Behind our favorite franchises are creative minds. One of them is the Junichi Masudaresponsible for Pokémon for decades and has announced its game freak march. An abandonment that occurs a few hours after we see the new trailer for Pokémon Scarlet and Purple.
Through a statement, The Pokémon Company has revealed that Masuda joins its team as creative director starting today, June 1. The company states that “it will use its deep knowledge of the brand Pokemon to develop new services and products at The Pokémon Company, drawing on their years of experience and creative thinking.”
The truth is that we cannot understand the franchise without his presence, since he became a founding member of Game Freak in the year. He has been involved in the development of installments since Pokémon Red and Green, supporting work on the series with subsequent video games.
In fact, he has been the director of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire until Pokémon X / Y. In turn, he showed his support for some of the most recent hits like Pokémon GO. Masuda has wanted to “express my sincere thanks to all the fans of Pokémon”, at the same time that he will search “transcend the borders of video games trying to offer more surprises, fun and excitement to people all over the world”.
Just yesterday Shinji Hashimoto, one of the main managers of Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, announced his retirement from the industry.