A yr after the primary one, a new leak of paperwork and manufacturing ideas has hit Sport Freak and the contents are spreading throughout social media. The Pokémon developer has a number of upcoming video games within the works, together with a Era X recreation, a Legends recreation set in Galar, and an MMO-style recreation that lets gamers discover a number of areas. However the leak isn’t simply concerning the video games which can be on the way in which. We additionally discovered a number of fascinating tidbits about older video games and the inside workings of the corporate. Whereas they is probably not as thrilling as “Era X video games will function procedurally generated worlds,” listed below are a number of takeaways.
Scarlet and Violet‘s DLC value as a lot to make as a full recreation
I used to be fairly lukewarm on each of Scarlet and Violet‘s DLC expansions, however the Indigo Disk and Teal Masks had been such large tasks that they ended up costing as a lot as Pokémon Legends: Arceus‘ total funds. In accordance to the leaks, the add-ons bought round 6.15 million copies within the first 10 months, in comparison with the bottom Scarlet and Violet’s 27 million in gross sales. Arceus, in the meantime, moved roughly twice what the DLC did (14 million copies) at a better value level, so Sport Freak is seeking to reduce budgets for its DLC packs to make the enterprise mannequin extra sustainable.
Growth Budgets:
– SV DLC: 500 million yen– Legends 2/ZA: 2 billion yen– Winds/Waves: 3 billion yen
— Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks) October 13, 2025
One other fascinating reality about Scarlet and Violet’s DLC is that whereas the ultimate product ended up going down in Kitkami and the Blueberry Academy in Unova (Black and White), the unique plan was to set them in Kalos (X and Y/Legends: Z-A) and Alola (Solar and Moon).
The Pokémon Scarlet/Violet DLC was initially planed to be set in Kalos and Alola.
We ended up getting Kitakami and Unova. pic.twitter.com/V0gWImY9kB
— Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks) October 13, 2025
One of many authentic 151 almost obtained a Gigantamax kind
An enormous a part of this leak was a swath of idea artwork for Pokémon Sword and Protect. The 2019 Swap video games launched a brand new battle gimmick known as Dynamaxing that permits gamers to briefly rework their monsters into highly effective kaijus below sure circumstances. Each Pokémon might use this system, however a choose few had been in a position to tackle new types completely, known as Gigantamax types, as soon as they grew to the scale of a skyscraper. One of many authentic 151 Pokémon, the poison-type monster Nidoking, was sooner or later in growth going to have one among these types. He would have sported a crimson crown and beard, in addition to a cape on his again. It could have actually leaned into the “king” a part of the Pokémon’s identify, but it surely was scrapped. It’s unknown if its feminine counterpart, Nidoqueen, would have additionally obtained the same kind.
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— (Not) Centro Leaks (@CentroLeaks_alt) October 13, 2025
Crew Star had a a lot totally different look
Crew Star, the antagonistic staff in Scarlet and Violet, is a bunch of scholar outcasts who determined to show all their anger on their fellow classmates. However it seems just like the group was fairly totally different within the early idea levels. Leaked idea artwork exhibits a number of grownup leaders in Crew Star, fairly than the school-aged crew we ended up going through in 2022. Some design motifs survived the iteration course of, comparable to every member having a float/automobile they pilot that caters to their totally different aesthetics, however general, it looks like Crew Star would have had a a lot totally different function if this model of the group had survived. One member has a biker/monster truck theme, one other has a Wailmer-run boat, and there’s additionally a cunty-ass automotive being held up by a number of Togekiss. It seems like this may have been piloted by a dapper male character, and I want I might have met this queen.
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— (Not) Centro Leaks (@CentroLeaks_alt) October 13, 2025
There’s no Black and White remake in growth…but
Sport Freak has been placing out remakes of its outdated Pokémon video games in chronological order, and provided that the Good Diamond and Shining Pearl remakes introduced the Era IV video games to the Swap in 2021, followers have been speculating for years {that a} remake of Gen V’s Black and White is imminent. Properly, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Not less than, not but. The paperwork within the leak make notice of what the staff needs for a future remake, but it surely’s not at present listed on any of Sport Freak’s pipelines. One other developer might tackle the venture like ILCA did for BDSP, however for proper now, I feel we are able to safely assume that an eventual Black and White remake is a methods down the road.
Sport Freak almost made a Pokéwalker cell app
Sport Freak had plans to create a PokéWalker app that will be suitable with Sword and Protect. This could have allowed you to take your Pokémon with you in your telephone, play minigames, and even catch new monsters to ship to your copy of Sword or Protect. The identify “Pokéwalker” initially referred to a peripheral that was first launched again in HeartGold and SoulSilver as a pedometer you may clip onto your garments or bag, and was basically a digital pet suitable with the DS video games. It seems like this may have served a whole lot of the identical operate, however with out the manufacturing prices.
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— (Not) Centro Leaks (@CentroLeaks_alt) October 13, 2025
We nearly obtained not one, however two Johto Legends video games
Pokémon Legends: Z-A is the second recreation within the Legends subseries, and is ready within the modern-day. Earlier than Sport Freak determined to take us again to Kalos, it was contemplating going to Johto, the area from Gold and Silver. The concept was to have two video games, Legends: Ho-Oh and Legends: Lugia, fairly than simply the lone recreation like Arceus and Z-A have been. Like Arceus, these video games would have been a interval piece with a protagonist shot by way of time into historic Johto and seeing the beginnings of Pokémon trainers. Hopefully Sport Freak revisits the concept down the road, however we do know from the leaks the subsequent Legends recreation might be set in Galar.
“Pokémon Legends: Ho-Oh / Lugia” (sure there have been 2 variations for this one)
2024 marks the twenty fifth anniversary of Gold and Silver.
A historic episode set up to now of the Gold and Silver period — “Pokémon: Tales of Then and Now.”
Goals to be the last word type of the Legends sequence.…
— Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks) October 13, 2025
Drama behind the scenes
Among the paperwork confer with inside politics at Sport Freak, together with long-time sequence director Junichi Masuda being “banned” from directing mainline video games for a time frame. Based on translations of Sport Freak personnel paperwork, workers thought of the interval as much as Black and White to be largely dominated by Masuda and felt nobody within the firm might oppose him, resulting in a “focus of energy” and disorganization inside the studio. This finally led to an argument between Masuda and character artist Ken Sugimori through the X and Y period, in the end ensuing within the firm’s resolution to take away Masuda from the director’s chair. Masuda has since stayed on as a producer and supervisor of mainline video games, and was in a position to direct the remakes Let’s Go, Pikachu/Eevee and BDSP. In 2022, Masuda left Sport Freak for a task on the wider Pokémon Firm, the place he acts as Chief Artistic Fellow.
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Extra information is coming from this leak as we communicate, so there would possibly nonetheless be some main bombshells to return. However for now, we have now a fairly good image of what’s coming after Pokémon Legends: Z-A launches on Swap and Swap 2 on October 16.
