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Rumored Pokemon X/Y Leaks. Possible Spoiler Warning!
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OK, didn't know that was that bad lol. I didn't even see any semblance of a cohesive argument that proves it is fake.
Lol?
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Although, now that he mentions it, Hawlucha's feet do resemble Toon Link's. :0
Still though, the dude on /vp/ seems to be a native English speaker, the dude who posted the images on Pokebeach IP was traced to Italy, and all of his posts on there were really short and awkward, with meme-speak suggesting he wasn't a native English speaker but instead likely learned it from online exposure.
Also, the dude on Pokebeach wasn't banned from the Pokebeach forums or anything, he just edited things out (presumably because he was caught). If he wanted to come clean, why didn't he just do it on PokeBeach so people would believe him.
Calcium
Banned
So he could sit back and watch the internet go crazy?
I hope all the leaks were fake and we get a better Froakie evolution. Bubble beard this time, none of this tongue nonsense.
Akibastman
Member
The Pokebeach rumors sounds believable until you read "MegaFarfetch'd"
Zoramon089
Banned
Yeah but those were all crystal clear well lit pictures. It's not even remotely similar to these
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
As far as I know the dude who posted on PokeBeach only said Aerodactyl had a Mega, which seems reasonable.
Dr. Buni
Member
"I am calling it fake until the games are released" durr
Ew. If Greninja is a fake, I really hope Froakie3 doesn't have a beard or something similar :x
Point is that people went to extremes to "prove" they were fakes and they turned out to be real. Something similar seems to be happening with these leaks.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Truth, I found Frogadier a bit too play-it-safe and was looking towards using Quilladin who went a different way than I expected.
This is usually never mentioned, but the reason Serebii trusted in the Unova Starter Evolutions was due to the fact they were first leaked on a V.I.P. 2chan image board I remember him explaining, and weren't just a random nobody source.
Ok but that doesn't make the image any less funny.
A badass soldier frog needs a beard.
Dr. Buni
Member
A badass ninja frog doesn't. It does need a scarf though. A tongue scarf.
I just have to say yo, this has been a load of fun and is going to get even better leading up to launch..
I find myself thinking about how to be the perfect leaker lol.
Clear pics, small details with nice hints, extra man to the post info via library computer. Lmao Im foolproof
I find myself thinking about how to be the perfect leaker lol.
Clear pics, small details with nice hints, extra man to the post info via library computer. Lmao Im foolproof
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Most people pretty much pegged Froakie for turning out as a ninja quite early on, since the whole "Jiraiya Myth" means frogs are often paired with ninja in popular Japanese fiction, and we saw it doing a lot of ninja-like things in like anime promos and such.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Yeah, frogs and ninjas are pretty much a Japanese thing.
strangedopamine
Member
Which makes the English naming scheme weird.
Stone Ocean
Member
Can't he be a ninja brigadier?
I guess? lol, in a world with electric rodents I probably shouldn't question these things too deeply.
The Japanese name for Frogadier is based off of a Yakuza position. Clearly someone was as high as a kite.
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Although the word is often associated with a rank within Yakuza organizations, that's not the only usage.
Black-Wind
Member
Not really the same thing like ... at all.
Those were well lit pictures of art for 3 disgusting disappointments that came from the most reliable source at the time (2CH). These are suspiciously dark/ blurry/ angled low rez single pics taken at someone's leisure of animated 3D models that popped up on 4chan.
Hell, /vp/ers are posting fakes left and right to show just how easy it is to make a dark/ blurry fake on a angled 3DS.
But you have to ask the question ... why would you leak?
Leakers leak because they want to be the "hero", the guy that brings the information first, breaks the silence and is praised by all for letting them know something a bit earlier than they would have known otherwise.
But in truth, they really just want attention and to have their epenis extended/ stroked. That's how it is ... that's how it's always been. Manga leaks in Japan are the same, you have your "Naruto guy" and "Bleach Guy" and so on who are known in the community for leaking this stuff before street release. No one does it without getting some form of credit.
