GAME FREAK (Trainer class)/Games

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 sometimes 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. In, the sound designer gives the GB Sounds after the player has obtained all 8 Kanto Badges.

Game Freak has its own building in Castelia City in, 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. In, aside from Morimoto, another employee which is based on Kōji Nishino can also be fought. Nishino uses a as his highest leveled Pokémon, a reference to his nickname カビゴン Kabigon, after which Snorlax is named. In the English versions, he calls himself Snorlax. In Generation V, Morimoto exclusively uses.

In, Game Freak has an office located in Heahea City. Morimoto returns as a the player can battle once per day, though the player must have become the  to do so. After being defeated for the first time, he will give the player the Oval Charm. In, Morimoto plays the same role, except he teams with the game's director, Kazumasa Iwao, for a Double Battle. In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Morimoto makes a similar cameo, but as a instead.

In Generation VII, Morimoto exclusively uses, a reference to the fact that Pokémon Sun and Moon were released in celebration of the 20th anniversary of , and keeps his Pokémon in Ultra Balls. Iwao uses Pokémon, and is the only character of this class to use a unique model. He keeps his Pokémon in Repeat Balls.