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===Happy Anniversary, Game Freak!===
===Introducing: Homika===
* '''Game Freak, Inc.''' (Japanese: '''株式会社ゲームフリーク''' ''{{wp|Kabushiki gaisha}} Game Freak'') is a Japanese game development company founded on April 26, 1989 by [[Satoshi Tajiri]], [[Ken Sugimori]], and [[Junichi Masuda]], and the main company responsible for the [[Pokémon]] games, most especially the [[main series|main series versions]].
* '''Homika''' ('''ホミカ''') is one of the new [[Gym Leader]]s of the [[Unova]] region. She is set to appear in {{2v2|Black|White|2}}. She specializes in {{type|Poison}} Pokémon. She gives the {{badge|Toxic}} to Trainers who defeat her.  
* Originally independent, since the release of {{game|Red and Green|s}} in 1996, Game Freak has been a {{wp|second-party developer}} for [[Nintendo]], developing games exclusively for their hardware while remaining a separate company.
* She is a {{wp|musician}} who plays the bass guitar, her band is called "The {{tt|Dogars|Koffing}}". Her Gym is a music club.
* Game Freak, at the time unincorporated, originated as a video game magazine in the early 1980's. Run chiefly by Tajiri, with art made by Sugimori, the magazines typically were released at a length of around 28 pages and at a price of ¥300 (roughly US$3).
* Homika is set to appear in ''[[BW083|Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 1)]]'' and ''[[BW084|Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 2)]]''. In the episode, Ash will challenge Homika to a 6 on 3 battle with Homika using {{p|Koffing}}, {{p|Scolipede}} and {{p|Garbodor}}.
* Though the idea for what would become the Pokémon games had existed in Tajiri's mind for a while, actual development of the Pokémon idea began as [[Capsule Monsters]] in 1990.  
* Her father is an actor who works in Pokèwood.
* Though Game Freak has mainly developed the Pokémon series since its 1996 debut, it is responsible for two games released since then that were not Pokémon-related. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDqSZub7Dag Click + Medic], a Japan-only medical simulation game for the {{wp|PlayStation}}, plays similarly to Pokémon, though instead of monsters, features a doctor using various vaccines and antibodies to fight against viruses and other maladies inside of a patient's body.
* She is the first Poison type Gym Leader outside of [[Kanto]]. She is also the first Gym Leader to appear in the anime before her game debut.
* Game Freak employees appear in each of the main series games, with their headquarters on the third floor of the [[Celadon Condominiums]]. In the games in which [[Kanto]] is not visitable, they appear on vacation, with a group in [[Lilycove City]], staying in the [[Cove Lily Motel]], and a single member staying at the [[Hotel Grand Lake]] in [[Valor Lakefront]]. The main reason to visit them is to obtain a [[diploma]], awarded after the completion of the [[Pokédex]].
* Game Freak has its own building in [[Castelia City]] in {{game|Black and White|s}}, where a character representing [[Shigeki Morimoto]] can be battled after stopping [[Team Plasma]]. Game Freak is found on 22F, just like in their real-world office in {{wp|Carrot Tower}}.


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