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Satoshi Tajiri was born on August 28, 1965, in Setagaya, Tokyo. [3] Tajiri grew up in Machida, Tokyo, which at the time still maintained a rural atmosphere [4] and was rapidly growing. [5] As a child, Tajiri enjoyed insect collecting as a hobby, which would be an inspiration for his later video game work. [6]
The character Gary Oak from the Pokémon anime series is named Shigeru in Japan and is the rival of Ash Ketchum (called Satoshi in Japan). Pokémon creator Satoshi Tajiri was mentored by Miyamoto. In 1998, Miyamoto was honored as the first person inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame. [127]
Upon hearing of the Pokémon concept, Shigeru Miyamoto suggested creating multiple cartridges with different Pokémon in each, noting it would assist the trading aspect. [33] Tajiri was also influenced by Square's Game Boy game The Final Fantasy Legend, which he said gave him the idea that more than just action games could be developed for Game ...
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The character was given a rival named Gary Oak (Shigeru Okido in the Japanese version, after Tajiri's idol/mentor Shigeru Miyamoto), loosely based on Red's rival Blue. [9] In an interview Tajiri noted the contrast between the characters' relationship in the games and anime; while in the games they were rivals, in the anime, Shigeru represented ...
Predating the video game company, Game Freak was a self-published video game magazine created by Satoshi Tajiri and Ken Sugimori in the 1980s. The first issue was published in 1983 by Tajiri. [3] Sugimori would join the magazine at a later date as an illustrator after finding the magazine in a shop and liking it. [4]
Throughout the years, Tajiri had several conversations with Shigeru Miyamoto, [112] Nintendo's top game designer who Tajiri described as a mentor figure. [18] Although, in a 2018 retrospect, Miyamoto downplayed his role in advising Tajiri, and stated that his contributions to Pokemon were in fact limited. [ 113 ]
Ishihara and Yoshi creator Shigeru Miyamoto served as producers. [6] Tajiri explained that it was during the development of Yoshi that he learned the "wave" design of game difficulty in which the player is presented with an easy stage directly after a challenging one to allow them to savor their accomplishment. [7]