Gaming

On February 25, 2020, the video game industry lost Kazuhisa Hashimoto. While many aren’t familiar with the name, they are familiar with his contribution to the industry.

In terms of popularity and sales, Final Fantasy and Pokémon sit atop the RPG genre in North America. However, in terms of quality and style, Atlus’ Persona series has most RPGs beat.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for Nintendo Switch is the definitive version of Smash. If all that content isn’t enough, there’s the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass available for purchase. For $24.99, the Fighters Pass comes with all five DLC packs released between April 2019 and January 2020. These packs include one fighter, their corresponding stage, several music tracks, and a new spirit board.

From these humble beginnings, Pokémon captured the hearts and minds of millions that wanted to “catch ‘em all”. However, catching every single Pokémon — 800+ if you don’t include hundreds of variations — has become an incredibly monumental task. Fortunately, The Pokémon Company hopes to lower the difficultly with the release of Pokémon HOME.