New: 8 Page Tajiri Interview (1997)

Hey y'all. So today's translation is an 8 page interview with Satoshi Tajiri talking about Gen 1 and 2's development, and also just having a bit of fun (he gives away a Red cartridge where the player's named Dumbass). It was originally published in the November 1997 issue of Japanese magazine Famimaga 64. As usual, I've included some outside sources and commentary. Like all the Patreon-only articles, the password to access is "Pokemon History Club". Here's the link: http://lavacutcontent.com/satoshi-tajiri-1997-interview/(edit: broken link, use this link instead: http://lavacutcontent.com/satoshi-Tajiri-1997-interview/)

In my last update I said an interview with Gen 1 producer Takashi Kawaguchi was up next, but I got this Tajiri interview and enjoyed it so much that I decided to move it up in the queue. Before I started doing these translations, there were only two Tajiri interviews available online in English, so I've sort of been on a mission to up that number as much as possible. This is the fourth I've posted so far, and I've also got that 34 page Tajiri interview coming up in the near future.

The restorations of Carddass cards are starting up again. There's been some turnover from previous enhancers getting too busy with real jobs, but now HiResPokemon's gonna be taking over, which is great news. The highest priority project, obtaining a bunch of new Lost Pokemon designs, is still in the works but progressing slowly. Just gonna have to ask y'all to be patient on that one, because the pace is unfortunately out of my control during this stage.

Below are links to all the previous Patreon-exclusive articles. The password for all of them is "Pokemon History Club". Thanks again for y'all's support, it really means a lot, and helps keep the wheels turning. Cheers mates.

1. Translation from the Pokedex book, all nine Game Freak developers are interviewed to discuss Gen 1's development (1996): http://lavacutcontent.com/satoshi-tajiri-pokedex-interview

2. Tajiri and Ishihara interview translation about Game Freak and Pokemon's early days (2000): 

  a. Part 1 is freely and publicly available on my website: http://lavacutcontent.com/satoshi-tajiri-ishihara-interview/

  b. Part 2 is only on Patreon: http://lavacutcontent.com/tajiri-tsunekazu-ishihara-interview/

3. Sugimori and Masuda interview translation about the Tao Trio's development, taken from two Japanese magazines (2011-2012): http://lavacutcontent.com/sugimori-masuda-tao-trio/

4. Two Morimoto video interview translations about Mew's development (2019): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Qq4COx9KoazUvL-bqOMNOMWSyeTQzMSM?usp=sharing

5. Sugimori and Masuda interview about Diamond & Pearl's development (2007): http://lavacutcontent.com/diamond-pearl-masuda-sugimori/

6. Translations of all 21 Pokemon pages from the 2014 art book Ken Sugimori Works: http://lavacutcontent.com/ken-sugimori-works-artbook-scans

7. The 5 page interview from Ken Sugimori Works: http://lavacutcontent.com/ken-sugimori-works-artbook-translation

8. Pokemon Colosseum interview and concept art: http://lavacutcontent.com/pokemon-colosseum-developer-interview/

9. Professor Oak and Bill's lectures from 1996 Pokedex book: http://lavacutcontent.com/professor-oak-lecture-1996/

10. Masuda talks Game Freak's early days: http://lavacutcontent.com/masuda-game-freak-history/