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Official Pokémon Sword and Shield speculation thread (Updated June 5th, 2019)

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TechSkylander1518 said:
The Poke Ball icon is to show that a wild Pokemon has already been caught. So why would it be on the bottom left of the screen, where the player's Pokemon are?
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probably because it's not the pokeball icon. that's a huge icon for something that has typically occupied a small space. further, even with the quality of the image we should be able to see some distinguishing colors or design. that seems to be a gap; whether it be to display information like Burn or Mega Evolution is up in the air.
 
Since there is a video it is more believable. But what's up with its wings animation, it looks like two frames repeating over and over.
 
there were some pokemon in the lead up to S/M that were leaked like this. The video overall is pretty convincing imo, and the design seems random/weird enough to make me feel like it's totally something gamefreak would come up with.

I agree the wing animation is shoddy, but I'm leaning team real on this one
 
I think it looks a little off, design and animation-wise, but I'm not gonna be angry if it's real- this is the fun kind of leak where it's either real, or someone put a lot of work in to making a convincing fake. Either way, this sort of thing is fun to discuss- does anyone have any idea if it resembles any real world insects? I guess the most obvious one would be a dragonfly, but that mouth is pretty specific looking and doesn't resemble a dragonfly's face at all.

EDIT: Just noticed those floating orbs inside of the 'legs' of the bug dragon, which is a really neat and specific touch. They kind of remind me of a mold or fungus? Though that just be because the whole thing reminds me of a chestnut more than any insects I know of. Cordyceps is always an option, but seems unlikely to me, considering it doesn't have anything to do with dragons, and that we already have Paras/Parasect (although they could always use it as the basis for another Pokemon anyways)
 
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I think it's real
the same way we got tapu koko drampa etc before actual reveal
 
Synthaphone said:
I think it looks a little off, design and animation-wise, but I'm not gonna be angry if it's real- this is the fun kind of leak where it's either real, or someone put a lot of work in to making a convincing fake. Either way, this sort of thing is fun to discuss- does anyone have any idea if it resembles any real world insects? I guess the most obvious one would be a dragonfly, but that mouth is pretty specific looking and doesn't resemble a dragonfly's face at all.
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I feel like I've seen something similar before face wise, but I can't place my finger on it...
 
Synthaphone said:
I think it looks a little off, design and animation-wise, but I'm not gonna be angry if it's real- this is the fun kind of leak where it's either real, or someone put a lot of work in to making a convincing fake. Either way, this sort of thing is fun to discuss- does anyone have any idea if it resembles any real world insects? I guess the most obvious one would be a dragonfly, but that mouth is pretty specific looking and doesn't resemble a dragonfly's face at all.

EDIT: Just noticed those floating orbs inside of the 'legs' of the bug dragon, which is a really neat and specific touch. They kind of remind me of a mold or fungus? Though that just be because the whole thing reminds me of a chestnut more than any insects I know of. Cordyceps is always an option, but seems unlikely to me, considering it doesn't have anything to do with dragons, and that we already have Paras/Parasect (although they could always use it as the basis for another Pokemon anyways)
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I believe it’s based on the peanut-headed lantern fly
 
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