>>52235449Well yes. That's my point, Tajiri heavily drew on that from his experience as a child, among other things, which was the primary inspiration for Pokémon.
In his biography it is revealed Ishihara asked them to rewrite the script of the game because he felt it had no cohesive narrative. For this Tajiri rewrote the entire script of the game in six months in which one of the biggest inspirations for him was his childhood and how he spent it going out in nature to capture animals to study, collect and take care of.
