M01 and didn't need to seek permission to add to the existing character's life story. They WOULD have had to get permission to write a NEW appearance of it, in essence continuing on the story of life from a character developed by a dead tranny and as we all know, they found making a new character and doing their own thing was free compared to paying for rights for a character based off a pokémon creature they already had covered by a trademark.
