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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
    435

swiftgallade46

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I want to say 80 is really low but I feel like it makes me sound so spoiled lol

maybe they could add 20 new evos and pre-evos of old Pokémon at the last second
 

Matoka

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I just want the bst for Vikavolt. I need to know if it is usable.

Hey at least your fav buggy this gen got 3 evos and hence probably has better stats than Ribombee which only has Shield Dust as it's functional ability.

I hope it either has a 3rd evo or a Hidden Ability that is really nice for it.

Aroma Veil, Harvest, Natural Cure, Sap Sipper, Serene Grace, Sweet Veil, Tinted Lense (which is a cop out for bug types apparently in the HA department), Unburden, Wonder Skin

Most of these abilities seem to fit Ribombee and are of varying use, I would be super happy if it got something like Sweet Veil and a set up move / sticky web so it could do its thang without getting taunted or encored ;~; make Ribombee great again (before it was ever great int he first place)
 

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If the demos get datamined, I think there's only like 2 things I want to know. How many new Pokemon there are, and how many Alolan Forms there are. I don't really want to get spoiled on the Island Trials, the UB's. Or any plot elements.
 

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When is the demo expected to arrive? Midnight in japan or for the next eshop date ?
 

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When is the demo expected to arrive? Midnight in japan or for the next eshop date ?

Midnight in Japan, so 7,5 hours from now. That's when the demo arrives for Japan at least, I think every country doesn't get it until it's midnight it that country itself.

And before ye all start: please don't do countdown posts or just posts with "I'm so excited!", they really don't add anythin' to the discussion ;)
 

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Mmm Alola Forms don't really excite me as much. They're cool and all, but it doesn't excite me any more than say Rotom when it got new forms.

Which is fine; I'm just saying, the function that you describe is already filled by Alola Forms. They'd be there in part to make up for the reduced number of new Pokémon.
 

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Technically we could still have story leaks and other kinds of leaks. Not sure I believe this one, though. Don't think the starters will have Battle Bond, at least not by default.

First reply by a one "John Gamefreak" and it says "no they don't". Damnit, I lost it at that.

Also, last night I had a dream where I was playing Sun/Moon, and upon waking up I was just mad because there's still a month of time left and even more since I live in Europe :/
 

Matoka

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What're the chances of someone getting the actual game pre-release by like a week plus?

Didn't that happen with XY? I mean the games have to be delivered to stores to prepare to deliver and stuff about 2 weeks early right? its obviously not allowed for empoyees to sneak home a game but rules are made to be broken
 
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What're the chances of someone getting the actual game pre-release by like a week plus?

Didn't that happen with XY? I mean the games have to be delivered to stores to prepare to deliver and stuff about 2 weeks early right? its obviously not allowed for empoyees to sneak home a game but rules are made to be broken

Yes, it did happen with XY, but it's extremely unlikely to happen again. Nintendo charged the stores $500 per copy sold early if they weren't returned, and it's why Europe got ORAS later and will get SM later as well (the main stores that did this were in Italy and Spain).

On topic, I just hope UBs are confirmed to be Pokemon by the datamine.
 

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Yes, it did happen with XY, but it's extremely unlikely to happen again. Nintendo charged the stores $500 per copy sold early if they weren't returned, and it's why Europe got ORAS later and will get SM later as well (the main stores that did this were in Italy and Spain).

Doubtful considering stores in Canada broke the street date as well. Besides I don't think Nintendo is petty enough to punish a whole continent because of that. Video games tend to come out late in Europe in general so I wouldn't put much thought into it.
 

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Doubtful considering stores in Canada broke the street date as well. Besides I don't think Nintendo is petty enough to punish a whole continent because of that. Video games tend to come out late in Europe in general so I wouldn't put much thought into it.

Anyone know why that is, anyway? I know they removed the gambling in HG/SS, but I can't come up with any other reasons on the spot. Do they just take extra time in localization to put the U's in words like "color"? /s
 

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Combing through it with a fine tooth comb to remove anything that might mean something offencive in slang terms probably. Also the parent teacher watch groups that had the game corner banned probably want some more time to look it over and make sure the youth isn't being corrupted.

Though at the same time, maybe they are just that petty and are punishing the whole continent just because of Italy and the other countries ruined the super happy fun worldwide release date that totally never happened before with any game before XY.
 
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Doubtful considering stores in Canada broke the street date as well. Besides I don't think Nintendo is petty enough to punish a whole continent because of that. Video games tend to come out late in Europe in general so I wouldn't put much thought into it.

True, but Australia is getting it with Japan and America, when it usually gets it with Europe.
 

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I hope that each country gets it at midnight, because then we might see Japanese and Australian leaks emerging today. I don't want to wait until JST 9am or whatever, like some are saying it might be.

I'm already pretty much in 'sit hunched over laptop frantically sipping coffee and hitting refresh all day' mode, another day's wait might kill me :)

And oh god, I am ready for the datamine. Bring it on, baby. And please let there be a bigger number of new Pokemon than Kalos had!

EDIT - Serebii just updated and said we don't get it in Europe till 'late morning' tomorrow. Well goddamn, that just screeched my hype train to a halt. I was so ready for midnight release.
 
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Is at least the demo coming out on the same day in Europe as it is in NA?
 

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Is at least the demo coming out on the same day in Europe as it is in NA?

I think so, yes. But Nintendo Europe mentioned that it won't launch until "late morning", which could mean 9-10, give or take. Probably their thinking is that it'll reduce server traffic, though I doubt that's gonna work.
 
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