“Yo his directed games are fire, let’s get rid of him”
Junichi Masuda WAS BANNED FROM DIRECTING POKÉMON GAMES:
- Referred as "the era of Masuda’s absolute dominance"
- Masuda alone handled development planning, personnel decisions, public relations, and game design.
- Up through Black & White, it was an era where no one could oppose him.
- However, this led to a concentration of power and the organization began to run out of control.
- In personnel matters, "unnecessary people" and "favorites" emerged.
- The games’ content shifted from being focused on fun to being driven by PR.
- They could no longer do proper game design.
- Various problems arose, and during the development of X/Y, Masuda got into an argument with Sugimori, resulting in a decision that he would no longer be allowed to direct from then on.