>>43152258Masuda is the only reason Gen 1 made it to release though.
https://attackofthefanboy.com/news/pokemon-was-almost-destroyed-by-some-broken-computers/>“Development on the original games, Red and Green, took about six years, so I’ve been working on Pokemon for about 26 years now,” said Masuda. “In the beginning, I worked as a programmer, and I composed the music and worked on sound effects. Some of my strongest memories from those days are, and this happened a lot back then, but I remember my computers always overheating and breaking down on me.>“I would work hard to fix them, and eventually we managed to complete the first Pokemon games, but I think I went through three or four computers by the end. I sure am glad I fixed those computers back then. If I hadn’t, the original Red and Green games might never have come out! That’s a scary thought!”As much as /vp/ likes to meme on Masuda, he's the reason that the six years GF spent making Gen 1 didn't go down the drain.
