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Ken Sugimori (Japanese: 杉森 建, Hepburn: Sugimori Ken, born January 27, 1966 in Fukuoka, Japan [1]) is a Japanese video game designer, illustrator, manga artist, and director. [2] He is best known as the primary character designer and art director for the Pokémon franchise.
Voltorb (/ ˈ v ɔː l t ɔːr b / ⓘ), known in Japan as Biriridama (Japanese: ビリリダマ), is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon media franchise.First introduced in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue, they were created by Ken Sugimori, appearing in the earliest design document for the game.
Nishida was working at Game Freak on the game Pulseman with the art director for Pokémon, Ken Sugimori. In his initial character design, Sugimori made most of the Pokémon scary, but he realized he also wanted to have cute characters in the game. [1] [2] This led to the design of Pikachu, which was originally based on a daifuku, a Japanese ...
The designs of each Pokémon started as pixel art sprites by the development team first, with a single color identity chosen to work within the Super Game Boy hardware limitations. [4] With the early development team consisting of three men, [ 5 ] character design lead Ken Sugimori brought female developers into the project feeling they would ...
Gengar (/ ˈ ɡ ɛ ŋ ɡ ɑː r / ⓘ; Japanese: ゲンガー, Hepburn: Gengā) is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon media franchise.First introduced in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue, it was created by Ken Sugimori, and has appeared in multiple games including Pokémon GO and the Pokémon Trading Card Game, as well as various merchandise related to the franchise.
Throughout development of Red and Green, all Pokémon were designed by Ken Sugimori who was a long-time friend of Tajiri, and a team of fewer than ten people, [14] including Atsuko Nishida who is credited as the designer of Pikachu. [15] [16] By 2013, a team of 20 artists worked together to create new species designs.
Ditto (/ ˈ d ɪ t oʊ / ⓘ), known in Japan as Metamon (Japanese: メタモン), is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon media franchise.First introduced in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue, it was created by the design team as a tribute to the pop culture yellow smiley face ideogram, and its design finalized by Ken Sugimori.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 31 December 2024. Pokémon species Fictional character Psyduck Pokémon character Psyduck artwork by Ken Sugimori First game Pokémon Red and Blue (1996) Designed by Ken Sugimori (finalized) Voiced by Michael Haigney (English, 1998-2006) Michele Knotz (English, since 2006) Rikako Aikawa (Japanese) In ...