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studios which
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months of
development

halo combat
evolved
2001
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the MSX2,
Kojima decided
to develop a
game where
the main
objective was
to avoid the
enemy rather
than fight them
directly This
decision was
questioned by
his bosses.
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Hideo the Development
Kojima Used cancellation of Hideo Kojima Began In 1995
Legos To his previous supported by japan debuted in
Design game, nearly Konami Japan and
Levels led Kojima to Europe in 1987
leave Konami.
However, one
of his bosses
encouraged
him to stay and
convinced him
to continue the
development
of the game.
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the game,
which became
metal gear: Metal Gear,
1998 was released in
Japan for the
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Japanese
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street fighter manufacture
1987 r Capcom
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game
designer
Satoshi Tajiri
created the
first
Pokémon
game in
1996 for the
recently
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Nintendo release 1998
Japanese game
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portable could find designer Tokyo, Japan and was in
Satoshi Tajiri
console. The development for
concept 6 years
arose from
his childhood
hobby of
collecting
insects, as
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love of
anime, or
Japanese
animation.

pokemon
1996
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