firebush03 on 14 October 2025
Game Freak dirty laundry from the Teraleak:
— Stealth (@Stealth40k) October 14, 2025
- Junichi Masuda no longer directing mainline games.
- Through Black/White he had a concentration of power that led to personnel issues.
- Masuda got into an argument with Sugimori during the development of X/Y.
- As of 2024, Shigeru… https://t.co/YaXaucWRIg
Very interesting finding. Appears that Pokémon Gen 10 may have changed directors sometime between 2021 and 2024. Would be curious if this change up came in response to the overwhelmingly negative response to Pokémon ScVi? Game Freak seems to take note of fan reactions, as observed by another internal leak claiming they hope to avoid another BDSP situation, aiming instead to do a full remake instead of a glorified remaster.
