Pokemon Buchkatalog

Quelle: Wikipedia. Seiten: 153. Nicht dargestellt. Kapitel: Liste Der Pokémon-Episoden, Pokémon-Spiele, Pokémon Goldene Und Silberne Edition, Pokémon Rote Und Blaue Edition, Pokémon Rubin- Und Saphir-Edition, Pikachu, Pokemon Diamant-, Perl- Und Platin-Edition, Pokémon-Sammelkartenspiel, Pokéthulhu, Pocket Monsters Black and White, Pokémon Mini, Satoshi Tajiri, the Pokémon Company, Game Freak. Auszug: Satoshi Tajiri Tajiri Satoshi, born August 28, 1965) is a Japanese video game designer best known as the creator of Pokémon, and the founder of Game Freak. Tajiri was influenced by his childhood hobby of insect collecting, as well as the urbanization of the rural areas near his home. In high school, Tajiri became fascinated with arcade games, and put most of his energy into gaming, learning how to program himself. During technical school, he wrote for and edited his own video gaming tip magazine Game Freak, which eventually evolved into the development company of the same name. Upon seeing a Game Boy's ability to connect to other Game Boys, Tajiri was inspired to create a game which embodied the collection and companionship of his childhood hobby. The game took six years to complete, and was not expected to sell well. Instead, the game sparked a multi-billion dollar franchise and reinvigorated Nintendo handheld gaming. Tajiri has been named a video gaming innovator, and has made numerous lists of the top, best, or most influential video game developers. He has worked on numerous other games, including Pulseman. Tajiri has also been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. Tajiri was born on August 28, 1965 in Tokyo to a Nissan car salesman and a housewife. Tajiri grew up in Machida, Tokyo, which at the time still maintained a rural atmosphere. As a child, Tajiri enjoyed insect collecting as a hobby, this childhood activity would prove an inspiration for his later video game work. In fact, other children called him "Dr. Bug", and he wanted to have a profession as an entomologist. As the urban areas of Japan spread and more was paved over, many of the places for hunting bugs were lost. Tajiri wanted his games to allow children to have the feeling of catching and collecting creatures as he had. The character of Ash Ketchum (Satoshi in Japan), is largely a version of Tajiri as a child. Tajiri became fascinated with arcade games as a teenager, though his parents thought him a d