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Yu Sasaki

The Pokemon Company has shared a new interview with DeNA producer Yu Sasaki. During the discussion, Sasaki weighed in on topics such as how the team decided which Trainers to include at launch, whether we’ll be seeing characters from Pokemon spin-offs or professors, what the schedule looks like for new content, and more.

We’ve rounded up the notable responses from the interview below. You can read the full discussion here.

Pokemon Masters does have some multiplayer thanks to co-op, but PvP isn’t included. That means competing against other players isn’t possible.

Explaining the decision, DeNA director of product marketing Derrick Kuan said that the team wants Pokemon Masters to be more “amateur friendly,” and emphasize teamwork. Producer Yu Sasaki also chimed in with the following:


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