Pokémon is a multimedia giant, but it all started with one man. That would be Satoshi Tajiri, who created developer Game Freak and the initial idea that would become one of the biggest gaming franchises of all time, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this week.
In this second part of our major feature series on the Pokemon franchise, we take a detailed look at the troubled development of the original Pokémon Red/Green games - including Junichi Masuda's vital role in saving Pokémon's future at a time of crisis.
The battle against Red is one of the most important and epic Pokémon battles in the franchise history. But what makes it so important? Erik Twice analyzes what makes this battle so memorable and how it relates to the life experience of the game's designer.
It feels off, doesn't it? I think they simply wanted to showcase the Eevee line and they thought that Espeon, which is not one of the three "obvious" evolutions would be a good fit. I think replacing him with Lapras in the remakes and newer games of the series was a good move, given it's associated with Surfa and is a "unique" Pokémon.
Red used exclusively Pokemon that are either given to you or you need to encounter throughout the story of Yellow. Eevee is given as a gift in Celedon City so they figured he should have an eeveelution. He already had a fire and a water type, and Karen already had Umbreon, so it made sense to give him Espeon. I do feel that Lapras fits Red better, especially since Ash had one in the show, but Espeon makes sense, too.
Huh that makes perfect sense, I didn't realize Umbreon was already in Karen's team. Not repeating it would indeed be a very good reason to give him Umbreon instead. Nice catch Mr Magz
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• Trainers were originally going to fight alongside their Pokémon?
• That Pokémon originally featured a Charisma stat that would let you befriend monsters?
• That there were originally 200 Pokémon?
• That some Pokémon got massive redesigns?
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