Shigeki Morimoto (

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

: 森本茂樹, Hepburn: ''Morimoto Shigeki'', born October 1, 1967) is a game designer and programmer currently working at

Game Freak is a Japanese video game developer, best known as the primary developer of the mainline ''Pokémon (video game series), Pokémon'' series of role-playing video games published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. History Predating the vide ...

. He has been involved in nearly every main series

Pokémon (an abbreviation for in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, founded by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures (company), Creatures, the owners of the trademark and copyright of the franchise. In terms of ...

game, since ''Pokémon Red'' and ''Blue'' Versions where he was a programmer, and the creator of the battle system and the Pokémon " Mew". Since then, he has served as the director of more recent games in the series.

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Shigeki Morimoto
on Bulbapedia {{DEFAULTSORT:Morimoto, Shigeki 1967 births Living people Japanese video game designers Nintendo people Pokémon Place of birth missing (living people)