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Shigeki Morimoto (Japanese: 森本茂樹 Morimoto Shigeki) is a game designer and programmer (among other various roles such as Pokémon adviser and Pokémon designer), currently working at Game Freak. He has been involved in nearly every main series Pokémon game since Pokémon Red and Green Versions. He is most notable for the creation of the Pokémon Mew, his favorite Pokémon. He also appears as an NPC in Black, White, Black 2, and White 2 and Sun and Moon. In every game he has appeared in, he has the appearance of a Veteran.
Game credits
- Mario & Wario (1993) - Map Design
- Pokémon Red and Green (1996) - Programmer, Monster Design
- Pokémon Blue (1996) - Programmer, Monster Design
- Bushi Seiryūden: Futari no Yūsha (1997) - Map Design & Balance Check
- Game Boy Camera (1998) - Special Thanks
- Pokémon Stadium (Japanese) (1998) - Original Characters
- Pokémon Yellow (1998) - Programmer
- Pokémon Stadium (1999) - Original Characters
- Pokémon Gold and Silver (1999) - Programmer, Monster Design, Game Design
- Pokémon Crystal (2000) - Programmer, Monster Design, Game Design
- Pokémon Stadium 2 (2000) - Advisement & Original Character Design
- Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) - Original Game Staff (Programming: Pokémon)
- Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (2002) - Battle Director, Pokémon Designer, Game Designer, Parametric Designer
- Pokémon Colosseum (2003) - Pokémon Advisor
- Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (2004) - Battle Director, Parametric Designer, Pokémon Designer
- Pokémon Emerald (2004) - Director, Game Designer, Parametric Designer, Pokémon Designer
- Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness (2005) - Pokémon Advisor
- Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (2006) - Battle Director, Parametric Designer
- Pokémon Battle Revolution (2006) - Pokémon Advisor
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) - Supervisor (Original Games)
- Pokémon Platinum (2008) - Game Design, Parametric Design
- Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver (2009) - Director, Parametric Design, Pokémon Design
- Pokémon Black and White (2010) - Battle System Design (Lead), Pokémon & Trainer Parameter Design, Battle Subway Parameter Design
- Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (2012) - Pokémon Black Version and White Version Game Design
- Pokémon X and Y (2013) - Game Battle System Design (Lead)
- Pokémon Sun and Moon (2016) - Battle Planning (Lead)
In-game cameo appearance
In Black, White, Black 2, and White 2, Morimoto appears in Castelia City in the Game Freak building. He will battle the player once per day, although in Black and White, the player must have entered the Hall of Fame before this is possible. He uses the Veteran sprite.
In Sun and Moon, Morimoto returns as a Trainer the player can battle in the Game Freak office in Heahea City. Like in Black and White, the player must have become Champion before they can battle him, he can be battled once per day, and he shares his appearance with male Veterans. Morimoto will heal the player's Pokémon after defeating him, and after defeating him for the first time, he will give the player an Oval Charm.
Pokémon
Post-Hall of Fame
Quotes
Pokémon Black and White
- Before entering the Hall of Fame
- "A tip for getting strong in Pokémon battles… Let me guess. I guess the most important thing is… having a lot of battles! If you become very strong, come back and have a Pokémon battle with me!"
- "Oh! You've become strong! I can tell. Do you want to have a battle with me?"
- No: "No? I've been raising Pokémon, thinking about their Abilities and just the right combination of held items. What a pity…"
- Yes: "Well, let's begin!"
- "After all, I am the strongest and greatest. Just kidding!"
- "You think about battles very thoroughly. I lost, but I learned a lot from you. Besides, it was fun! Come back again tomorrow."
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
- Before battle (before entering the Hall of Fame)
- "A tip for getting strong in Pokémon battles... Let me guess. I guess the most important thing is… having a lot of battles! Do you want to battle?"
- No: "OK. I hope we can battle next time."
- Yes: "Well, let's begin!"
- Before battle (after entering the Hall of Fame)
- "Oh! You've become strong! I can tell. Do you want to have a battle with me?"
- No: "No? I've been raising Pokémon, thinking about their Abilities and just the right combination of held items. What a pity…"
- Yes: "Well, let's begin!"
- "After all, I am the strongest and greatest. Just kidding!"
- "You think about battles very thoroughly. I lost, but I learned a lot from you. Besides, it was fun! Come back again tomorrow."
Pokémon Sun and Moon
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- Before entering the Hall of Fame
- "Are you out and about on your island challenge? When you've completed it, come on back. Don't forget about me here, OK?"
- "I'd say I'm pretty up to speed on Pokémon battling. What do you think? Want to battle me? I'm really good, you know?"
- Let's not: "Oh yeah? Well, that's a real shame. I'm really good, after all."
- Let's battle: "Whoops! I forgot to save before the battle… but I'm going to win anyway, so it's fine."
- "I'll eventually be the strongest, and it'll be awesome… Nah."
- "You're really good, too. After all, you managed to beat me. You can brag about it, if you want. Here, I'll even heal up your Pokémon since you dared to take me on in battle."
- "And here. I'll give you this, too. With one of these, the Pokémon you drop off at the Pokémon Nursery will have a better chance than usual of finding a Pokémon Egg."
- "I'll let you fight me again sometime, if you want. Just once a day, though, OK? So come back tomorrow. Though I'll probably have forgotten you already."
- If talked to again on the same day he was defeated
- "I'm not gonna fight you again today. You've got to come back tomorrow."
- "You know Mankey, right? I'm actually the one who came up with it! The boss told me to make a Pokémon with a bit of this and a bit of that, and that's what I drew! I'm pretty fond of it myself!"
- "We had a poll in the company once a long time ago to see which Pokémon was most popular... and back then the winner was Exeggutor!"
- "Tauros used to be real strong, huh? I was the one who thought up that one. But Blizzard was a bit too strong, eh?"
- "You know Diglett, right? It's actually basically just a character that I had made up when I was a little kid. I even drew up a flip-book featuring it then!"
- "You know Mew, right? I made it. Everything about it. The pixel art, its cry, its Pokédex entry, everything. I just barely finished in time, too! It was right at the very end of the game's development!"
- "That <Pokémon> of yours... I don't know why, but it sure takes me back!"'
- "In that one game, you could talk to the Pokémon following you to find out how it was doing. I was the one who came up with that idea!"
- "I heard something from Masuda one time... Apparently the sound that plays when you save is different in each version... I gotta tell you...I can't tell any difference at all!"
- "Just between you and me, but... When we were working on these new titles once, I got told to come up with version differences... Boy, I was gobsmacked! But in the end, I'm glad I helped make them."
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