FAKE: Could the Gen VIII Starters Have Leaked?!

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IMPORTANT UPDATE: These have now been CONFIRMED FAKE as the artist has been found! They came out in a Facebook post. It’s unfortunate that these weren’t real… but let’s just hope that Game Freak manages to do even better!

These were posted anonymously, there are some concerns about the Japanese, but mostly pedantic discussion of hiragana vs katakana use. Most likely fake.

These do not come with names, but it appears as though we have a Grass-type Lemur, a Fire-type Rabbit and a Water-type Platypus!

Guess we’ll have to wait for more details to see if these are real or not! What are your initial impressions?!

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  4. Wow, this was certainly something to wake up to! These leaks are in the same territory as the starter evolution leaks of last year. I’m absolutely on Team Real for the moment.

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  5. I like them, but seeing as we’ve already had some fakes using the confidential style leak these are likely fake as well

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  7. hmmmm idk.. i would love for these to be real.. they are all SUPER cute..

    but for some reason that rabbit doesn’t sit well with me… like i love her.. sooo much.. but it seems like it might be fake.. only time will tell though.

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  11. Yeah if these are somehow real I am so quickly picking the water. Fire second and grass last(love it too just not as much as other two) it’s so upsetting knowing these will most likely be fake since they easily the best rumored starters we have seen this gen

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  13. I don’t have much hope for this to be true, but we’ll see.

    All I know for sure is that if either of these rumors gain lots of traction before supporting evidence for either comes out, then Verlisify is gonna have another rant about not wanting people to cover potential fakes.

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  16. These reference sheets are similar to the leaked final evolutions of Alola’s starters and have both the correct art style and quality of design. Easily the most believable “leaks” so far. I feel the same way about these as I did when the Alolan starter evolutions leaked. Still could be fake, but they’re remarkably good for fakes. I for one belive them to be real at this point. Kudos to the creator if they’ve tricked me.

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  17. I feel like it’s way too early for a real leak since none of the 7th generation starter Pokémon have evolved yet in the series. Where’s that leaked Incineroar that belongs to Ash? These supposed 8th generation starters look great, but they’re a bit too cute and I feel like that can be looked at as a bit of a red flag. How could anyone even get such clear-ass pictures of these art reference sketches anyway? Unless they Save Image As’d these pics from a computer, these pictures must be fake because they’re too good to be true.

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