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Rumour thread (SPOILERS - ALLEGED LEAKS)

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Ceremony563

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Game stores dont get games
Until 3-5days before release date, so how did they get the games 13days in advance.

Yes every game store everywhere in every country is exactly identical.

But 13!! And still how would a lesser known store get the games first?

Does that really matter? Even if it is bizarre it's still more likely than Gamefreak releasing a fake X and Y.

So they shipped the games first to a lesser known store,
Instead of obvious priorites ? Such as
Walmart and gamestop?
Look at all the hype these leaks have caused, it seems like a smart play.
 

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Sylveon's dex entry is so sweet! ;__;

Also, I always saw and still see its "feelers" as long, simplified feathers of some sort.
 

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Game stores dont get games
Until 3-5days before release date, so how did they get the games 13days in advance.

Yes every game store everywhere in every country is exactly identical.

But 13!! And still how would a lesser known store get the games first?

Does that really matter? Even if it is bizarre it's still more likely than Gamefreak releasing a fake X and Y.

So they shipped the games first to a lesser known store,
Instead of obvious priorites ? Such as
Walmart and gamestop?
Look at all the hype these leaks have caused, it seems like a smart play.

If by hype you mean raging over all but 20 Pokemon being revealed before release - then yeah, hype! Smaller stores don't have dedicated trucks and shipping routes owned by a corporation like Wal-Mart does, hence the need to ship sooner to reach a worldwide release date.
 

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Sure, all the stores getting sued by Nintendo for selling games early never existed and are totally made up. Seriously? >.>
 

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Game stores dont get games
Until 3-5days before release date, so how did they get the games 13days in advance.

Yes every game store everywhere in every country is exactly identical.

But 13!! And still how would a lesser known store get the games first?

Does that really matter? Even if it is bizarre it's still more likely than Gamefreak releasing a fake X and Y.

So they shipped the games first to a lesser known store,
Instead of obvious priorites ? Such as
Walmart and gamestop?
Look at all the hype these leaks have caused, it seems like a smart play.

If by hype you mean raging over all but 20 Pokemon being revealed before release - then yeah, hype! Smaller stores don't have dedicated trucks and shipping routes owned by a corporation like Wal-Mart does, hence the need to ship sooner to reach a worldwide release date.

Smaller stores have the same distrubution company though.
 

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Please don't try turning this into another Wottergate with conspiracy theories. You remember what happened back then? And that was without screenshots and VIDEOS.
 

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Sure, all the stores getting sued by Nintendo for selling games early never existed and are totally made up. Seriously? >.>

Show me actual proof, $2000 a game for what 40 supposed games.

Please don't try turning this into another Wottergate with conspiracy theories. You remember what happened back then? And that was without screenshots and VIDEOS.

Just tell me why, theres no actual story being leaked.
 
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Game stores dont get games
Until 3-5days before release date, so how did they get the games 13days in advance.

Yes every game store everywhere in every country is exactly identical.

But 13!! And still how would a lesser known store get the games first?

Does that really matter? Even if it is bizarre it's still more likely than Gamefreak releasing a fake X and Y.

So they shipped the games first to a lesser known store,
Instead of obvious priorites ? Such as
Walmart and gamestop?
Look at all the hype these leaks have caused, it seems like a smart play.

If by hype you mean raging over all but 20 Pokemon being revealed before release - then yeah, hype! Smaller stores don't have dedicated trucks and shipping routes owned by a corporation like Wal-Mart does, hence the need to ship sooner to reach a worldwide release date.

Smaller stores have the same distrubution company though.

This! I did not want to create a profile only for this, but I've been lurking these forums since about page 200. I worked in retail for over four years. NEVER did we receive a game TWO WEEKS before the release date. Especially high-profile games and really popular games like this. Now, while I am not fully on-board with this "everything has been a huge hoax" thing, it is a little fishy.
 

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Well, this thread is over with. It was a nice read all the way through, but now the only people left are the "Boo hoo there aren't enough new pokemon give me what I want because i'm a damn princess" people and the "I hate all the new pokemon this is the end of the series because my opinion is relevant because i am a damn princess" people.

Yes, any and all valid criticisms are whiners. There's never any medium or video game with any flaws, it's always the problem with the audience.
 

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Please don't try turning this into another Wottergate with conspiracy theories. You remember what happened back then? And that was without screenshots and VIDEOS.
What happened during that anyway? I've heard of it but had no clue what it was about.

EDIT: @Karpi; This
 

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Just tell me why, theres no actual story being leaked.

Because the story is reported to have sucked/been meh. And we did get the story - with screenshots from the cutscenes. It's just not very deep this time.
 

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Are we seriously giving a single 4chan post more credence than the dozens of screenshots of dex info, stats, and trainers? On the basis of "the games showed up earlier than we thought they did"? There are not enough facepalm GIFs in the entire internet for this level of stupidity.
 

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Just tell me why, theres no actual story being leaked.

Because the story is reported to have sucked/been meh. And we did get the story - with screenshots from the cutscenes. It's just not very deep this time.

No team Flare? They made a big deal showing them off, since theres
Only 69 pokemon the leakers would have had alot of time to post anything story related.
 

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What happened during that anyway? I've heard of it but had no clue what it was about.

The entire GV Pokedex was leaked but people refused to believe it because Oshawott evolved into a sealion instead of an otter and Tepig evolved into Fire/Fighting for the third time, essentially. People insisted and got into terrible flame wars because Pokemon never change that much during evolution and there's no way GameFreak would give us 3 Fire/Fightings in a row, of course!
 

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If Nintendo are capable of engineering deliberate leaks as a form of viral marketing, more power to them. Viral marketing is very hard to actually pull off ... although I have to say, if this thread is anything to go by, all it's done is make a lot of people who were going to buy a copy anyway, er, buy a copy
 

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Are we seriously giving a single 4chan post more credence than the dozens of screenshots of dex info, stats, and trainers? On the basis of "the games showed up earlier than we thought they did"? There are not enough facepalm GIFs in the entire internet for this level of stupidity.

Mmm. There is about as much credibility in 4chan as there is in 9-year-olds.

@Zeta; Thanks!
 

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No team Flare? They made a big deal showing them off, since theres
Only 69 pokemon the leakers would have had alot of time to post anything story related.

Team Flare turned out to not be very important to the story, which is mostly about Mega Evolution and that immortal guy - and are only tangentially related to the main plot. Basically Team Flare turned to be as important to the plot as Team Rocket was in Gold and Silver - not very, minor antagonists.
 

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See, this is why people aren't spoiling the story. People come into this topic for Pokemon spoilers mostly, and that's what most people wanted from the leakers.
 
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