Pokemon Go: Nintendo should make Harambe into a Pokemon, say tens of thousands in petition

‘Harambe deserves to live on forever in our hearts,’ the petition reads. ‘Support this petition if you want Harambe to become a Pokémon'

A mock-up of what Harambe would look like as a Pokemon

Tens of thousands of people want the slain gorilla Harambe to be turned into a Pokemon.

A petition with 27,000 signatories at the time of publication asks Nintendo to commemorate the dead gorilla by turning him into a Pokemon.

The petition was set up by a man calling himself Eric CreamyMemes and says that it will be delivered to Nintendo and the Pokemon Company, the company that it owns along with two other firms and was set up to look after Pokemon.

“Harambe deserves to live on forever in our hearts,” the description reads. “Support this petition if you want Harambe to become a Pokémon.”

The petition was started just two days ago and has already received tens of thousands of supporters. Before its first day was out it had attracted 12,500 supporters, and those numbers are rising quickly.

The letter itself even includes a picture of what Harambe might look like in Pokemon form. It says that he would begin as “Mambo” and then be evolved into “Harambe” – and that both forms would have the ability “Meat Shield”.

The request is the collision of two of the most powerful memes of the year: mourning the the death of Harambe, who was killed at the Cincinnati Zoo, and catching creatures in Pokemon Go, which the slain gorilla was never able to see.