Game Freak leak reveals Pokémon news and Switch 2 codename

Game Freak, one of the leading video game developers Pokemon, It was the target of a major data leak this weekend. As a result, not only was the sensitive information of employees and service providers exposed; The codename for the successor to the Nintendo Switch – Presumably “Ounce” – and the 10th Generation Little Monsters games – “Gaia (N & K)”, which will be the successor to Scarlet and Violet.

in Official statementOn October 10, CEO Satoshi Tajiri confirmed the authenticity of the incident and apologized for the leak of thousands of personal information, which occurred due to unauthorized third party access to the company’s servers in August this year.

What was revealed with the leak?

In addition to the codename for the Nintendo Switch successor and the tenth generation Little Monsters games, which have already been announced Pokemon Legends: ZA His codename was also revealed with the leak: “IkkakuA project that has not yet been announced, codenamed “Clamp“, also produced in partnership with ILCA, Brilliant diamonds and Bright pearland is supposed to be a multiplayer battle game Pokemon.

It is worth noting that in 2020, Nintendo was the target of the so-called “Gigaleak” which, in addition to revealing prototypes and discarded materials from the company’s games, also indicated that the MMO game from Pokemon It was considered in 2004, but was cancelled. It is not yet clear whether the project has the code name “Clamp” Will it be a resumption of this idea or something more in line with games like spoonFor example.

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Moreover, this new leak would have also revealed the complete source code for games like pokemon heart gold, soulsilver, Black 2 and White 2 – All Nintendo DS. As a result, many sprites and other design materials that are not used by the developer appear on social media. This would also open the way for community modifications that were not possible before.

When will the Switch successor be revealed?

Nintendo has already confirmed that its next video game is in production and will be revealed by the end of this fiscal year, which runs until March 31, 2025. Although its popular name is Switch 2, the successor doesn’t have an official name yet. All of its details are nothing more than speculation at this point.

However, some developers are already coming forward and confirming their games for Nintendo’s new platform. He was the first of them My time at Evershineby Pathea Games.

Speaking of games First partyNintendo still has some titles scheduled on its release calendar. Later this year, Mario Party Jamboree and Mario and Luigi: Brotherhood Arrives on Nintendo Switch in Brazilian Portuguese. About that, Donkey Kong Country Returns in high quality Arrives in January and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond It still doesn’t have a release date.