Trivia about Pokémon development: Difference between revisions

*The change from Generation I to Generation II wasn't necessarily straight forward, because eventually Game Freak revealed there were unreleased Pokémon in both Generations I and II, such as Raitora; and the Nintendo Space World demos were more similar in code to Generation I. In fact there were many changes between the prototype game hidden in the Space World demos, with a different distribution of monsters, different locations, a thinned down Kanto and many other details. Satoru Iwata (former president of Nintendo) was reportedly one of the Nintendo employees who helped Game Freak rework the game including more efficient regionlocation code which lead to a fuller Kanto. (source needed)

*During the localisation process, staff from Nintendo of America wanted to alter the Pokémon designs believing they were "overly cute" including a humanised Pikachu like "something out of Cats", but the decision was rejected <ref>[https://twitter.com/helixchamber/status/1263551967051370496 Helix Chamber Twitter posts (1)]</ref>

*Pokémon was inspired by a number of things Satoshi Tajiri and Game Freak were interested in; such as Satoshi Tajiri's fascination of collecting bugs (later cameoing as a Bug-Catcher in the Battle Tower of Pokémon Crystal with [https://iimarckus.org/i/tower-references/ other staff references]), Kaijuu from franchises like Ultraman and the Capsule Monsters within Ultraman (in fact the original concept of Pokémon was Capsule Monsters).

**It can be inferred from this the Pokédex order may not have existed; only the very different index number ordering of 190 entries (39 not appearing as Pokémon in the final game but rather [[MissingNo.]]), with Rhydon the first entry matching an account of the first three Pokémon added into the game. ("Sugimori: The first Pokémon were Rhydon, Clefairy, and Lapras") (source: Glitterberri's translations of a web interview)

*Many draft Pokémon designs are made which aren't included in the final games (more than 151 or even more than 190 before Generation II), and some of these Pokémon designs were eventually leaked; not even programmed in the prototype builds. (Not to be confused with concept art designs such as Papyo, Kabin)

*One of the Game Freak staff members Kōji Nishino is the subject of various jokes within theGame companyFreak, such as his habit of eating moldy (kabi in Japanese) food. This is speculated to have inspired Kabin, Kabigon (Snorlax's Japanese name), and Kabichuu (the Japanese name for [[Teru-Sama]]) and is supported by Game Freak Nishino's use of Snorlax in Pokémon Black 2/White 2. Less likely it may have also inspired the name of protagonist Kevin in the game Monster Tactics, related to a presumably defunct company associated with Creatures, Inc. and Marigul Management called Spiral.

===Other related projects===

*Many music similarities detailed here ([https://archives.glitchcity.info/forums/board-10/thread-9072/page-0.html archived forums thread]), beginning as early as even Game Freak's first game (Blue's approach theme is similar to a boss theme in Mendel Palace).

**Non music references to Pulseman exist in Pokémon such as the Japanese name of S.S. Anne (St. Anne) referring to a home computer in the game, and the Japanese name of Volt Tackle (Volteccer) is the name of Pulseman's special electrical move; however Volteccer itself was based on another franchise (elaborate). On of the cover arts (there are at least two) for the Satoshi Tajiri: A Man Who Created Pokémon book (not to be confused with the later manga) features Pulseman with Pikachu.

*Toby Fox the composer of Undertale worked on a Battle Tower song in Pokémon Sword/Shield, and also on Game Freak's game Little Town Hero, so a similarity in style could be expected.

*Creatures, Inc. tried their own character franchise and minigame compilation called Chee-Chai Alien, with the intro sequence even having one of the main characters Saraba commenting that the game is like Pokémon. It has since faded into relative obscurity, but it received three games (Chee-Chai Alien, Nonono Puzzle Chalien and Spin Six); with the last being spun-off from the Spin Six mode from Nonono Puzzle Chalien. Spin Six is also the only Chalien game to have been officially localised, including localisations of Chalien names themselves. Despite the obscurity, one of the other main characters Li'l Blue appears as a Spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.