Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Being Made By “Younger” Staff?

Who is assigned to the Pokemon Ultra Sun and Moon team? How does it relate to Pokemon Switch that’s coming?

Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon are less than a month away, and new details continue to come out for it. But, an interesting quote from producer Shigeru Ohmori of Game Freak may turn heads. For he revealed that Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon is being used by the company to grow some of their “younger staff.” Here’s an excerpt from an interview with Gamestop:

“Of course we have a limited number of staff available to us, but we have a very varied staff within the company. We have younger staff members and also veterans who have been working on the series for a long time, very technically gifted staff members. We want to use these staff in the best way possible. For example this time with Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon we can treat it mainly as a project for our younger staff to work on and grow and develop their skills, while perhaps the more veteran, established members of the company can work on the upcoming [Switch] project.

That’s an approach we often take: having a growth-based project for younger staff members and then a new project for the existing veterans. Using this project management style ensures all of our projects have a positive effect on one another as they go.”

Now, to be clear, he also noted that the battle designer for the game is Shigeki Morimoto, who has been on Pokemon since Red and Blue, and that several high-ranking members of Game Freak are overseeing the game to make sure it’s quality.

Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon release November 17th.