Game Freak
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GAME FREAK, Inc. (ゲームフリーク Gēmu Furīku?) 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 (田尻智 Tajiri Satoshi?). In honor of the founder, the lead character in the Japanese version of the Pokémon TV series was named Satoshi (Ash Ketchum 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 (ポケットモンスター Poketto Monsutā?) in Japan, and the abbreviation Pokémon (ポケモン?) is derived from the Japanese spelling.
Game Freak has recently released Drill Dozer, an all new game for Game Boy Advance, and released Diamond and Pearl, the versions of Pokémon for the Nintendo DS, in October 2006
[edit] Developed Games
[edit] Nintendo Game Boy
- Pokémon Gold and Silver (ポケットモンスター～金/銀 (Pocket Monsters Kin/Gin?)) (1999, Nintendo)
- Mario & Yoshi/Yoshi (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 (Nontan to Issho! Kuru-Kuru Puzzle?)) (1994, Victor Interactive)
- Pokémon Red/Green/Blue (ポケットモンスター～赤/緑/青 (Pocket Monsters Aka/Midori/Ao?)) (1996, Nintendo)
- Pokémon Yellow (ポケットモンスター～ピカチュウ (Pocket Monsters Pikachu?)) (1998, Nintendo)
[edit] Nintendo Game Boy (Nintendo Game Boy Color)
- Pokémon Gold and 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)
[edit] Nintendo Game Boy (Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
- Pokémon Ruby and 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 and 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 (ポケットモンスターエメラルド (Pocket Monsters Emerald?)) (2004, Nintendo)
- Drill Dozer (スクリューブレイカー 轟振どりるれろ (Screw Breaker?)) (2005, Nintendo)
[edit] Nintendo DS
- Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (2006), Nintendo
[edit] Nintendo Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System
- Yoshi/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 [U.S.], Namco [Japan])
[edit] Nintendo Super Famicom/Super NES
- BUSHI Seiryūden: Futari no Yūsha (ＢＵＳＨＩ青龍伝～二人の勇者～ (BUSHI Seiryūden: Futari no Yūsha?)) (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)
- Smart Ball 2 (ジェリーボーイ 2 (Jelly Boy 2?)) (1994, Sony)
[edit] NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16
[edit] Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis
[edit] Sony PlayStation
[edit] External links
| First-party |
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| Brownie Brown • Intelligent Systems • EAD • EAD Tokyo • Integrated R&D • R&D 1 • R&D 2 • NST • Retro Studios |
| Second-party |
| AlphaDream • Ambrella • Camelot • Fuse Games • Game Freak • Genius Sonority • HAL Laboratory • NDCUBE • Nexon • Noise • Saru Brunei • skip Ltd. |
