Tweet from CEO of Select Button
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Regarding Pokémon Sleep, with the most recent update, the development handover from SELECT BUTTON has been completed. Accordingly, I will be stepping away from hands-on development duties as director, and from now on, I will be involved as an advisor.
Turning sleep into a game, integrating it with dedicated hardware, a worldwide simultaneous release... It was a series of highly challenging endeavors, but I'm proud that I was able to see it through to the end with my teammates.
After release, what made me happiest above all was receiving messages from people who struggled with insomnia saying, "Thanks to this game, I've been able to sleep much better." To bring to life the concept of "making mornings something to look forward to," and to be able to help people through game development—it truly brought me joy.
Pokémon Sleep will continue from here on out in the hands of a new team. As for myself, I'll now enjoy tracking my daily sleep alongside the app as one of its users! Thank you so much for everything up until now!