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==Game Freak== | ==Game Freak== | ||
Tajiri got into games when he was at technical school, spending all his time in arcades. He was such a big fan that one local arcade gave him a ''{{wp|Space Invaders}}'' machine to take home. Tajiri did not like school. He began skipping classes to spend more time at the arcades. This confused and upset his parents, who felt he was throwing his future away. Eventually, Tajiri graduated from a two-year program at the {{wp|Tokyo National College of Technology}}. His father wanted him to be an electrical utility repairman, but this is not what he wanted. | Tajiri got into games when he was at technical school, spending all his time in arcades. He was such a big fan that one local arcade gave him a ''{{wp|Space Invaders}}'' machine to take home. Tajiri did not like school. He began skipping classes to spend more time at the arcades. This confused and upset his parents, who felt he was throwing his future away. Tajiri spent so much time playing games that one arcade gave him a full-sized {{wp|Space Invaders}} machine to take home.<ref>"Pokémon: The Soap Opera! Part 1" [[PoJo's Unofficial Pokémon News & Price Guide Monthly]] Dec. 1999: 38.</ref> Eventually, Tajiri graduated from a two-year program at the {{wp|Tokyo National College of Technology}}. His father wanted him to be an electrical utility repairman, but this is not what he wanted. | ||
In 1981, when he was sixteen years of age, Tajiri won a contest sponsored by Nintendo rival {{wp|Sega}} for a game design concept. A year later, in 1982, Tajiri and his friends formed a gaming magazine by the name of [[Game Freak]]. A friend and contributor to Game Freak was [[Ken Sugimori]], who would later become the illustrator and designer of all of the Pokémon images, as well as the human characters and other aspects of the games. Throughout the 1980s, the ''Game Freak'' magazine had modest sales, and became quite popular among the gaming crowd. Originally, the magazine was written by hand, but as it grew more popular Tajiri began having it printed professionally. A typical issue cost ¥300 (around US$3.00) and was approximately 28 pages long. | In 1981, when he was sixteen years of age, Tajiri won a contest sponsored by Nintendo rival {{wp|Sega}} for a game design concept. A year later, in 1982, Tajiri and his friends formed a gaming magazine by the name of [[Game Freak]]. A friend and contributor to Game Freak was [[Ken Sugimori]], who would later become the illustrator and designer of all of the Pokémon images, as well as the human characters and other aspects of the games. Throughout the 1980s, the ''Game Freak'' magazine had modest sales, and became quite popular among the gaming crowd. Originally, the magazine was written by hand, but as it grew more popular Tajiri began having it printed professionally. A typical issue cost ¥300 (around US$3.00) and was approximately 28 pages long. | ||
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20110629022758/http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/99/1122/pokemon6.fullinterview1.html Time interview with Satoshi Tajiri (Archived)] | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20110629022758/http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/99/1122/pokemon6.fullinterview1.html Time interview with Satoshi Tajiri (Archived)] | ||
* [http://www.crunkgames.com/?p=87&page=13 Interview with Satoshi Tajiri on ''Game Center CX'' (Japanese TV)] | * [http://www.crunkgames.com/?p=87&page=13 Interview with Satoshi Tajiri on ''Game Center CX'' (Japanese TV)] | ||
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[[Category:People|Tajiri, Satoshi]] | [[Category:People|Tajiri, Satoshi]] | ||