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Game Freak Relocating Headquarters to Same Area As Forthcoming Nintendo Tokyo Consolidation
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Zelda team is in Kyoto. the Mario Odyssey team is in Tokyo
will they even remember to put the logo on the pitch?
How this isn't already a thing I will never know. Still don't know what James Turner was smoking when he "forgot" to include Wii U in his pitch. Like you'd forget the current platform of your very long time partner? I'm sorry, but I don't buy it.
You can just directly ask him about it:
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I think the real reason was they wanted to show that GF was separate from Nintendo. also, I think Sega owns the game, so we have to ask them for a port
there was nothing stopping that from happening before, I don't see why an HQ move would be any different
What's he going to say? "Yeah, I was lying just to fuck with Nintendo"? :P
He's a great guy and I adore his work from the Genius Sonority days, but that excuse always rubbed me the wrong way. Could've just been honest and say the Wii U wasn't performing well (we know) and just left it at that. Yeah the game almost surely would've sold most on Wii U, but at least it would've been honest you know?
I can get behind that as well.
Always seemed weird that they didn't want to just be bought despite being responsible for what is basically Nintendo's #2 IP (behind Mario Kart?). I think insiders spoke about how they wanted to distance Pokemon from Nintendo, even wanting to make it mobile first? But that might've just been grossly exaggerated or something. I just remember reading this on here.
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nothing stopped it, but it still didn't happen. I think they're moving closer to Nintendo for more assistance and if that means getting to use Nintendo's tools then even better
I wouldn't say that. The expansion pass, yes, but none of Nintendo's non-mobile games have subs. The closest candidate would be Super Mario Maker 2 with its storage of user levels, but that doesn't require any additional recurring fee. This strategy is all on Gamefreak/TPCi
The better question to ask is: Why not?
It's just an office building. Different companies are in the same building all the time - there's no deep meaning behind it, that's simply the purpose of a multi office building. GameFreak is an independent company, but it's nevertheless working closely together with Nintendo all the time, so being in close approximaty of its most important partner is hardly a bad idea. Similarly, there's a lot to gain for Nintendo too if one of their internal teams can easily assist the studio working on one of their most important releases. It's a win-win without any negatives, so: why not?
Probably just makes things slightly easier. Maybe more in person/on premise meetings instead of teleconferences
Most probably none. In Japan, many people can move to the other side of the country if their job is being relocated. It's not a rare thing to see someone living in a city during the week, and coming back once or twice a month to his "real" home where his wife and kids live (yes, it's mostly men; Japan is still incredibly sexist).
It's absolutely unhealthy, and it definitely sucks. But there's not many good things to say about working in Japan anyway.
Relocate because their office moved from one place in Tokyo to another? You realize it has a massive public transportation system, right?
I'd say probably 3/4 of the Japanese sites I frequent look like this, yeah. For the most part it's fine, but some of them can absolutely be awful.
I just realized... They are just moving headquarters because they are experiencing employee growth. It's the same as any other companies out there, if they experienced employee growth, then it means they need to move to a bigger location and consolidate the teams under 1 roof.
I guess we should congratulate every one of the 4 studios experiencing employee growth.
I guess we should congratulate every one of the 4 studios experiencing employee growth.
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Game Freak would be the surprising one, since they said they didn't want to grow past their current numbers. I guess HD development and wanting to make multiple games forced them to rethink that
Some people are already pissed that there's two subscriptions on one device when you play Pokemon, I don't think Nintendo would do anything like that in their inhouse games.
On phones you don't need Nintendo Online, so they sell you other subs there.
The point of my post was to ask what the aura was, the things I mentioned were just the closest to what Nintendo is doing, I won't argue that the subscription doesn't fit perfectly.
HAL Laboratory also relocated it's main office to the same building as Nintendo and GameFreak (KANDA SQUARE):
https://www.hallab.co.jp/eng/sp/company/profile/
https://www.gamefreak.co.jp/company/about/
https://www.hallab.co.jp/eng/sp/company/profile/
https://www.gamefreak.co.jp/company/about/
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kirby joining pokemon, immediately replacing pikachu as the most popular pokemon
does this move have anything to do with COVID?
Maybe it's much more convenient and safe (??)
check the dates. this began before the pandemic began (at least outside china)
Always found it interesting that there are so many independent second party studios (I hope that is the right terminology) that are connected to Nintendo (like IS, GF, HAL etc. But if they make games pretty exclusively for you, then why would you need to acquire them.
But back onto the topic. This seems like a pretty good change.
But back onto the topic. This seems like a pretty good change.
Nintendo EPD Tokyo and GameFreak are officialy in the same building now (KANDA SQUARE):
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/en/offices/index.html
https://www.gamefreak.co.jp/company/about/
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/en/offices/index.html
https://www.gamefreak.co.jp/company/about/
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Oops let me correct my post.
We'll finally get quality Pokémon games.
:)
I thought I was going to bump an old thread by doing this, but coincidentally seems it was already bumped today.
Want to rent the former Game Freak office in Carrot Tower (22F)?
Now you can! It became available as of this month (October 15th).
officee.jp
There are lots of photos of their (now empty) office here. It seems most were taken before a renovation in 2014.
I asked my staff for research, and Game Freak have been there since 2007 it seems. Before that, they were in Shimokitazawa.
Want to rent the former Game Freak office in Carrot Tower (22F)?
Now you can! It became available as of this month (October 15th).
キャロットタワー 15階/153.14坪。officee
【全仲介手数料無料】キャロットタワー(世田谷区太子堂4-1-1)15階153.14坪の賃貸オフィス・事務所情報です。現地取材による物件写真、設備詳細、入居テナント情報も充実。
officee.jp
There are lots of photos of their (now empty) office here. It seems most were taken before a renovation in 2014.
キャロットタワー22階137.44坪（世田谷区太子堂）の空室・賃料情報 | 貸事務所ドットコム東京
キャロットタワー賃貸事務所のテナント募集情報です。貸事務所.ｃｏｍ東京のキャロットタワーの紹介詳細ページは、豊富な写真と区画図面、募集条件、設備等の詳細情報が満載です！
tokyo.kashi-jimusho.com
I asked my staff for research, and Game Freak have been there since 2007 it seems. Before that, they were in Shimokitazawa.
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I wish it was something to laugh about, but it is just sad at this point
