Pokemon dev looks back on the early days of the franchise

Coming from Game Freak game designer and battle director Shigeki Morimoto...

“So, it’s the 20th anniversary of Pokémon, meaning that it’s been 20 full years since the games first went on sale. I remember back when they were first released, and I would go around to various shops to see if the games were selling at all… It wasn’t long before I could see that they were selling very well, and many shops were actually running out of stock! I thought to myself, ‘Is this turning into something big?’ And it definitely did. It continued to sell really well, and then became really successful internationally, and here we are today! And it’s really thanks to all of our partners and the support of all of our fans that Pokémon has made it this far. We will continue to evolve Pokemon in various ways in the future, and I hope that all of you will continue your relationship with the series, too!”