Game Freak
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GAME FREAK, Inc. () is the Japanese video game developer behind the Pokémon series of RPGs, as well as several other games. It is a second-party developer for Nintendo.
The company was founded on April 26, 1989 by Satoshi Tajiri (), born August 28, 1965). In honor of the founder, the lead character in the Japanese version of the Pokémon TV series was named Satoshi (Ash in the English dub).
Their most popular RPG series, Pokémon, is published by Nintendo in Japan, North America and Europe. Pokémon is formally known as Pocket Monsters () in Japan, and the abbreviation is derived from the Japanese spelling.
Game Freak has recently released Drill Dozer, an all new game for Game Boy Advance, and is currently working on the Diamond and Pearl versions of Pokémon for the Nintendo DS.
- 1 Developed Games
- 1.1 Nintendo Game Boy
- 1.2 Nintendo Game Boy (Nintendo Game Boy Color)
- 1.3 Nintendo Game Boy (Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
- 1.4 Nintendo DS
- 1.5 Nintendo Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System
- 1.6 Nintendo Super Famicom/Super NES
- 1.7 NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16
- 1.8 Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis
- 1.9 Sony PlayStation
- 2 External links
Developed Games
Nintendo Game Boy
- Mario & Yoshi/Yoshi () (1991, Nintendo)
- Nontan to Issho! Kuru-Kuru Puzzle () (1994, Victor Interactive)
- Pokémon Red/Green/Blue () (1996, Nintendo)
- Pokémon Yellow () (1998, Nintendo)
Nintendo Game Boy (Nintendo Game Boy Color)
- Pokémon Gold and Silver () (1999, Nintendo)
- Pokémon Crystal () (2000, Nintendo)
Nintendo Game Boy (Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
- Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire () (2002, Nintendo)
- Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen () (2004, Nintendo)
- Pokémon Emerald () (2004, Nintendo)
- Drill Dozer () (2005, Nintendo)
Nintendo DS
- Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (2006), Nintendo
Nintendo Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System
- Yoshi/Mario & Yoshi () (1991, Nintendo)
- Mendel Palace () (1989, Hudson Soft [U.S.], Namco [Japan])
Nintendo Super Famicom/Super NES
- BUSHI Seiryūden: Futari no Yūsha (ＢＵＳＨＩ青龍伝～二人の勇者～) (1997, Sony)
- Mario & Wario () (1993, Nintendo)
- Smart Ball () (1991, Sony)
NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16
Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis
Sony PlayStation
External links
| Hardware and Specialized Developers |
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| Integrated R&D | Software Planning | Licensing Division | R&E |
| First-Party Software Developers |
| R&D 1 | R&D 2 | EAD | Special P&D | Intelligent Systems | EAD Tokyo | NST | Retro Studios | Brownie Brown |
| Second-Party Developers |
| HAL Laboratory | Camelot | Genius Sonority | Creatures Inc. | AlphaDream | Game Freak | NOISE |
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