That's what's been happening with Pokemon to. Happened last gen with the Spanish sites (and serebii narrowly escaping an axe to the face from Nintendo for using legally copied roms or something), happened this gen with the Magi guy (he posted his leaks as a wish list on the Bulba forums WAY before they became a "thing") and it's gonna happen in the future.
That's part of why any leak without some name behind it that's completely anonymous is suspect. Anyone can be "anonymous" and no one can take e-cred for "anonymous"
I dont know why nintendo cares if info gets out this close. I remember when MvC3 Ultimate "accidentally leaked" its roster. I was happy with that more than being in the dark sitting twiddling my thumbs getting my hopes up for characters that may have not been in.
Its just going to help sell more copies if anything, unless they feel the designs may be so badly received it will hurt sales, which if thats the case, why design the mons the way they did in the first place?
Its just going to help sell more copies if anything, unless they feel the designs may be so badly received it will hurt sales, which if thats the case, why design the mons the way they did in the first place?
What you say is true. 9 times out of 10, leakers want to be credited to the find. In the case of my "fantasy leak" methods... I'd purely do it for the sport.
Jus being on the internet so long, Its funny to see how we react to surpressed news and how other people can affect such a reaction creating a compound effect.
For me, I wouldn't be into having a name associated with my "leaks" (That would get me caught!) But rather the legacy...
IE The Gen V leaker. I wanna put out truthfacts and have everyone go insane trying to prove them wrong... Only to be right! lol
I think this is more regarding to the game launching Worldwide. With so many changes, Im sure Gamefreak and TPC/Nintendo have talked about rebooting the Pokemon franchise and creating a standard moving forward. X & Y allow them to finally have full control of the reigns. New hardware, New changes, New gameplay. Keeping everyone in the dark is a pretty fair way to give the world an even playing field and to rekindle that Pokmon nostalgia we all have involving that sense of discovery with every new Pokemon game.
With new apps like Pokemon Bank becoming standard moving forward, It seems that there have been some focused planning regarding the future of the franchise.
It doesn't matter what the sources are. The joke is that the reactions are exactly the same.
The whole motivation behind a global release is to let the entire world "discover" these Pokemon together. It's a romantic, and somewhat futile thought, but it's what their reasoning has been this go-around.
Oblivionmancer
Member
At a certain point, you reach a threshold where having to spend a certain amount of time explaining why something is funny just means that it isn't funny, at least to those people you're explaining it too. This mirror of gen 5 image is the definition of an inside joke, and some of us just aren't inside.
Makes sense, going forward they can actually exclude old gen pokemon out of entire games.
Dangerous subject. Im not opposed to it but which Pokemon are we looking at excluding? Lol...
Lord knows there are some scrubs in EVERY Gen that need to be disposed of!!! Gen V more than others!! >
Honestly I can't remember that many Pokemon via leaks. Ill remember ones I think are cool and not remember the rest. It was still a new experience when I played through BW even having the dex spoiled.
this so much.
Dangerous subject. Im not opposed to it but which Pokemon are we looking at excluding? Lol...
Lord knows there are some scrubs in EVERY Gen that need to be disposed of!!! Gen V more than others!! >
Nidoran♀/♂ should be fused into one Pokémon. I don't think any need to actually be removed though.
One leaker, one choice of starter I guess.
MrSaturn99
Member
Personally, I'm fine either way. I hate Binacle and think it's an abomination of a design, but it's not like Gen 3 or Gen 5 didn't have bad designs as well (and I love the living shit out of those games). Just toss away the few, stray pieces of trash and move on.
Stupid reviewers, thinking Froakie's the best.
That bugs me. The entire group gets the pokemon case from sycamore, why wouldn't at least one other starter be battled and why wouldn't they be shown in the pokedex? If it weren't for that detail I'd be absolutely convinced that Greninja was real.
EDIT: Now that I think about it, they may not have been far enough in the game to fight them, but the lack of a second starter still makes me a little bit suspicious.
Stone Ocean
Member
No one wants to pick Chespin after they revealed Quilladin ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Werewolf Jones
Member
Apparently the Luchador bird is real? What.