Game Freak |
GAME FREAK, Inc. (ゲームフリーク) is the Japanese video game developer behind the Pokémon series of Role-playing games, as well as several other games. It is now owned by Nintendo.
The company was founded on April 26, 1989 by Satoshi Tajiri (田尻 智 Tajiri Satoshi , born August 28, 1965). In honor of the founder, the lead character in the Japanese version of the Pokémon TV series was named Satoshi.
Their most popular RPG series, Pokémon, is published by Nintendo in both Japan and North America. Pokémon is formally known as Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター Poketto Monsutaa ) in Japan, and the abbreviation ポケモン ( Pokemon ) is derived from the Japanese spelling.
Game Freak is currently developing Screw Breaker , an all new game for Game Boy Advance, along with the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl versions of Pokémon for the Nintendo DS.
=Developed Games=
===Nintendo Game Boy===
*Mario & Yoshi/Yoshi (game) (ヨッシーのたまご Yoshi no Tamago ) (1991, Nintendo) *Nontan to Issho! Kuru-Kuru Puzzle (ノンタンといっしょ!くるくるパズル) (1994, Victor Interactive) *Pokémon Red/Green/Blue (ポケットモンスター~赤/緑/青, Pocket Monsters Akai/Midori/Aoi ) (1996, Nintendo) *Pokémon Yellow (ポケットモンスター~ピカチュウ, Pocket Monsters Pikachu ) (1998, Nintendo)
===Nintendo Game Boy===
*Pokémon Gold/Silver (ポケットモンスター~金/銀, Pocket Monsters Kin/Gin ) (1999, Nintendo) *Pokémon Crystal (ポケットモンスター~クリスタル, Pocket Monsters Crystal ) (2000, Nintendo)
===Nintendo Game Boy===
*Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire (ポケットモンスタールビー/サファイア, Pocket Monsters Ruby/Sapphire ) (2002, Nintendo) *Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen (ポケットモンスターファイアレッド/リーフグリーン, Pocket Monsters FireRed/LeafGreen ) (2004, Nintendo) *Pokémon Emerald ( Pocket Monsters Emerald ) (2004, Nintendo)
===Nintendo Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System===
*Yoshi (game)/Mario & Yoshi (ヨッシーのたまご Yoshi no tamago ) (1991, Nintendo) *Mendel Palace (クインティ Quinty ) (1989, Hudson Soft [US], Namco [Japan])
===PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16===
*Bazaar de gosaaru no Game de gosaaru (バザールでござーるのゲームでござーる) (1996, NEC)
===Sega Megadrive / Sega Genesis===
===Sony PlayStation===
===Nintendo Super Famicom / Super NES===
*BUSHI Seiryūden: Futari no Yūsha (BUSHI青龍伝~二人の勇者~) (1997, Sony) *Mario & Wario (マリオとワリオ Mario to Wario ) (1993, Nintendo) *Smart Ball (ジェリーボーイ Jerry Boy ) (1991, Sony)
=External links=
*[http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/ GAME FREAK Web Page - Official (Japanese)]|
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