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Seriously, BMGf? This story has been out there for two days now. Are we pretending it doesn't exist due to the illicit methods in which the files were obtained? I don't see how that's different than all the previous leaks...
Now, for those of you who really don't know, we have access to sprites from not only the Spaceworld 99 build of the games (only a few months prior to the final release, and yet...) but even from an early 97 build predating the famous Spaceworld 97 build.
There are 151 "new" Pokemon here in addition to all the Unown forms and a very weird Gloom. There wasn't enough space for all of these, so they had to cut 51 by the time Spaceworld 97 rolled around (Tajiri said as much in a 97 interview). Believe it or not, but the kokopelli Pokemon at the top is a Celebi prototype of sorts (we don't have names, but you'll see). Then you have Stantler which was removed by Spaceworld 97 only to come back two years without any changes. And a standalone Cyndaquil with crystals on its back? I thought I'd seen everything. Same for Elekid being a middle evolution, even though Magby and Smoochum didn't have their own babies...
For the Spaceworld 99 build, look here. Aipom (in Silver), Kingdra, Sneasel, Tyrogue (or rather Gong) and Hitmontop were still mostly unchanged from the previous Spaceworld build, while Furrett, Azumarill, Wobbuffett, Forretress, Sunkern and Dunsparce were clearly early in conception. Wooper and Celebi looked different than in 97 and the final release (or rather Wooper didn't exist back in 97, although Quagsire did). Also note that Agatha and Lorelei had new sprites:
It seems that there are also sprites from a 98 build, most importantly a Johto map which indicates that they had already retired the idea of a journey around Japan. There was no Cianwood, much like in the unused maps that carried over to the final release. But both Lake of Rage and Mahogany lacked gyms, so there were only 6, oddly enough.
There are more prototype sprites for well known Pokemon/characters, probably from 98 going up to 99?
Wobbuffett is weird both because the final sprite already existed (so why that mess in Spaceworld 99?) and there's a random blob thrown into the mix? The same website has all the known scratchpad sprites for trainers and Pokemon.
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