{"id":85376,"date":"2019-02-27T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/02\/game_freak_director_junichi_masuda_thanks_pokemon_fans_for_their_continued_support"},"modified":"2019-02-27T12:15:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T12:15:00","slug":"game-freak-director-junichi-masuda-thanks-pokemon-fans-for-their-continued-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/02\/27\/game-freak-director-junichi-masuda-thanks-pokemon-fans-for-their-continued-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Freak Director Junichi Masuda Thanks Pok\u00e9mon Fans For Their Continued Support"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today is a pretty big day for Pok\u00e9mon fans. Not only are we mere hours away from a Pok\u00e9mon Direct<\/a> at the time of writing, which looks set to reveal the next generation of games in the series, but today also marks the 23rd anniversary of the franchise.<\/p>\n

Yes, on this very day 23 years ago, Pok\u00e9mon Red and Green<\/strong><\/a> were released in Japan. We can’t imagine that anyone thought the series would become quite<\/em> the phenomenon it still is even today, but we’re sure most people reading this are pretty glad that it came into being. Game Freak director, Junichi Masuda, has taken to Twitter today to thank fans for their continued support over the years.<\/p>\n