Official Pre-Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield Speculation & Leaks thread

[Grimbad]

Why blur details out though? It's not as if it wouldn't be recognised anyway, so how exactly does that protect the source?

It is my understanding the blur came from the picture being taken from far away, so poor resolution. The editing people are referring to is just it being cropped so all we see is the gameplay screen. Is this a wrong assumption?

 

[EggPawn]

Does anyone know where these came from?

Were they just randomly posted on 4chan weeks back?

 

[Plubio]

Does anyone know where these came from?

Were they just randomly posted on 4chan weeks back?

Those have been circulating for quite a while (a month at least) and are still not debunked.
They're certaintly interesting.

 

[Cainhxrst]

View: https://twitter.com/Pokeshopper/status/980836568255606784


doesn't this make the pokegraph rumor more likely/practically confirmed now?

 

[RileyXY1]

View: https://twitter.com/Pokeshopper/status/980836568255606784


doesn't this make the pokegraph rumor more likely/practically confirmed now?

How?

 

[Saternoir]

what was thar rumor about?

 

[Cainhxrst]

La sortie du jeu Pokémon sur Nintendo Switch se confirme pour 2018 !

basically said ahead of time that Bandai would be taking merch duties over from Tomy, and that they would reveal a new line in may that would tie into the next main series games


edit: nevermind oops, didn't realize there were already bandai figures for the series

 

[InfernapeTheWise]

Hmm...

 

[Thanos]

They look nice, but the grass gorilla colouring looks slightly off, and the water starter pic has only one pose and no writing which is suspicious. I prefer the look to th past few we had over the last month or so, but I say they are fake.

 

[titofox]

Well.. it's a very good design, i'd love it to be real but... well "confidential" XD

 

[Synthaphone]

I suspect most people are on the same page as I am that these are fake, but I might as well state my reasoning- the drawings don't look like they were made with a solid understanding of 3D forms and character construction. The gorilla is probably the most well-constructed of the three, but the shading looks pretty odd- the divisions between shadows and non-shadows are way less defined than shading typically is in Pokemon model sheets. This is also noticable on the cow, where its hard to tell if it was meant to have an orange belly or not due to how dark and ambiguous the shading is.

Also, that fire marking over the cow's eye is almost the same value as the color of its face, and is only distinguishable due to having an outline around it- clear values and features are extremely important in character design.

I do think the gorilla is really cute and creative though- I feel bad ragging on these so hard, there are definitely some nice ideas in there. I just don't think these look authentic.

 

[Cainhxrst]

Hmm...

what he says here + his pinned tweet is really intriguing

 

[Thanos]

Hmm...

Doesn't he say something like this every other day?

 

[Silktree]

It's getting pretty old.

 

[Thanos]

It's getting pretty old.

Who/what is?

 

[Plubio]

Either way, Pokéshopper is totally sure we're getting the "obvious reveal" this month so is just a matter of time, actually.

 

[Tarotkung]

It looks funny.

 

[Bullet Club Master]

Hmm...

So this means we are likely getting Zeraora and something else. That is great considering I was hoping that what Paul Ryan is hyping up is not the reveal of Zeraora but something else as well. This tweet confirms that we are getting Zeraora and something else that may be related to Pokemon for the Switch.

 

[dCraw]

These starters aren't even worth discussing, the art style is miles away from Sugimori's or anyone in the Pokémon Company. Clearly fake.

 

[Jukain]

If there is something else, then I expect Zeraora within this week. Otherwise, I don't have much faith they can fit anything else in this month. It's possible, but it would be jarring.