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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