Ken Sugimori: Didn't Wanna Be "the Pokémon Guy"
10,743In this video, Did You Know Gaming takes a look at Ken Sugimori life, as well as his impact on the video game industry including his major contributions to Pokemon and other Game Freak titles like Pulseman and Drill Dozer.
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Our Japanese Translator: Jacob Newcomb
Our Proofreaders: SnorlaxMonster and Lewtwo
Game Freak issue #1 footage: Robert Sephazon
Outside Sources: HiResPokemon, Catstorm, Helix Chamber, Glitterberri, Trxns, Shmuplations, CFK, and Shinjinotikari17
Research/Writing by Dr Lava
Video Editing by TheCartoonGamer
Voice Over by Nasu
Sources/Further Reading:
ゲームマエストロ VOL.4 デザイナー/イラストレーター編 (Japanese book with Ken Sugimori interview, English title translation: "Game Maestro VOL.4 Designer/Illustrator edition")
ゲームフリーク 遊びの世界標準を塗り替えるクリエイティブ集団 (Japanese book by Game Freak dev Akihito Tomisawa, English title translation: "Game Freak: The Creative Group That Painted Over the Standards of the World of Play")(Scanned for us by HiResPokemon and Trxns)
杉森建の仕事 (Sugimori's Japanese art book, English title: "Ken Sugimori Works")
ポケモンストーリー （Japanese book, English title: "ポケモンストーリー"）(scanned for us by HiResPokemon)
Nintendo Dream volume #84 (Japanese magazine, February/March 2003 edition)
Dozens of Ken Sugimori tweets (https://twitter.com/SUPER_32X)
ポケモンをつくった男 田尻智 (Japanese biographical manga, English title translation: "Satoshi Tajiri: The Man Who Created Pokemon")(translated by CFK, typeset by Shinjinotikari17)
Game Freak magazine issues #1 and #21 (footage of issue #1 via Robert Sephazon)
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon: Official Creators' Interviews
https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/projectbook/xevious
https://web.archive.org/web/20121025191003/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/91965/interviews/game-freak-on-pokemon/?skip=yes
https://web.archive.org/web/20180606165250/http://www.glitterberri.com/pokemon-red-blue/early-concept-art/
https://hirespokemon.tumblr.com/
https://helixchamber.com/media/capsule-monsters/
https://lavacutcontent.com/eevee-family-creation-interview/
https://shmuplations.com/pulseman/
https://shmuplations.com/pokemon/
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