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Game Freak acquired the mobile development company Koa Games in October 2015.<ref>[https://gamebiz.jp/news/151524 ''Game Freak, known as "Pokémon" development company, merged with smartphone game development company Koa Games...'' - gamebiz.jp]</ref> | Game Freak acquired the mobile development company Koa Games in October 2015.<ref>[https://gamebiz.jp/news/151524 ''Game Freak, known as "Pokémon" development company, merged with smartphone game development company Koa Games...'' - gamebiz.jp]</ref> | ||
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==Satoshi Tajiri's background== | |||
[[File:GameFreakCover1.jpg|150px|thumb|Covers for volumes 4, 5, 7, and 8 of Game Freak magazine]] | [[File:GameFreakCover1.jpg|150px|thumb|Covers for volumes 4, 5, 7, and 8 of Game Freak magazine]] | ||
[[File:GameFreakCovers2.jpg|150px|thumb|Covers for volumes 13, 14, and 16 of Game Freak magazine]] | [[File:GameFreakCovers2.jpg|150px|thumb|Covers for volumes 13, 14, and 16 of Game Freak magazine]] | ||
The origin of the name "Game Freak" refers to a nickname used in Japan to refer to avid arcade game fans during the 1980s. At this point, competitive players including children used the term Urawaza (Japanese: 裏技, ''Secret Technique'') in the context of video game strategy, although {{wp|Masanobu Endo}} (creator of {{wp|Xevious}} himself) was not a fan of the potential conflict at the arcades (this atmosphere is also covered in Satoshi Tajiri's 1990 book about his youth as an arcade game fan "[https://www.amazon.co.jp/パックランドでつかまえて―テレビゲームの青春物語-田尻-智/dp/4880638242 A Catcher in Pac-Land]" (Japanese: パックランドでつかまえて), as this included video game secrets that were proven to be false (such as the Xevious Star (Japanese: ゼビウス星)) and their veracity was subject to heated debate. He also did not want players to be spreading falsehoods and reportedly got angry regarding an interview about Xevious Star, but at the same time settled fans down from arguing during a visit. Another issue is that some of these techniques were (sometimes unknowingly) actually bugs (glitches) in the code.<ref>[https://www.kinephanos.ca/2015/game-freaks-who-play-with-bugs/ The Game Freaks Who Play With Bugs – Discussions on the Video Game Xevious] (Japanese: ゲームフリークはバグと戯れる―ビデオゲーム「ゼビウス」論) (Nakazawa Shinichi) (1984) (Translations from Jérémie Pelletier-Gagnon and Tsugumi Okabe for Geemu Media Mix Volume 5, Issue 1, December 2015, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)</ref> | The origin of the name "Game Freak" refers to a nickname used in Japan to refer to avid arcade game fans during the 1980s. At this point, competitive players including children used the term Urawaza (Japanese: 裏技, ''Secret Technique'') in the context of video game strategy, although {{wp|Masanobu Endo}} (creator of {{wp|Xevious}} himself) was not a fan of the potential conflict at the arcades (this atmosphere is also covered in Satoshi Tajiri's 1990 book about his youth as an arcade game fan "[https://www.amazon.co.jp/パックランドでつかまえて―テレビゲームの青春物語-田尻-智/dp/4880638242 A Catcher in Pac-Land]" (Japanese: パックランドでつかまえて), as this included video game secrets that were proven to be false (such as the Xevious Star (Japanese: ゼビウス星)) and their veracity was subject to heated debate. He also did not want players to be spreading falsehoods and reportedly got angry regarding an interview about Xevious Star, but at the same time settled fans down from arguing during a visit. Another issue is that some of these techniques were (sometimes unknowingly) actually bugs (glitches) in the code.<ref>[https://www.kinephanos.ca/2015/game-freaks-who-play-with-bugs/ The Game Freaks Who Play With Bugs – Discussions on the Video Game Xevious] (Japanese: ゲームフリークはバグと戯れる―ビデオゲーム「ゼビウス」論) (Nakazawa Shinichi) (1984) (Translations from Jérémie Pelletier-Gagnon and Tsugumi Okabe for Geemu Media Mix Volume 5, Issue 1, December 2015, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)</ref> | ||