Credits and licenses

PlayPKM is an unofficial, non-commercial fan project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc. or The Pokémon Company. Pokémon, Pokémon character names and their likenesses are trademarks and copyrights of Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc. and The Pokémon Company.

Battle engine and data

• Battle rules engine: Pokémon Showdown by Guangcong Luo and contributors, used under the MIT License.
• Battle protocol, client and Pokédex data libraries: @pkmn/client, @pkmn/data, @pkmn/dex, @pkmn/protocol and @pkmn/view by Kirk Scheibelhut and contributors, used under the MIT License.
• 3D rendering: three.js by the three.js authors, used under the MIT License.

Art and sound

• Animated sprites, from-behind sprites and Pokémon cries come from Pokémon Showdown and the sprite projects credited there.
• Pokémon artwork, 3D models and their animations are the work of Game Freak and The Pokémon Company.
• Arena backgrounds, music and sound effects were made for this site.

Copyright concerns

If you own something shown here and want it removed, email admin@playpkm.com with the page and the material, and it will be taken down promptly.

License texts

The full copyright and permission notices of the open-source software above are in licenses.txt.