This Wednesday, the 20th Japan Media Arts Festival will be organizing a Pokemon GO discussion between Game Freak and Niantic’s top developers.

The topic for the discussion is “Real World Game Pokémon GO – Development story beyond the border between Japan and U.S”. It will take place on September 27, 2017 at 7:15pm.

Game Freak Director Junichi Masuda, Pokemon GO Executive Producer Masashi Kawashima, and Niantic Head of APAC marketing Kento Suga will be speaking at the event. Puyo Puyo creator Kazunari Yonemitsu will be moderating the discussion.

Admission to the event is free of charge. More details on time and venue can be found below.

<20th Japan Media Arts Festival Exhibition of Award-winning Works>

Period : Saturday, September 16 – Thursday, September 28, 2017

Main Venues : NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC], Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery,

11:00-18:00

*Open until 20:00 on 16[sat], 17[sun], 22[fri], 23[sat]

*Last entry 30 minutes prior to closing

Satellite Venues : Please check the venue information.

Admission : Free

Organizer : 20st Japan Media Arts Festival Executive Committee

*Seating capacity 500

*Japanese only