Co-owner of The Pokemon Company, Creatures Inc., has recently been removed from Game Freak’s profile page on its official website.
As reported by the Japanese websitePokemon Matome(viaVideo Games Chronicle), onGame Freak’s “Company Profile” page on its official website, there is a section named “Main Client” which showed Creatures Inc. as recently as November 18. However, The Pokemon Company co-owner is no longer listed. Nintendo, one of the other co-owners of The Pokemon Company, is still present.
As of this writing, it is unknown why Creatures Inc. was removed from the page. This could just be a small mistake that was overlooked. It could also mean that the relationship between Creatures Inc. and Game Freak has changed. We’ll let you know once we have details.
While never in the forefront, Creatures Inc. has been involved with The Pokemon Company since it was founded in 1998. They’ve developed some of the spin-offPokemongames such asPokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia,PokePark Wii: Pikachu’s Adventure, and most recently,Detective Pikachu. They are also known for they’re character model work in all of the main entries sincePokemon XandY. This means they are responsible for the models used in the franchise’s most recent release,Pokemon SwordandShield.
Just a few days before launch, a bit of controversy sparked in thePokemoncommunity.The models used inPokemon SwordandShieldappear to be identical from itsPokemon SunandMooncounterparts. This contradicts an earlier statement made by Junichi Masuda, where he stated that with the franchise switching from the 3DS to the Nintendo Switch, the models “had to be rebuilt from scratch.”
Pokemon SwordandShieldare available now for the Nintendo Switch. If you are not quite sure you want to catch em' all this time around, you’re able to check out ourreviewto see our thoughts on the latest from Game Freak.
