‘It’s important to have the younger generation take over’
In case you haven’t noticed Junichi Masuda is kind of a big deal at Game Freak and in the grander scheme of thePokemonseries. He’s been with the company since it got its start, and has had his hands in every game sinceRedandBlue: including a long directorial stint kicking off in 2002 withRubyandSapphire. Nearly 16 years later, he thinks it’s time to hang out one of his many hats.
In an official interviewat Pokemon.com, Masuda opens up (more than most would in an official capacity at least) and shares that it’s time for young blood to take over. Masuda notes how he worked on the original concept document forPokemon Go, and thus, wanted a hand in how the upcoming Pokemon Let’s Go duo operated given the inspiration of the mobile iteration. Masuda muses, “it’s important to have the younger generation at Game Freak take over the development ofPokemonas a series. I do believe this will probably be, in terms of the mainPokemonRPGs, the last time that I work as the director.”
Masuda seems proud of his work though, noting, “this is the first time that aPokemonRPG is going to be in the living room on a modern home console. That’s really the focus of how we approached the development. I think seeing thePokemonin HD visuals on a big-screen TV is going to be a lot of fun for traditional fans as well as new players.”
With more details trickling out like the factthatLet’s Gowon’t support Pro Controllerspeople are worried: but we’ll know how it turned out soon enough as it launches this month.
