Pokémon Developer Game Freak Opens Its Own Twitter And YouTube Accounts

People in general are horrible, even more so on social media. I am guessing they were forced into all this garbage. It's not like they need it.

Yes!!! Best news I ever heard . Om my god thank u jehovah !!!!! 😑

@Sac_instead thanking Him by His name huh? That’s a first on this site for me.

Cool. Hope they share some interesting and juicy stuff

Gamefreak is a company that continues to deliver what we know today as "free download content" in the form of new full priced cartridges. Welcome to internet age guys. We still love you

Maybe an english account next? it wont have to be updated every week and its not so expensive to put an apprentice to the task

@SetupDisk It's a game developer with a Twitter page. Not your racist uncle. I'm sure their tweets will be fine. And sure, they don't necessarily need it. But it's nice for fans when a company or brand is using it and using it the right way.

About time. Twitter is a good and fast way to announce little things about a game without having to rely on a media outlet.

Twitter is lung cancer and Facebook is kidney disease. I am glad I never had a Twitter myself that I used more than a handful of times. But I let myself use Facebook for years before I finally called it quits. Nothing but vile. Arguments, insults, hatred, on everything from the obvious news pages to even Pokemon fan groups. I haven't posted or looked at my account since March and feel so much better for it!

Only reason I don't shut the account down entirely is a combination of being too lazy to copy my pictures again, and the fact that the messager apps on phones is mildly useful for international calling.

It seems to me that GF want more control over their marketing/PR content as opposed to everything being filtered through Nintendo.
Also could be used to shine a light on non Pokemon titles I guess such as Tembo and any future ventures.

Social media makes good sense if you're a business, even more so if you're in entertainment. I'm a wrestling fan and my local promotion teases upcoming bouts and feuds on Twitter. It's a great way to generate a bit of excitement for an upcoming show.

@Reverandjames The irony of your statement was that it was twitter that linked me to this article XD

This seems like a decent idea for a developer looking to do more than just Pokémon games going forward. I’m guessing that new IP coming to the Switch next year is the start of bigger plans to not be solely dependent on one franchise no matter how big it is

How is this possibly a negative thing? It's a communication option for those that want it.

I wonder what Game Freak is planning..

@DrawnRed
You might be forgetting the last nintendo direct.
They announced a new RPG with the best title of all time, "TOWN"

@HobbitGamer more then a few things and even people's lives have been ruined by the sub-humans that Twitter is littered with that tend to pull out the touches and pichforcks over anything they find to be mildly disagreeable to them.

Neat!
About time

@Shadowmoon522 That's no different than people that don't use Twitter.

@Siddif
The need to get that Tembo game on Switch so I can give it a try. I had forgotten about it.

As always, with Facebook and Twitter, they exist for the sole purpose of collecting more information about you than you know you have, and selling it to the highest bidder.

If you can't figure out what they're selling, you're probably the product.

@Appleflap don’t know why but this is a funny comment

Makes sense with the recent reveal of TOWN. Can't put that on the Pokemon channels.

Good on them to try to expand their marketing efforts, I guess. I personally don't even have a Twitter account and closed my YouTube account years ago.

I view social media as, like anything else, a tool that's neither good nor bad. The problem is that so many people abuse the tools they're given. I avoid a lot of public comment sections on Facebook, for example.

@NEStalgia: I'd honestly remove myself from social media (namely Facebook and LinkedIn) if they didn't have their own uses. I use the former to keep in contact with people and keep track of group events (no other easy way on that last front), and the latter is also a necessity since I've been job searching on and off.

@UmbreonsPapa
I meant the crap "fans" will be posting.on their page, not gamefreak themselves. From unrelated political comments to customers feeling that they have to be treated like gods. Sure among the crap might be some genuinely interesting comments or even actual constructive criticism but it will be probably quite rare.

@Tyranexx
I use facebook to keep in contact with people that have moved away plus I am a member of a few closed and secret groups where you can joke with each other, have different views from each other and still get along.

It's so sad that is such a rare thing.

@SetupDisk: Agreed. I've accepted that everyone may not share my exact stance on various issues; I realize that there's more to a person than their stance on a single thing. Unfortunately, there are so many that stoop to insulting "opposing" groups with little/no proof and just like causing trouble. The apathy and vitriol are sickening. I commonly avoid political posts these days for example.

I'm part of a private FB group for a side volunteer actor "job" for a haunted house in my region. Many of us come from different backgrounds and beliefs, but we still manage to have a good time and support each other.

Game Freak, aka disappointment central

Who's to say they will just cover Pokémon news with those accounts? They're developing TOWN as well. We might get regular TOWN news from those accounts as well.

@Appleflap It's Yahweh, isn't it?

@Cinaclov Well it’s both. The name consists of 4 letters JHWH, those can be pronounced in two ways, Jehovah and Yahweh, both are historically correct.
The same principle is applied to Jesus, which you also can pronounce as Jeshua
(I’m a bit of a Bible Geek)

Lol: Welcome in the 21th century, Game freak!