Shigeru Ohmori

Shigeru Ohmori (Japanese: 大森茂 Ōmori Shigeru; born February 29, 1980Shigeru Ohmori celebrates his 10th birthday) is a game designer and director who has worked at Game Freak since 2001.2015 Pokémon World Championships VIPs, The Pokémon Company He is known for planning, designing, and directing several Pokémon games since , and is one of the designers of the Pokéwalker system.
==Work with Pokémon==
Ohmori was the Product Development planner who led the team for . He was interviewed for Nintendo Power in May 2007, where he talked about the new cross-generational Evolutions and Wi-Fi features available for Diamond and Pearl. Ohmori revealed that he was the one who developed the Underground feature and also participated in the creation of Evolutions for Generation IV, stating that he planned to give new Evolutions to old Pokémon that players would not expect.
He also appeared in a video message for on August 14, 2014, in which he and Junichi Masuda talked about the upcoming games Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, and announced for said games.
On November 27, 2014, Ohmori, together with Masuda, was in to celebrate the launch of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. After the presentation, there was a photo and autograph session with fans.
Shigeru Ohmori was the director of , being the first director of a new generation of games other than Satoshi Tajiri or Junichi Masuda. When interviewed following the release of in 2017, he revealed that he was the one that came up with Inkay's Method of Evolution into for Pokémon X and Y. He found the idea of a player discovering it by turning their console on accident to be amusing.Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori Sun and Moon Interview
Ohmori has since gone on to become the director of the next few Pokémon main series games, such as and . For Sword and Shield, Ohmori went to the — the basis of the games' Galar region — for media interviews ahead of 's release, and drew sketches based on places he saw in the UK, which would later serve as concepts for places found in Galar.
Ohmori's role as director for was initially revealed ahead of any official announcement by Toby Fox on August 11, 2022, when Fox tweeted about composing a battle theme to be used in Tera Raid Battles.Toby Fox reveals Shigeru Ohmori as Generation IX Director During the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2022 ceremony, Ohmori explained via a written message that the character of Arven, a main character in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, was based on his personal experience of losing his parents at a young age.https://www.famitsu.com/news/202303/18296051.html
==Game credits==
* (2002) - Game Designer, Map Designer
* Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire (2003) - Planning
* (2004) - Game Designer, Map Designer
* (2004) - Game Designer, Map Designer
* (2005) - Game Design, Additional Tuning
* (2006) - Game Design Adviser
* (2006) - Game Design Leader, Plot Scenario, Map Designer
* (2008) - Game Design, Plot Scenario, Map Design
* (2009) - Game Design, Pokéwalker: Game Design
* (2010) - Game Design of Special Elements (Lead), Map Design, Survey Radar & Tag Mode Design
* (2012) - Pokémon Black Version and White Version Game Design
* HarmoKnight (2012) - Game Design
* (2013) - Planning Director, Pokémon Design Coordination
* (2014) - Director, Concept & Plot
* (2016) - Director, Planning Director
* (2017) - Producer
* Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! (2018) - General Producer
* (2019) - Director, Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield Concept
* (2022) - Producer, Pokémon Creation Group Manager
* (2022) - Director, Concept
==Artwork==
===Official artwork===
This is a collection of official Pokémon artwork drawn by Ohmori.
====Pokémon Sword and Shield concept art====
These concept sketches for were drawn by Ohmori while traveling to the for media interviews ahead of 's release.Shea, Brian (October 4, 2019). "Exclusive Pokémon Sword And Shield Concept Art Gallery." Game Informer (Archived on April 16, 2024.)
SwSh Concept Sketch Hometown.jpg|Sword & Shield Hometown concept art
SwSh Concept Sketch Route.jpg|Sword & Shield Route concept art
SwSh Concept Sketch Wild Area.jpg|Sword & Shield Wild Area concept art
Pokémon Center SwSh Concept artwork.jpg|Sword & Shield Pokémon Center concept art
===Staff artwork===
This is a collection of unofficial Pokémon artwork drawn by Ohmori.
Staff Art Juliana Shigeru Ohmori 2023-03-23.png|Fan-art sent to congratulate staff on the release of Scarlet and Violethttps://web.archive.org/web/20230323125846/https://twitter.com/Lewchube/status/1638887612655054848
==References==
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