GAME FREAK

is the Japanese video game developer behind the Pokémon series of RPGs, as well as several other games. It is a second-party developer for Nintendo.
The company was founded on April 26, 1989 by . In honor of the founder, the lead character in the Japanese version of the Pokémon TV series was named Satoshi (Ash Ketchum in the English dub). One of Game Freak's first games was ''Quinty'' for the NES.
Their most popular RPG series, Pokémon, is published by Nintendo in Japan, North America and Europe. Pokémon is formally known as in Japan, and the abbreviation is derived from the Japanese spelling.
Game Freak released ''Drill Dozer'', an all new game for Game Boy Advance in 2006, and released Diamond and Pearl, the versions of Pokémon for the Nintendo DS, in 2006 and 2007.

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Developed Games

Nintendo Game Boy

Nintendo Game Boy (Nintendo Game Boy Color)

Nintendo Game Boy (Nintendo Game Boy Advance)

Nintendo DS

Nintendo Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo Super Famicom/Super NES

NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16

Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis

Sony PlayStation

External links

Developed Games

Nintendo Game Boy

★ ''Mario & Yoshi''/''Yoshi'' () (1991, Nintendo)

★ ''Nontan to Issho! Kuru-Kuru Puzzle'' () (1994, Victor Interactive)

★ ''Pokémon Red/Green/Blue'' () (1996, Nintendo)

★ ''Pokémon Yellow'' () (1998, Nintendo)

Nintendo Game Boy (Nintendo Game Boy Color)

★ ''Pokémon Gold'' and ''Silver'' () (1999, Nintendo)

★ ''Pokémon Crystal'' () (2000, Nintendo)

Nintendo Game Boy (Nintendo Game Boy Advance)

★ ''Pokémon Ruby'' and ''Sapphire'' () (2002, Nintendo)

★ ''Pokémon FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'' () (2004, Nintendo)

★ ''Pokémon Emerald'' () (2004, Nintendo)

★ ''Drill Dozer'' () (2005, Nintendo)

Nintendo DS

★ ''Pokémon Diamond'' and ''Pearl'' (2007), Nintendo

Nintendo Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System

★ ''Yoshi/Mario & Yoshi'' () (1991, Nintendo)

★ ''Mendel Palace'' () (1990, Hudson Soft [U.S.], Namco [Japan])

Nintendo Super Famicom/Super NES

★ ''BUSHI Seiryūden: Futari no Yūsha'' () (1997, Sony)

★ ''Mario & Wario'' () (1993, Nintendo)

★ ''Smart Ball'' () (1991, Sony)

★ ''Smart Ball 2'' () (1994, Sony)

NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16

★ ''Bazaar de Gosāru no Game de Gosāru'' (バザールでござーるのゲームでござーる) (1996, NEC)

Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis

★ ''Magical Tarurūto-kun'' (まじかるタルるートくん) (1992, Sega)

★ ''Pulseman'' (パルスマン) (1994, Sega)

Sony PlayStation

★ ''Click Medic'' (クリックメディック) (1999, Sony)

External links

★ Official Game Freak Website (Japanese)