Masuda on why Game Freak doesn’t expand and keeps team sizes relatively small
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Compared to the some of the big developers out there, Game Freak is relatively small. Companies like Ubisoft, Activision, and EA have massive amounts of staffers working on their projects. Meanwhile, the core team at Game Freak has only around 180-200 people working on Pokemon Sword/Shield, which may seem small in comparison.
Junichi Masuda, who has been at Game Freak since the early days, told Game Informer that he’d work with just 20 employees if he could. He noted that having bigger teams results in having too many cooks in the kitchen. Masuda prefers small teams due to how key communication is, which can be challenging when developing games.
Game Freak established the Gear Project system in which it lets even smaller teams create projects outside of Pokemon. Little Town Hero, HarmoKnight, Pocket Card Jockey, and Giga Wrecker Alt. were all born from that initiative. If Masuda had a chance to do something within Gear Project, he’d make a shooter along the lines of R-Type.
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Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled – Spooky Grand Prix footage
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Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled kicked off its new Spooky Grand Prix yesterday. Take a look at some footage of the event below.
My Hero One’s Justice 2 boxart, pre-orders open
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Switch eShop charts – October 5, 2019
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North American My Nintendo rewards update – October 5, 2019
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My Nintendo has updated with its latest rewards in North America. Members can spend their points on discounts, 3DS themes, and even some other items like a coupon at Cold Stone Creamery.
Here’s the full listing of rewards:
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Game Freak considered changing up turn-based battle system and number of moves for Pokemon Sword/Shield
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Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield are the next true entries in the franchise. This is also the latest generation and the first new one on a console. Given those aspects, it makes sense that Game Freak re-examined all aspects of gameplay while developing Pokemon Sword/Shield.
Planning director Kazumasa Iwao spoke with Game Informer in the magazine’s latest issue as to how Game Freak approaches keeping the experience fresh, stating:
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Metroidvania game MindSeize coming to Switch
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Kamina Dimension ended its Kickstarter campaign not too long ago for MindSeize, an upcoming Metroidvania game. Having reached its $19,000, a release on Switch has been secured.
Here’s some additional information about the project as well as a trailer:
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Lethis: Path of Progress coming to Switch on October 24
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The old school 2D city builder Lethis: Path of Progress is coming to Switch this month, Triskell Interactive has announced. A release is planned for October 24.
We have the following overview and trailer for the game:
Screenshots of this week’s Nintendo Downloads – October 3, 2019
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Several new games out came out this week on the eShop. If you’re interested in checking out what’s new in screenshot form, take a look at the gallery below.
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Nintendo Minute – “Guessing Stuff! – Nintendo Character Silhouettes”
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The latest episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta guess more Nintendo character silhouettes. Check out the full episode below.
