>>56913899I'm aware
>>56913622He was never cut out for this industry. If he was he wouldn't have dipped as early as year one. His fucking biography manga portrays him as such a hard worker trying to look professional and responsible but if that really were the case I figure he'd have provided more actual input on the franchise or game development in general post-1996 after Pokemon came out. Him basically ghosting the industry since the 2000s leads me to believe he was just an actual liability that just got lucky with the most profitable idea an idea guy can muster
>>56913930Just barely. Crystal isn't that much different from GS and if it wasn't for some of the aforementioned Masudaisms it would've been an objective improvement. But it doesn't change the fact that he was the one that stuck with Pokemon while Tajiri dipped as soon as he got stressed out after succeeding once
