Line #28 Creator/GameFreak


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3	Game Freak, Inc. is a Japanese video game development studio founded on April 26, 1989 by Creator/SatoshiTajiri and Ken Sugimori. Prior to this, Game Freak was a self-published gaming magazine that was run by Tajiri (as writer) and Sugimori (as illustrator) throughout the 1980s, with the name "Game Freak" coming from a pseudonym that Tajiri used when previously writing for other publications.
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5	Game Freak has a long-running love of [[PlatformGame platformers]], creating multiple games such as ''VideoGame/{{Pulseman}}'' and ''VideoGame/DrillDozer'' in the genre, in addition to small experimental titles in other genres, such as the UsefulNotes/HorseRacing[=/=]TabletopGame/{{Solitaire}} mix that is ''VideoGame/PocketCardJockey''. However, the small developer would find their BreakthroughHit in 1996, when Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto convinced the publisher to take a chance on a game idea that Tajiri and his team had been developing on-and-off for years: a social JRPG where players fight, collect, and trade creatures known as ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''. If a person is even aware that it's Game Freak that makes Pokémon, and [[WrongfullyAttributed not Nintendo]], they probably [[CommonKnowledge have no idea they make anything else]]. But considering how much Game Freak desires to retain their small, garage developer feel, they probably don't mind any "who?" moments too much.
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7	Despite popular belief, Nintendo doesn't actually own Game Freak; despite the vast majority of the company's gameography being exclusive to Nintendo hardware, and Game Freak itself moving into Nintendo's Tokyo building in 2020, they're a fully independent third-party developer. What Nintendo ''does'' own is a third of the ''Pokémon'' franchise, with complete ownership over the trademarks. As such, while the developer can and has freely made other games for non-Nintendo systems, a major ''Pokémon'' game will never be one of them. Nintendo has similar business relationships with other key partners, such as Creator/HALLaboratory and Creator/IntelligentSystems.
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10	!!Games made by Game Freak include:
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12	[[index]]
13	* ''VideoGame/MendelPalace''(1989; [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]])[[note]]''Quinty'' in Japan[[/note]]
14	* ''VideoGame/{{Yoshi}}'' (1991; NES and Platform/GameBoy) [[note]]''Yoshi's Egg'' in Japan and ''Mario & Yoshi'' in PAL regions[[/note]]
15	* ''VideoGame/SmartBall'' (1991; [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]])[[note]]''Jerry Boy'' in Japan[[/note]]
16	** ''VideoGame/JellyBoy2'' (Unreleased sequel for the SNES)
17	* ''Manga/MagicalTarurutoKun'' (1992; [[Platform/SegaGenesis Sega Mega Drive]])[[superscript:Japan only]]
18	* ''VideoGame/MarioAndWario'' (1993; SNES)[[superscript:Japan only]]
19	* ''VideoGame/{{Pulseman}}'' (1994; Mega Drive)[[note]]Only available through Sega Channel service in North America[[/note]]
20	* ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndGreen'' (1996; Game Boy)[[superscript:original JP version]] [[/index]]
21	** ''Pokémon Red and Blue'' (1998; Game Boy)[[superscript:original US version]]
22	** ''Pokémon Yellow'' (1998; Game Boy Updated Re-release)
23	** ''Pokémon [=FireRed=] and [=LeafGreen=]'' (2004; Platform/GameBoyAdvance remake) [[index]]
24	** ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee'' (2018; Platform/NintendoSwitch remake)
25	* ''VideoGame/BushiSeiryuden'' (1998; SNES)[[superscript:Japan only]]
26	* ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' (1999; Platform/GameBoyColor) [[/index]]
27	** ''Pokémon Crystal'' (2000; GBC Updated Re-release)
28	** ''Pokémon [=HeartGold=] and [=SoulSilver=]'' (2009; Platform/NintendoDS remake) [[index]]
29	* ''VideoGame/ClickMedic'' (1999; Platform/PlayStation)[[superscript:Japan only]]
30	* ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'' (2002; GBA) [[/index]]
31	** ''Pokémon Emerald'' (2004; GBA Updated Re-release)
32	** ''Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'' (2014; Platform/Nintendo3DS remake)[[index]]
33	* ''VideoGame/DrillDozer''[[note]]''Screw Breaker Gōshin Drillero'' in Japan[[/note]] (2005; GBA)
34	* ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' (2006; Nintendo DS)
35	** ''Pokémon Platinum'' (2008; Nintendo DS Updated Re-release)
36	** [[/index]]''Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl'' (2021; Switch remake, co-developed with Creator/{{ILCA}})[[index]]
37	* ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' (2010; Nintendo DS)
38	* ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' (2012; Nintendo DS sequel)
39	* ''VideoGame/HarmoKnight''[[note]]''Rhythm Hunter: [=HarmoKnight=]'' in Japan[[/note]] (2012; 3DS [=eShop=])
40	* ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' (2013; 3DS)
41	* ''VideoGame/PocketCardJockey''[[note]]''Soliti Horse'' in Japan, Western release in 2016[[/note]] (2013; Mobile and 3DS [=eShop=])
42	** ''Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On!'' (2023; Apple Arcade and Switch)
43	* ''VideoGame/TemboTheBadassElephant'' (2015; Platform/XboxOne, Platform/PlayStation4 and PC)
44	* ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' (2016; 3DS)
45	** ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'' (2017; 3DS Updated Re-release)
46	* ''VideoGame/GigaWrecker'' (2017; PC)
47	** ''Giga Wrecker ALT'' (2019; Switch, XBO and [=PS4=] Updated Re-release)
48	* ''VideoGame/PokemonQuest'' (2018; Switch and Mobile)
49	* ''VideoGame/LittleTownHero'' (2019; Switch, [=PS4=], Xbox One, PC)
50	* ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' (2019; Switch)
51	* ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' (2022; Switch)
52	* ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' (2022; Switch)
53	* ''Pokémon Legends: Z-A'' (2025; Switch)
54	* ''Project Bloom'' (TBA)
55	[[/index]]

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