伊藤美琪

POKOPIA HERE I COME

Junichi Masuda WAS BANNED FROM DIRECTING POKÉMON GAMES: - Referred as "the era of Masuda’s absolute dominance" - Masuda alone handled development planning, personnel decisions, public relations, and game design. - Up through Black & White, it was an era where no one could oppose him. - However, this led to a concentration of power and the organization began to run out of control. - In personnel matters, "unnecessary people" and "favorites" emerged. - The games’ content shifted from being focused on fun to being driven by PR. - They could no longer do proper game design. - Various problems arose, and during the development of X/Y, Masuda got into an argument with Sugimori, resulting in a decision that he would no longer be allowed to direct from then on.