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It appears another "gigaleak" has gone down, involving Nintendo. According to sources online, it appears that Game Freak has been hacked, resulting in internal data from the company being leaked to the public. Those involved in the hacking community or those within general Pokemon related groups are claiming that while they will not be discussing or dissecting the specifics within the leak, it initially is being claimed that there is a total of 1TB of data.

This allegedly includes the source code for Pokemon Platinum, source codes for Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver, beta builds of Pokemon Black and White 2, beta builds of Pokemon X and Y, and potential internal codenames for upcoming Pokemon projects. Within it are mentions of an online Pokemon game, a collaborative project between Game Freak and Studio ILCA, the potential code name of the Nintendo Switch 2 being "Ounce", and a project named Gaia, which may be the next generation of Pokemon titles.

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[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago (14 children)

Here is some of the pokemon/human lore that got leaked

[–] Pastaguini@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I doubt this is real - why would it have been written in English? Did the hackers say they translated it? Seems odd.

[–] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It is translated, I've seen the original Japanese docs

[–] Pastaguini@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

Ah, I see. Thanks!

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

from what i read, the leaks were originally posted in japanese and people have been translating them today

[–] Pastaguini@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

Makes sense, thanks!

[–] booty@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Especially sus because a lot of Pokemon names we know in English were invented by the official localizers. For example, Octillery is apparently called Ocutank in Japanese. Which is weird, Octank sounds like a fine name for a pokemon to me. Never understood why localizers make up new names for stuff that already sounds fine

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