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[RUMOR] Starter Pokemon for Gen 8 leaked [Update] Nope, just the cycle of a new Pokemon game

Is Psyduck a platypus?

  • No, you fool. He's a duck!

    Votes: 915 72.7%

  • Yes, it's all a ruse!

    Votes: 343 27.3%
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DNAbro

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EDIT: Show's over


Enrico25 said:
Starters confirmed fake.
Italian site:
https://www.pokemonmillennium.net/r...dietro-i-presunti-pokemon-iniziali-di-switch/
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Atheerios said:
Here is the artist:
https://www.facebook.com/50shadesofHeliolisk/posts/1808253795916089


Confirmed fake
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Maybe take this one with a pound of salt. It seems to be very similar to the Gen 7 final evo leaks but this could definitely be just someone trying to emulate that leak. Really good designs though. I haven't seen anyone debunk it or claim it as theirs yet.

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close if old.

edit2: if people are wondering about the Japanese legitness
Sage said:
Actually, the fact that they used katakana for the first, kanji for the second and hiragana for the third makes it more likely these are real. Writing in katakana creates a 'cooler' image, which it seems like they're trying to project with the grass monkey. Hiragana has a more 'cute' / 'childlike' image, which is the theme of the water starter. It's a very Japanese thing to do so if it's fake then whoever did it put a lot of thought into it.
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edit: comparison with the gen 7 leaks
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Source: http://boards.4chan.org/vp/thread/34936085

edit: another good point and reference for recent model sheets.
TheGreatLugia said:
They talk about the art looking cleaner than the Gen VII starter leak which is true, but it seems to match the more recent model sheets in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.


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Normal

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Oct 26, 2017
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The designs look nice, they look better than the last three gens first stages.
 

rude

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Honest to god the absolute ugliest starters in this series' history if real.
 
Grand Galvantula

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99.9% chance of it being fake

it's not the first fake I've seen since the Alola starters leak that tried to emulate the aesthetic.
 
ReyVGM

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Ooooh, it says "Confidential"! Must be real!

Also, aren't these the same ones that "leaked" some weeks ago. Someone had them framed on a wall or something?
 
Atheerios

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This comes from 4chan. There are fake starters every single week there. This is no different and has nothing special, why did you make a thread for this?
 
Farrac

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They're probably fake, of course. But I will say, for the record, that there is absolutely nothing that screams fake in those designs. I would love to meet the artist.

Also, OP, you should post the source, even if it is from... *sigh* 4chan.
 
9-Volt

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I refuse to believe. Switch Pokémon games have to be gen 1 UE4 remakes. They have to be.
 
ShinobiBk

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The top one is booty
The fire rabbit and the platypus are cool.
I'll go with the platypus

Also, I'll go ahead and say these are fake
 
Trisc

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Didn't think it was possible, but I really dislike all of these. With Gen 7, I liked all three starters a lot (especially Popplio), and I didn't exactly dislike Gen 5 or 6, either. But if this is real, I'm not a fan.
 
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