>>55291647No anon. They didn't. In fact, TPC are in no way involved in Game Freak and Nintendo's contract for games for Nintendo's systems, because aside from shitting out merch, a tv show and cards to support it, TPC have no input into the production of Game Freak's games beyond being told to fucking get ready to market them to the retards of the world.
Game Freak have staffers in TPC (not Masuda, people still listed as GF employees) who's job it is is to tell TPC how to present the creatures Game Freak creates for THEIR kiddy game series. TPC is a marketing department, created to let Game Freak and Nintendo concentrate on their stated purposes of making video games.