What is Game Freak?
{{Infobox company |name=Game Freak, Inc. |type=Private |foundation=April 26, 1989 |location=〒 154-00044, No. 1 chome, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo Taishido Carrot Tower 22F [[Japan]] |key_people=[[Satoshi Tajiri]] (founder) <br/> [[Ken Sugimori]] (Pokémon art director) <br/> [[Junichi Masuda]] (Pokémon game director) |industry=[[Video game]] |products=Games for [[Nintendo]] [[video game console]]s |revenue= |operating_income= |net_income= |num_employees=85 (as of April 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/company/about.html|title=会社概要|publisher=Game Freak Inc.|language=Japanese|access-date=2013-10-05|archive-date=2012-08-01|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/69b8MYdhh?url=http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/company/about.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |parent= |subsid= |homepage=[http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/ gamefreak.co.jp] |footnotes=}} '''Game Freak, Inc.''' is a [[Japan]]ese [[video game]] company that makes video games for [[Nintendo]] game consoles. It is most well known for developing the ''[[Pokémon]]'' series of [[role-playing video game]]s. ''Game Freak'' was originally a gaming magazine created by [[Satoshi Tajiri]] and [[Ken Sugimori]] in the 1980s. On April 26, 1989, Tajiri and Sugimori started a video game company with the same name.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/04/pokemon-creators-fanzine-fetches-high-price/ | work=Wired | first=Chris | last=Kohler | title=Pokémon Creators' Fanzine Fetches High Price | date=2010-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=COLUMN: 'Game Mag Weaseling': Just Checking In|url=http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2008/04/column_game_mag_weaseling_just.php|publisher=GameSetWatch|access-date=2013-10-05|archive-date=2012-08-01|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/69b8OB5T4?url=http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2008/04/column_game_mag_weaseling_just.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/ Official Game Freak website] {{in lang|ja}} {{video-game-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:1989 establishme