Game Freak Introduces an Optional Three-Day Weekend
Game Freak has introduced an "Optional Three-Day Weekend" starting in April 2022. It is aiming to be a flexible work environment where each employee can choose how to work at his or her own will. Game Freak is a company that plans and develops games such as the Pokémon series, and it has intr...
Game Freak 2021 New Years Message
GameSpark Global Gaming News posted an article featuring new year's greetings from representatives of various game-related companies and creators from around the world. Game Freak posted a new years greeting message as well as a special piece of artwork. The artwork is also featured on a new Pok...
Making Pokémon Curry with the Developers of Pokémon Sword and Shield
Nintendo Minute is an official Nintendo web series that is hosted by Krysta Yang and Kit Ellis. For this episode, they met with the GAME FREAK developers Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori and made real curry as a promotion for Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield and talked a bit about the games. ...
GAME FREAK Secret Base for GAME FREAK's 30th Anniversary Stream
GAME FREAK, the developers of the main series of Pokémon games, has announced that they will be broadcasting a 30th Anniversary stream on YouTube and Twitter Periscope on October 16th, 2019. The stream will visit former and present locations of their company and review its 30 year history. GA...
gamescom 2019 - A message from GAME FREAK's Shigeru Ohmori - Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield
gamescom 2019 is taking place in Cologne, Germany from August 20th, 2019 until August 24th, 2019. Although Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield Director Shigeru Ohmori could not be in attendance to the convention due to working on the games. He did make a video showcasing some new scenes from a town in ...
2019 Pokémon World Championships Annoucements - Sword and Shield TCG / New Game Info
During the 2019 Pokémon World Championships opening ceremonies, Tsunekazu Ishihara, president and CEO of The Pokémon Company, unveiled Sword & Shield, a new series coming to the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Included in the series are Pokémon V, powerful new cards that will play an important role in pl...
Junichi Masuda Officially Responds to #BringBackNationalDex
Since the e3 Nintendo Treehouse for Pokémon Sword and Shield, many fans have been voicing their displeasure on social media about the games not including all the Pokémon in the National Dex. Junichi Masuda of GAME FREAK, the producer of Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield officially responded to the fa...
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! / Let's Go, Eevee - Developers Interview AU NZ Exclusive
Junichi Masuda and Kensaku Nabana from GAME FREAK answered some of viewers questions received via Twitter and Facebook in this exclusive interview posted by Nintendo AU/NZ. Developers of the #PokemonLetsGo games - Junichi Masuda and Kensaku Nabana from GAME FREAK - answered some of your questions...
Secret Techniques, Exclusive Moves for Let’s Go, Pikachu and Eeeve Revealed by Junichi Masuda
GAME FREAK Game Director Junichi Masuda was on Pokénchi #151 which aired on September 9th, 2018 on TV Tokyo. On the show he revealed Secret Techniques and Exclusive Moves for Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! and then on September 10th, 2018, The Pokémon Company International...
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! & Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! - Nintendo Treehouse: Live | E3 2018
After the 2018 E3 Nintendo Direct, Nintendo hosted a Nintendo Treehouse with Game Freak Director Junichi Masuda and they showed off the games Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! & Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! YouTube Video - Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! & Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! - Nintendo Treehouse: Live ...
Pokémon 2018 Video Game Press Conference - Let's Go, Pikachu! / Eevee! - Pokémon Quest
The Pokémon 2018 Video Game Press Conference took place in Tokyo, Japan on May 30th, 2018. Announced were a few new games as well as news that an all-new core series Pokémon RPG title is in development for the second half of 2019. Pokémon Quest Pokémon Quest is a Nintendo Switch game...
Nintendo and GAME FREAK Apply for Card Display Screen Patent
Nintendo and GAME FREAK applied for a Card Display Screen Apparatus patent in the United States and details of this patent were disclosed on April 26th, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The Inventor of the device is Koji Kawada and it was filed on October 25th, 2017 but it appe...
Shigeru Ohmori and Kazumasa Iwao Available for StreetPass Mii Plaza in Europe
Nintendo of Europe has announced that Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Producer Shigeru Ohmori and Director Kazumasa Iwao will be available for StreetPass Mii Plaza in Europe to celebrate the launch of the games. New arrivals in the Mii StreetPass Plaza To celebrate the launch of Pokémon Ult...
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon will be the last main series Pokémon RPG games on the Nintendo 3DS
GAME FREAK Game Designer Shigeru Ohmori was interviewed by IGN and he confirmed that Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon will be the last main series Pokémon RPG games on the Nintendo 3DS. It was announced earlier in the year that a new Pokémon title was in development for the Nintendo Switch for relea...
Pocket Monsters Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Official Guidebook Complete Story Strategy Guide
Retailers in Japan have revealed the Pocket Monsters Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Official Guidebook Complete Story Strategy Guide + Alola Zukan (ポケットモンスター ウルトラサン・ウルトラムーン 公式ガイドブック 完全ストーリー攻略+アローラ図鑑) which will be released on December 6th, 2017, about 3 weeks after the release of the games. Product...
StreetPass Junichi Masuda wearing gold trousers!
Nintendo UK has announced that to celebrate the launch of Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console, GAME FREAK Director Junichi Masuda's Mii character will be available in the StreetPass Mii Plaza. StreetPass Junichi Masuda wearing gold trousers! To celebrate the l...
Dusk Form Lycanroc Revealed on Pokénchi 95
GAME FREAK Pokémon Sun and Moon Director Shigeru Ohmori (大森滋) was on Pokénchi 95 and he revealed Dusk Form Lycanroc on the show. The official Japanese and English website updated with some info confirming this new form alittle while after the show aired in Japan. It was also revealed on the s...
Nintendo Spotlight: E3 2017 - Game Freak developing a "core RPG" Pokémon game for Switch
Nintendo, The Pokémon Company and Game Freak revealed during the Nintendo Spotlight: E3 2017 that Game Freak is developing a "core" Pokémon game for the Nintendo Switch. Tsunekazu Ishihara of The Pokémon Company announced the game during the broadcast. YouTube Clip - Nintendo Spotlight: E3 2017 -...
GAME FREAK's Shigeki Morimoto shares his memories from first Pokémon games
Shigeki Morimoto, Game Designer and Battle Director at GAME FREAK, shared his memories from when the first Pokémon video games released 20 years ago in a video as part of the #Pokemon20 campaign. Interview Interview Transcription So, it's the 20th anniversary of Pokémon, meaning that it's b...
Full Program for 'The Eve of ORAS Release Day Niconico Countdown Event at Nico Farre'
The full program details for The Eve of Pocket Monsters Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire's Release Day" Niconico Countdown Event @ Nico Farre (ポケットモンスター オメガルビー・アルファサファイア発売前日ニコニコ カウントダウンイベント＠ニコファーレ), which will be streamed on NicoNico Live from 12pm Thursday November 20th to 12am Friday November 21st has be...
