Satoshi Tajiri is Quite Alright

Satoshi Tajiri with his Pokemon creations

With the surge of new social media a lot of people are relying a little too much on sites such as Twitter for their news. For example, Satoshi Tajiri has become a Twitter trending topic because of his death in the recent earthquake in Japan. Pokemon fans retweeted "RIP Satoshi Tajiri" and gave their condolences to his family and shared their thanks for creating an anime that has touched our childhood. This a sweet and . Satoshi Tajiri is not dead. NintendoAmerica  tweeted "Thanks for your concern! During the earthquake no one at Nintendo in Japan was injured and there was no apparent structural damage". This confirms that neither Satoshi, nor any of their workers were harmed during the earthquake nor the tsunami. It was just a cyber joke that went hay wire.

Many of the people who tweeted that he had died are now getting backlash for their previous tweets. This just goes to show you that the you can't believe everything you hear.

Always check your sources.

Picture taken from newsfall.com.