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Creatures, Inc.

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Creatures, Inc. is a video game company, spun-off from the company Ape (the company established by the famous Shigesato Itoi for his video game MOTHER (EarthBound Beginnings). Ape is effectively now defunct. The foundations of Creatures, Inc. are linked with the origins of the Pokémon franchise but not exclusively.

Its current president is Hirokazu Tanaka (former employee of Nintendo); also a famous video game composer with a speciality for chip-music, though it was formally founded by Tsunekazu Ishihara with the assistance of former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata; and its direction was influenced by Satoshi Tajiri circa 1990 for forming Pokémon from the original Capsule Monsters concept.

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Trivia

  • It is perhaps best known for owning rights to the Pokémon franchise with Nintendo, Game Freak and The Pokémon Company, and having greatly helped during the development of the original Pokémon games, merchandise, anime, non-core games, and software. Much of the work specific to the Pokémon animation and merchandise has been handled by Creatures, Inc.; until the foundation of The Pokémon Company.
  • Ape are well-known for the EarthBound (Mother) video game series.
  • Like Sanrio, Creatures, Inc. have their own original characters known as the Chaliens; first starring in a video game by them called Chee-Chai Alien, possibly influenced by their 1989/1990 Toto prototype, and a manga called Mi Kakunin Uchuu Seimei-tai GoGo! Chalien.
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