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Satoshi Tajiri (田尻智, Tajiri Satoshi^?, born on August 28, 1965) is a Japanese electronic game designer and the creator of Pocket Monsters, better known as Pokémon. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... is the 240th day of the year (241st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... The official Pokémon logo. ...

About

Satoshi Tajiri was born in Machida, Tokyo in 1965 to a Japanese family. As a little boy, he discovered the beauty of the forests. Young Satoshi used to wander and gather insects. In order to complete his collection, he would also trade with his friends. A passion for video games was also familiar to Satoshi from an early age. As he had grown up, he became a video games tester for magazines. Machida (町田; -shi) is a city located in the western part of the greater metropolis of Tokyo, Japan. ... A forest is an area with a high density of trees (or, historically, a wooded area set aside for hunting). ... Orders Subclass Apterygota Archaeognatha (bristletails) Thysanura (silverfish) Monura - extinct Subclass Pterygota Infraclass Paleoptera (may be paraphyletic) Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Diaphanopterodea - extinct Protodonata - extinct Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Superorder Exopterygota Caloneurodea - extinct Titanoptera - extinct Protorthoptera - extinct Grylloblattodea (ice-crawlers) Mantophasmatodea (gladiators) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Embioptera...

In 1982, Satoshi decided, along with his friends, to create a magazine about new video games and comic books entitled "Game Freak". The magazine became very popular and Satoshi was encouraged to write and publish two books, named "CAP Land" and "Catch 'em all CAP land". In the 1980s, the crew of "Game Freak" made the decision to develop video games of their own. The entire crew left its one-room office and moved to one in one of the Nintendo buildings in Japan, and developed new video games such as "Yoshi's Egg". ^{[citation needed]}

In the year of 1991, when the Game Boy appeared, Tajiri imagined a game, based on the insects he used to collect as a child. The idea of catching and collecting monsters was new, but the base of Pokémon already existed. The idea of trading them came to Tajiri's mind when he saw two kids playing the Game Boy next to each other. He came to Shigeru Miyamoto, the famous creator of "Super Mario", and together they have developed the link technology, which is still being used today. With the approval of the Nintendo company, Tajiri and his staff began the process of developing the game. It took them 5 years to complete the game, the longest time in Nintendo's history. It was just obvious that the success was pending, and the game, now known as Pokémon, was followed by other games, TV series and Movies. Shigeru Miyamoto , born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese video game designer. ... The official Pokémon logo. ...

Childhood and education

As a young boy, Satoshi lived in a suburb of Tokyo and loved to collect bugs. In the late 1970s, the forests and fields that Satoshi loved as a child were paved over by apartments and parking lots. This saddened Tajiri, as modern kids wouldn't be able to go bug-catching as he did.   , literally Eastern capital) is a unique subnational administrative region of Japan with characteristics of both a prefecture and a city. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ...

Satoshi did not like school. His father wanted him to be an electrical utility repairman, but this is not what he wanted. His ideas for Pokémon grew, as he wanted to give modern children the chance to hunt for creatures as he did. Satoshi got into games when he was at technical school, spending all his time in arcades. He was such a big fan that one local arcade gave him a Space Invaders machine to take home. Space Invaders is an arcade video game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado in 1978. ...

Game Freak

In 1982, Satoshi and his friends James Hanzatko and Yuusuke Santamaria formed a games magazine under the name of Game Freak. One of his Game Freak friends was Ken Sugimori, who drew all of the Pokémon's images. In the early 1980s, he won a contest sponsored by Sega involving making a video game. He later had his first video game, Quinty, published by Namco for the Nintendo Famicom. In 1991, Satoshi discovered the Game Boy. When he first saw Link Cables, he imagined insects creeping along them, and the Pokémon idea was born. The game was given some initial funding and concept work from another game design studio, "Creatures." Tajiri named his development company "Game Freak", after the magazine, and thus it can still be seen at the start of Pokémon games. Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Bulbasaur - An example of Ken Sugimoris artwork for Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Ken Sugimori ) (born January 27, 1966 in Tokyo) is a Japanese artist most famous for being the art director of the Pokémon video game franchise. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Sega Corporation ) is a multinational Japanese video game software and hardware development company, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a universal phenomenon. ... Namco Ltd ) is a amusement company based in Japan, best known overseas for video games development. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... The Nintendo Entertainment System (U.S., Europe, and Australia) NES redirects here. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... The Game Boy ) is a handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo[1], released in 1989 at US$109 ISBN 0-9643848-5-X. The Game Boy was the first successful handheld console, and was the predecessor of all other iterations of the Game Boy line. ... Game Freak ) is the Japanese video game developer behind the Pokémon series of RPGs, as well as several other games. ...

Nintendo

Tajiri went to work for Nintendo and spent the next six years working on Pokémon. He became friends with Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Pikmin, and Donkey Kong, who also became a mentor to Tajiri. As a tribute to Tajiri and Miyamoto, Ash Ketchum (the anime counterpart of "Red" in the games) is named Satoshi and Gary Oak (the anime counterpart of "Blue" in the English games, and "Green" in the original Japanese version) is named Shigeru in the Japanese version of Pokémon. Shigeru Miyamoto , born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese video game designer. ... Mario ) is a video game character created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and is the official mascot of Nintendo. ... This article is about the first game in the series. ... Pikmin 2 introduced multiplayer to the series. ... This article is about the video game character. ... Ash Ketchum, known as Satoshi ) in Japan, is the protagonist of the anime Pokémon. ... Gary Oak, known in Japan as Shigeru ), is a fictional character in the Pokémon franchise. ...

Most recently, Tajiri (along with Nintendo Co. Ltd. president Satoru Iwata) served as an executive producer for the Game Boy Advance game ScrewBreaker (スクリューブレイカー 轟振どりるれろ, sukuryūbureikā gōshin dorirurero^?), released outside of Japan as Drill Dozer. Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... Satoru Iwata , born December 6, 1959) is the fourth president and CEO of Nintendo succeeding the long-standing previous president of the company, Hiroshi Yamauchi in 2002. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Drill Dozer (in Japan, Screw Breaker )) is an action game for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance system. ...

Satoshi Tajiri has allegedly been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome.^[1][2] He has been described by Nintendo officials as exceedingly creative but "reclusive" and "eccentric."^[3] Asperger syndrome (also referred to as Aspergers syndrome, Aspergers disorder, Aspergers, or AS) is a condition on the autistic spectrum. ...

References

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See also

• Pokémon
• Pokémon (video games)

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External links

• Interview with Satoshi Tajiri from Time Asia