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Game Freak's Junichi Masuda Reflects On The Original Yoshi And Pokémon Games

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A dose of nostalgia.

Game Freak has shared a new video on its
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featuring director Junichi Masuda talking about the development of the original Pokémon games as well as the puzzle game
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– also known as Mario & Yoshi in Europe and Yoshi's Egg in Japan.

For starters, most people to this day still don't know the classic puzzler for NES and Game Boy was developed by Game Freak, simply because there are no end credits. Masuda further explained how it was Ken Sugimori who came up with the gameplay and the development team wanted to add a "realistic sounding" Yoshi voice but was ultimately knocked back by Nintendo. Many players have probably also noticed how the items in the main menu bop up and down, which was something Masuda programmed into the game himself.

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