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Ok so not that I do or do not believe that the Weedle tweet is a hint, but not matter how I look at it, something is weird about it...
Frankly, why is the lower half of the picture blurred out? I am pretty sure that is something someone would have to intentionally go out of their way to do... and if someone were to blur stuff out, why only do half and not all of it?
So, at the very least, we know some work/detail/care was put into the image and the tweet itself... I guess the question is why.
I'm sure there are plenty of reasons that don't involve any hints or rumors but hey, this is speculation thread. If all they wanted to show people was Weedle, then why not blurr out all the numbers/crop the photo? Why is it important to tweet out about a Pokemon like Weedle at all? He also claims it was his first time catching Weedle for a long time, but he has over 200 Weedle candy...
I'm not convinced it is a hint, but I do think it is all a bit odd.
Masuda likes to use that blur filter quite a bit...
View: https://twitter.com/Junichi_Masuda/status/1096995650753818625
View: https://twitter.com/Junichi_Masuda/status/1092044798893019136
View: https://twitter.com/Junichi_Masuda/status/1090852075167051778
View: https://twitter.com/Junichi_Masuda/status/1081777616175095808
https://twitter.com/Junichi_Masuda/status/1088649631079096320
It seems to just be his way of emphasizing the focal point of the image- which in weedle's case, is the weedle. XD As for why just not blur out everything else/crop the image- less work to just apply a filter? (which probably has its own limitations since it's a phone, not photoshop)
And Masuda has been playing Pokemon Go for years now- it's plenty possible to have 200+ candy for a species and not have seen one in a long time. Especially with the bombardment of events lately- weedle and caterpie were actually looking pretty rare for awhile.
Possible reason why he might be excited to see weedle in particular- it's one of the easiest pokemon to evolve. XD Easy EXP.