![]() ![]() ![]() Back then, though, it wasn’t called Pokémon it was referred to as Capsule Monsters. Tajiri first came up with the idea of Pokémon towards the beginning of 1990. “Our conclusion was,” Tajiri said to TIME magazine in a 1999 interview, “there weren’t too many good-quality games, so let’s make our own.” The inception of Pokémon came shortly after that. ![]() The three men would turn Game Freak (the fanzine) into Game Freak (the company) in 1989. Masuda agreed to Tajiri’s offer and became one of the three founding members of the gaming company. Around the same time, Masuda worked in a corporate office job and was looking to get away from that type of work. Masuda was approached by Tajiri in 1989, who asked if he wanted to join Game Freak as a composer. ![]() The last piece of the Game Freak puzzle was Junichi Masuda. From about 1981 to 1986, the fanzine simultaneously served as Tajiri’s love letter to video games out around that time and a strategy guide to accompany those games.Īs faith would have it, Ken Sugimori, best known as the character and art designer for the Pokémon franchise, would find a copy of the fanzine in a local dojinshi shop and contact Tajiri with an interest in becoming an illustrator for the fanzine. Satoshi Tajiri founded, crafted, hand-wrote, and edited the fanzine during the early 80s. Long before the company had evolved into an unstoppable Pokémon-churning behemoth, Game Freak started as a humble fanmade gaming magazine. So, to celebrate their celebration, we’re taking it back to the ’90s-the beginning of our Pokémon adventure-as we run down the history of the making of Pocket Monsters: Red and Green, and how it all began just 25 years ago. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Pocket Monsters: Red & Green, Game Freak and Nintendo have released New Pokémon Snap and Pokémon Brilliant Diamond/ Shining Pearl (a remake of the 2006’s Pokémon Diamond and Pearl)for the Nintendo Switch. But, what is now considered a pop culture mainstay wasn’t always the case. Hell, Pikachu’s ears and cheeks have become just as recognizable as Disney’s Mickey Mouse ears, so yeah- Pokémon is that iconic. Sitting comfortably at the top of the list of highest-grossing media franchises of all time and at second place (behind Mario, of course) on the list of best-selling video games of all time, it’s become apparent that these cute pocket monsters are here to stay. With merchandise in the forms of trading cards, clothing, and plushies, as well as mobile apps, anime, manga, and food (yes, even food), the franchise is virtually everywhere these days.
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