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Rumours/Fakes/Leaks Discussion Thread

Do you like fakes/leaks season?

  • I love it!

    Votes: 227 52.2%
  • Yeah

    Votes: 81 18.6%
  • Doesn't bother me

    Votes: 76 17.5%
  • No

    Votes: 20 4.6%
  • Hate it.

    Votes: 31 7.1%

  • Total voters
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Guzma

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I dont understand why it needs to be a dark type just because "zomg evil dolphin!!" Why does it have to be like that in the games, I kinda hope Game Freak doesnt do that, Id honestly be ok with it being pure water if anything.
I want it to be a dark type because it'd subvert people's expectations of dolphins. GF also isn't afraid to make typings that would be unusual to most people if it's accurate to real animals, like Crabrawler not bein' part Water. Personally, if we don't get Dark, Fairy would be a good substitute. It'd keep the "KYOOT DOLPHINS" factor most people expect while actin' as a nod to how nasty dolphins and old-school mythological fairies can be.
 

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There's probably something in the leak that people are stubbornly clinging to because they want it. Kinda like how a lot of people were clinging desperately to Water Arcanine until the Riddler put out that list and we finally stopped talking about it.
 

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Update for the answers to the riddles

N4: Rugby monkey is obvious.
Let's talk about Oranguru.
N3: Wu Yong has a nickname 'Zhi Duo Xing'
Zhi = Knowledge
Duo = Much
Xing = Star
So it's always translated as Resourceful Star.
But in Chinese, Chimp/Orangutan and Star share the same pronunciation 'XING' !!!
Wu Yong = Zhi Duo Xing = Orangutan with much knowledge
It's a riddle based on Chinese language lore.
Awesome.
Also the toucan.


Updated riddles here
If Aristotle is the UB and marshadow is supposedly mythical, then who is the third legend? "I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS!!!" -perfect zyg..- I mean perfect cell
 

Esserise

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I want it to be a dark type because it'd subvert people's expectations of dolphins. GF also isn't afraid to make typings that would be unusual to most people if it's accurate to real animals, like Crabrawler not bein' part Water. Personally, if we don't get Dark, Fairy would be a good substitute. It'd keep the "KYOOT DOLPHINS" factor most people expect while actin' as a nod to how nasty dolphins and old-school mythological fairies can be.

Well, Crabrawler is inspired by a land-based crab so in its specific case, being a Water type wouldn't be very fitting at all.

Besides at this point I think a Dark type dolphin is so popular an idea that going forward with it would hardly be subverting expectations, at least not entirely.
 

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Aren't dolphins super scary anyway? I'll take Dark Dolphin as long as there is a freaking dolphin in-game.
 

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I figure the dolphin would probably be... pure Water, Water/Fairy, Water/Dark or Water/Flying.

I kinda hope for Water/Flying, personally. XD It could evolve from a flying fish or have some flying fish elements to it.
 

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Guys, can you assure me something quick?

oranguru.png

Please tell me that that leaf fan doesn't resemble a baseball mitt.
Because some people are actually trying to argue that that fan could have been mistaken for a baseball mitt by the leaker, and I feel like a crazy person trying to tell them how absolutely disproved that particular leak is.

I mean, what kind of an actual human being looks both at Passimian and Oranguru, saying "Nuh-uh, this sporty monkey Pokemon definitely has nothing to do with rugby, but I can see that this orangutan is the monkey the Chinese leak was talking about, even though it has what I believe is a baseball mitt even though it is green and held and not worn and this ape looks nothing like a baseball player and a leaf fan is a trope that have existed for decades".
Nah it's clearly a fan.
 

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Well, Crabrawler is inspired by a land-based crab so in its specific case, being a Water type wouldn't be very fitting at all.
That's precisely what I meant when I said this.
GF also isn't afraid to make typings that would be unusual to most people if it's accurate to real animals, like Crabrawler not bein' part Water.
It's the same reason that Dwebble and Crustle aren't Water-types, since there are land-based hermit crabs.
 

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It's weird that the riddler leaker said that there will be a ground/fighting rugby gorilla, yet all we got is a lemur of all things.
 

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When it comes to leaks, I think people are so clingy to topics they're fond of is because even if it isn't true, there is still the supposed "leak" factor to it, making it seem a bit more likely, even if it is completely disproven
 

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It's weird that the riddler leaker said that there will be a ground/fighting rugby gorilla, yet all we got is a lemur of all things.

I believe the ground/fighting type for the rugby monkey came from another fake leak. which was piggy-backing on other leaks.

edit: oops too late someone answered :X
 

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It's weird that the riddler leaker said that there will be a ground/fighting rugby gorilla, yet all we got is a lemur of all things.
we might also expect that english may not be the leakers first language considering hes working close to GF. that being said he may have confused the name for gorilla with primate. Also he was pretty close with typing. he may be a janitor or something that sees the documents in passing so he might get some of the info right but not all of it as its out of memory.
 

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It's a shame that, aside from maybe some hints from the Riddler, there is not even a maybe credible or credible leak anymore that states the Battle Frontier will be in at the moment. Admittedly you shouldn't hope for something based on leaks, but still, after last gen's post-game I just really wanted the Random Leaks to be true.
 

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That's precisely what I meant when I said this.

Yeah sorry, misread that bit.

That's because Riddler didn't say that. That's part of someone else's fake leak he apparently reposted for unknown reasons.

Which in turn means that at most, the Riddler may have reposted it because it contains only *some* true information. I know that's kinda what most were assuming anyways, but hey, confirmation is always nice.
 

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It seems like for awhile there was a new leak everyday! But I don't think any of them are real besides the riddler and the Chinese leaks. I just really want a bug dark Pokemon. Also is it me or do oranguru and passimian look more realistic and less pokemonish?
 

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Even if the random leaks aren't real, I can still hope for either a Ground/Fighting or Electric/Dark-type announcement for the 4th of October.
 
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