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

[Grass Type Gardenia]

I wonder how many pokemons we will get in this generation. I hope it will be 150+. I really want many new pokemons, maybe some preevolutions or evolutions for that we know. I think we will see some new mega evolutions but I prefer classic evolutions where pokemons has new look permanently

The company will probably try and squeeze the numbers down in order to be ready for their 1000th Pokemon. Hence why the Megas and Alolan Pokemon.

Megas will surly come back if the Pokemon CS is proven to be true. Using Gen 5 and 6 as well as the past 4 Gens. Might even get Mega Flygon.

 

[Icy Wind]

Megas will surly come back if the Pokemon CS is proven to be true.

But the Crown and Scepter rumor did not even mention megas...

And there was no direct announcement on New Years like it said. Safe to say it’s fake.

 

[Grass Type Gardenia]

But the Crown and Scepter rumor did not even mention megas...

And there was no direct announcement on New Years like it said. Safe to say it’s fake.

Wait a week or two, as it said. There is a rumor that a Nintendo Direct will be shown sometime in January.

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

2nd January will also end in a few hours where I am.

Can be put in the ‘Fake’ folder imo.

 

[Enryx25]

Wait a week or two, as it said. There is a rumor that a Nintendo Direct will be shown sometime in January.

Nintendo Direct ≠ Pokemon Direct

 

[Icy Wind]

Wait a week or two, as it said. There is a rumor that a Nintendo Direct will be shown sometime in January.

No, i’m talking about how they claimed there was a direct announcement on New Years.

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

Wait a week or two, as it said. There is a rumor that a Nintendo Direct will be shown sometime in January.

It said there’ll be a direct announcement around New Year’s before the direct.

Direct announcement supposedly dropping New Years Day or sometime after with the reveal a week or two later depending on timing"

Edit: Got grenjnja’d by @Icy Wind

 

[Grass Type Gardenia]

It said there’ll be a direct announcement around New Year’s before the direct.



Edit: Got grenjnja’d by @Icy Wind

It might be delayed, you never know. If nothing happens in two weeks, then we can happily say it's fake. Don't be too hasty by just one day. The person might've thought that it would come out at the same time as the Mewtwo trailer, but was held back so that GF could unexpectedly surprise us with a Direct.

Let's be like Detective Pikachu and try to figure out the clues thoroughly before jumping to fast conclusions.

 

[PurplePopplio]

I hope we get more regional variants than Megas if we do receive any more. Not a fan of Megas. But love the variants.

 

[Scruffyjay]

Found this which is likely just riding on the earlier leak (or even is just a joke post). Seems especially fake with the "fire dog" and "plus and minus" parts.

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Also the first comment made me laugh.

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[PkmnTrainerV]

It might be delayed, you never know. If nothing happens in two weeks, then we can happily say it's fake. Don't be too hasty by just one day. The person might've thought it would come out at the same time as the Mewtwo trailer.

1. A ‘leaker’ is not in a position to theorise. There is no scope for ‘He thought’ in such a process.
2. None of the TPCi celebrations have stopped, including Mewteo trailer, so posting a literal sentence on Twitter would be a stupid thing to delay. It isn’t a trailer which would be large enough to delay.

Aren’t you giving this anonymous person a bit too much credit? I could understand sympathy if the person was a reputed leaker like the Riddler or someone with connections like Pixelpar, but a rando on 4chan?

I could literally visit 4chan and pretend to be the Crown/Sceptre leaker and make a continuation to that leak if I wanted to...

And would those even work as Japanese titles? All other games have previously used the exact same English words as Japanese titles. It might be a little wonky trying to work that into Japanese. Could someone with Japanese knowledge chime in?

 

[Grass Type Gardenia]

Found this which is likely just riding on the earlier leak (or even is just a joke post). Seems especially fake with the "fire dog" and "plus and minus" parts.

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Also the first comment made me laugh.

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Now THAT is obviously a fake!

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

Found this which is likely just riding on the earlier leak (or even is just a joke post). Seems especially fake with the "fire dog" and "plus and minus" parts.

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Also the first comment made me laugh.

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Seeing the amount of grasping at straws I’ve seen these days for a UK region, I share the sentiment of the first comment, even though I liked the idea of a UK region.

This almost-desperate grasping at straws is almost making me wish that we don’t get a UK region just to taste the salt.

 

[Grass Type Gardenia]

Seeing the amount of grasping at straws I’ve seen these days for a UK region, I share the sentiment of the first comment, even though I liked the idea of a UK region.

This almost-desperate grasping at straws is almost making me wish that we don’t get a UK region just to taste the salt.

The Region will most probably be none of these... SE Asia, China, Australiasia, India and Sri Lanka, South America, North America, Spain and UK.

The more hints and evidence there is, the less likely it will be the next Region.

It will probably be a European country or any other country that is not in the list above so far, but that remains a mystery.

 

[Sachitoro]

I hope we get more regional variants than Megas if we do receive any more. Not a fan of Megas. But love the variants.

Me too. But it would be cool if they make some regional form for pokemons from other generations too.

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

Kind reminder that there is a very, very, very blurred line between ‘hints and evidence’ grasping at straws to satisfy a bias.

I have gone through that before myself, looking for any minute detail that suggested Incineroar wasn’t real.

 

[Grass Type Gardenia]

Kind reminder that there is a very, very, very blurred line between ‘hints and evidence’ grasping at straws to satisfy a bias.

I have gone through that before myself, looking for any minute detail that suggested Incineroar wasn’t real.

Will you please stop saying 'grasping of straws'. You've already said that so many times with the past recent posts.

 

[RileyXY1]

Kind reminder that there is a very, very, very blurred line between ‘hints and evidence’ grasping at straws to satisfy a bias.

I have gone through that before myself, looking for any minute detail that suggested Incineroar wasn’t real.

Yeah. Not everything is a hint towards the next games.

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

Will you please stop saying 'grasping of straws'. You've already said that so many times with the past recent posts.

Why am I not allowed to say it?

 

[Lixarion]

for me there is no doubt that the region of 8G will be in Europe, this reason to believe it is meltan and melmetal, because it is mentioned in their description pokedex of the war of kalos, for me the region will be the one who fought kalos so it's a surrounding country like Spain, Germany, the UK (why not the entire of England) more the fact that melmetal knows how to make metal can allude to discovery and revolution but also the discovery of metallurgy