Pokémon developer Game Freak confirmed that internal material related to the franchise — from source codes to early and in some cases scrapped character designs — was leaked on social media this weekend. a In a post on Thursday (translated from Japanese), the company said it discovered its servers had been hacked in August, leaking sensitive employee data. He did not address the Pokémon leaks, although much of that content has been released online since the statement was released.
Leaked documents and images were flooded and then X started dropping them all on saturday afternoon. As some fans say, the “Teraleak” files include source codes for past games. Pokémon HeartGold and Soul Silver, Codenames for Switch 2 and the upcoming Gen 10 Pokemon games – “Ounce” and “Gaia” respectively – are references to a game in development Pokemon Internal discussions from MMO and design meetings. There are also details about what was allegedly not released Detective Pikachu sequel and other planned Pokémon movies, as well as a new anime series.
The scope of the leak is huge, exposing tons of beta character designs and concept art in addition to source code. Neither Nintendo nor The Pokemon Company have yet publicly acknowledged the leak. Engadget has reached out for comment. Game Freak said in a statement that it had strengthened its security and apologized to those affected by the breach, noting that an unauthorized third party accessed the personal information of more than 2,600 current and former employees.
