Everything we know about Teraleak: the biggest leak in Nintendo and Pokémon history – Pokémon Legends: Z-A

Although it only came to the forefront of the news a few months later, the truth is that just over a year ago, a user leaked tons of information on Discord, including, for example, the number of new Mega Evolutions we will see in the upcoming Pokémon Legends: Z-A. These leaks caused great concern to Nintendo, who quickly mobilized their army of lawyers to track down the insider GameFreakOUT. It seems they were not very successful, as yesterday afternoon, almost a year after the first Teraleak, the “Pókeleaks” returned.

We are going to try to structure all the new information from what is already considered the biggest leak in Nintendo’s history in parts, without sensationalism and sticking to the sources or replicas that still keep the images on social networks. Of course, nothing you’re going to see or read here is official or definitive information about what Game Freak, The Pokémon Company or Nintendo is planning, but all indications are that this would have been the three companies’ plan for the Pokémon franchise in video games for this current generation on Nintendo Switch 2.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A was not the original plan: it was to be a game set in Johto.

Let’s start with what is closest to us. Although Pokémon Legends Z-A is set in the urban setting of Lumiose City in the Kalos region, early sketches of Pokémon Legends 2 indicate that it would have been a title set in the open wilderness of Johto, as “Arceus” was. In fact, the documents show it as Pokémon Ho-Oh and Pokémon Lugia, since the plan was to release them in 2024, the 25th anniversary of the release of Pokémon Gold and Silver.

It also continued the exploration of earlier eras in the Pokémon universe. It would have been set in a time before Pokémon trainers and would eventually explore the origins of Pokémon training. The main character of the adventure would be a time traveler who led the Pokémon and revived three of them.

All of this information, as we now know, was discarded in favor of the “contemporary” setting of Lumiose City in Kalos, and presumably will never be made into an actual game. However, there is always the possibility that some of this storyline could be used in a hypothetical Pokémon Legends 3. In Pokémon Legends: Z-A, there was a prototype PokéRide in which the protagonist could also move around on Pokémon and across rooftops. The size of the Pokémon and the way the character rides on them would fit perfectly, looking at the modeling of the account in X.

There are no remakes in development for Pokémon Black and White.

Bitter news, as we were sure the rumors of remakes for Pokémon Presents Gen 5 were true. From Game Freak’s leaked documentation, we now know that no remakes are in the works for Pokémon Black and White, but they do clarify that if such a project is eventually greenlit in the future, it will be done all over again, with much love and affection for the Unova (Thesselia ) region.

Pokémon Legends: Galar would be the next release of the 10th generation

There is not much information about it, but in the leaked documentation there is a PowerPoint screen that refers to Project Ringo (which, translated, means “apple”), which from the images suggests it would be set in the area of Galar. The plan, according to the documents (remember these are leaks of very old plans and everything could have changed) will be in 2027 or 2028.

Possible Pokémon Gen 10: Wind and Waves

This is where things start to get VERY interesting. Game Freak’s documentation (dating from 2021, as reported by Insider Gaming) talks about the tenth generation of games as a two-generation game themed “infinity,” with a new game engine.

Pokémon Wind/Waves would be set in the Southeast Asian region and feature a new Weather Moves mechanism. It also appears to have been (or would have been) directed by Shigeru Ohmori (head design on Pokémon Pearl and Diamond, director of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, as well as Sun and Moon ). The plot seems to revolve around a boy who travels around the region with his family after winning a lottery prize, while meeting a young Pokémon professor who studies weather phenomena with Wind and Waves. There is also a development organization involved in deforesting and consuming the area’s resources, suggesting that these will be the villains of the story.

Logos for Pokémon Wind and Pokémon Wave appeared on 4chan a few weeks ago, so it is quite likely that this was The Pokémon Company’s plan. Something must have changed, though, because the plan was to release this title in 2025.

The dream Pokémon MMO: Project Seed

If there is one thing everyone is really excited about what this Teraleak might have come up with, it is that there is repeated mention of something called Seed. Seed is the code name for a Pokémon game with online multiplayer systems that would take place throughout the archipelago of Japan. In other words, it would be a multi-regional Pokémon ranging from the first to the fourth generation.

Seed would also see the next big technical leap for the franchise, as it would be developed with the new game engine, Pokémon X -engine, which would allow it to mimic the most lush and detailed environments in the series. We would also be able to travel between islands, and there have even been prototypes of underwater environments that could be explored.

Documentation suggests Seed is scheduled for release in 2028, so it will undoubtedly be exclusive to Nintendo Switch 2.

11th generation in 2030

Briefly mentioned as part of a team organization process, the leak mentions that the 11th generation of Pokémon games is expected to be released in 2030, but no code name, storyline or inspiration for this project is mentioned. It is estimated that several members of the development team of the current releases would serve dual roles to support this project, but nothing else is mentioned.

And that basically sums up all the information that has come out about Pokémon in recent days. Again, we remind you that none of this is official and neither Nintendo, Game Freak nor The Pokémon Company have made any statement on the matter.