After discovering that two Pokemon clones had weaseled their way onto the App Store, The Pokemon Company has said it will take action against anyone selling counterfeited goods based on its popular franchise.

In conversation with industry mag Develop, The Pokemon Company issued the following (semi-)warning: "We continue to combat the unauthorised release of games, applications and merchandise that trick our fans into purchasing something that does not meet our quality standards."

The clones in question are Pokemon Yellow and Pokemon - Pocket Edition, which both popped up on the App Store recently. Somehow, they'd managed to escape the attention of Apple's App Store approval team. Yes, we don't know how, either.

Fans of the series who downloaded Pokemon - Pocket Edition, for example, soon discovered that the iPhone app just contained screenshots from the Game Boy Pokemon outings, rather than the full-on Pokemon adventure they had hoped for.

Both of the Pokemon clones have since been removed from the App Store.