1990: Satoshi Tajiri, of the nascent game company Game Freak, who are currently making Yoshi for the NES, and the Gameboy, presents a concept called Capsule Monsters to Nintendo. The concept, based off Tajiri's experiences growing up capturing insects and making them battle, has players travel around, capturing little monsters, and having them battle. It would be an RPG. The executives do not quite understand the concept. Tajiri, frustrated, nevertheless tries again.
1991: Nintendo announces that they are pulling out of deal with Sony to produce a CD based console, instead going to Phillips electronics. Sony, enraged, decides to take their designs, and produce their own CD based game console.
1994: After once again failing to sway Nintendo officials on the Capsule Monsters concept, Tajiri decides to go over to Sony, currently working on a console called the Playstation, with his concept. A friend who works at SCE arranges a meeting between Tajiri and Playstation developer Ken Kutaragi. Kutaragi, seeing the potential in the concept, takes the concept to his overseers. They enjoy the concept, and feel it would be success, but dislike the name. They convince Tajiri to change it to Pocket Monsters. Otherwise, they give him complete creative control. Development on "Pocket Monsters" begins.
On July 22nd, Pulseman for the Sega Mega Drive is released.
On December 3rd, the Sony Playstation is released, starting the next generation of consoles. With the console out now, Pocket Monsters begins to develop.
1991: Nintendo announces that they are pulling out of deal with Sony to produce a CD based console, instead going to Phillips electronics. Sony, enraged, decides to take their designs, and produce their own CD based game console.
1994: After once again failing to sway Nintendo officials on the Capsule Monsters concept, Tajiri decides to go over to Sony, currently working on a console called the Playstation, with his concept. A friend who works at SCE arranges a meeting between Tajiri and Playstation developer Ken Kutaragi. Kutaragi, seeing the potential in the concept, takes the concept to his overseers. They enjoy the concept, and feel it would be success, but dislike the name. They convince Tajiri to change it to Pocket Monsters. Otherwise, they give him complete creative control. Development on "Pocket Monsters" begins.
On July 22nd, Pulseman for the Sega Mega Drive is released.
On December 3rd, the Sony Playstation is released, starting the next generation of consoles. With the console out now, Pocket Monsters begins to develop.
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