Junichi Masuda
Japanese video game developer
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2022 | Masuda served as supervisor for both Pokémon Legends: Arceus and Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, also contributing music for the latter. |
June 1 2022 | Masuda left Game Freak to join The Pokémon Company as Chief Creative Fellow. |
2021 | Masuda directed Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, creating battle music and developing the concept and plot. |
2019 | Masuda was general producer for Little Town Hero and producer for Pokémon Sword and Shield. |
November 1 2018 | Masuda announced that Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! would likely be his final time serving as director for the main series Pokémon games, passing the torch to Shigeru Ohmori. |
September 28 2018 | Masuda revealed the near-loss of game data during early Pokémon game development due to computer crashes on Unix SPARCstation 1 systems. |
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