Pokémon Retrospective and Reviews: Prolouge

In 1965, in Machida, Japan, a young boy named Satoshi Tajiri was born. As a boy, he was obsessed with insects, always hunting and catching them. However, in the late 1970s, the ponds and forests the boy held so dearly were replaced by large buildings. Soon, Tajiri pursued a new interest: arcade games.

While in technical school, Tajiri found a love for arcade games; he'd skip classes to play them.

In 1982, after graduation, he started a magazine with some friends, one named Ken Sugimori, called Game Freak. As Tajiri learned more about games, he became more interested in making them. In 1987, he published his first game, Quinty, and two years later, started a game company with the same name as his magazine. 

In the early 1990s, Tajiri saw two children playing Game Boy together via link cable. This gave him the idea for a game, where people could trade and battle creatures with the link cable. He pitched his game idea to Nintendo. It was called Pokémon.

Stay tuned for the official part 1, which covers Pokémon's development, release and reception.