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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  3. Well I mean I don’t want this to go to waste. (this was written before I found out)

    NOW ONTO THE RABBIT (I’m 90% sure this sounds cringy as hell)
    Looking at possible origins for the Fire Bunny, I really think it could be the first Fire/Fairy mon! Here is some proof I found!
    1. In Asia there’s a pretty popular story about a Rabbit, a Fox and a Monkey (which already have fire starters based on them). In the story an old man beggs the animals for food. The fox and the monkey gather fish and fruit for him, and the Rabbit that doesn’t know how to gather food jumps into a fire so the man can eat it. It turns out the Man was actually the god Śakra, he saved the rabbit and drew a portrait of it on the moon. The legends say the image on the moon is still in smoke from the fire the rabbit threw itself into. The story is obviously related to Fire, but also to the Moon, which is related to the fairy type, as we see through some Fairy moves (tho Tbf Lunala isn’t a fairy type) and the Rabbits good will can be linked to Fairy too. The design of the potential rabbit starter has a smoke theme, just like the rabbit’s portrait according to the story.
    2. As many of you know, there’s a mythical creature called Jackalope. Jackalopes are popular mythical creatures, which could be easily linked to fairy type. There was also a fire in the Rincon Mountains called the “Jackalope Fire”

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  4. Well, if he’s being honest and not attention grabbing, then kudos to him. Also, he spent waaaaaay too much time on these for “just a laugh.” 😉

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  6. RIP PLATIPAL….
    Hello everyone.
    After a lot of laughter, I think the game can end.
    In short, I am the author of the leaks that have made such a sensation lately. I’ve been working there for quite some time, and I got a helping hand from a Japanese friend of mine for the writings that have been so much discussed.

    It was a lot of fun, initially I did not think it would have had so much relevance, then I saw it explode on YouTube, Twitter, fan art, meme, even Rule34 and I could not believe it.
    I apologize to those who believed and hoped that they were true, and I congratulate those who have not been convinced and pointed out in a more or less edgy.
    But in general, the fact that it has had this great reach makes me realize that maybe I managed to create something really convincing.
    Peace and love, and if you want you can also start throwing on me all the insults I deserve

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  8. I mean I really liked these, but the games haven’t even been announced yet. RIP Rabbit and Platypus, Lemur can just die in memories like it should be.

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  14. I’m kinda sad, but on the other hand I still got the new Doctor Who logo to be hyped about!

    (and don’t tell me not to get invested, it’s worth it for the hype)

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  17. ….SIGH….. The after affects of these leaks are tearing people apart even more……..

    They were fake but convincing, we get it

    Lets just all get along……………..

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    • It’s not the leaks tearing people apart, it’s the attitude that one person’s opinion is objectively correct and anyone who disagrees is an idiot. Unfortunately, that will continue to exist, rumors or no.

      Keep bringing on the rumors Pokejungle. They are a ton of fun to discuss. 🙂

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        • In hindsight. This time. And even so, it is not an excuse to insult people or tell them to stop enjoying something just because you don’t.

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          • Yep. Just like I thought

            Even though I was absolutely right and backed myself up with evidence and facts, I’m still being treated like I hate fun.

            Cool fucking cool

          • Im sick of it.

            I want myself and everyone else to have a fun time speculating without Star having to get on her high horse and insult everyone. It’s trash.

          • Just let her insult and sit on her high horse. You don’t know her from a hole in the wall to get this worked up over something so small and she doesn’t have to get this irate over something that wont have an on-going effect on her. Just let it be. They’re fake mons…. Congrats star you’re right. Let it go

          • Eh, more than having fun ‘speculating’ there was more people setting themselves up for disappointment by claiming they’re real (like seriously this belief that they were real kept growing immensely for no reason).

            And she’s not insulting anyone? She was kinda aggressive sometimes but never insulting

          • Calling people fools, naive, stupid, lacking critical thinking, etc. That’s insults. And it doesnt you if someone sets themselves up for dissapointment. So just let them!

          • I never called anyone stupid or fools so idk where you got that but yes. If you believe any slightly well done leak that you see then you are absolutely naive

            This is from a girl who used to believe any slightly well done leak that she saw

          • I will copy paste what I said last night which was a compilation of everything I have BEEN saying

            “Fine even though I have repeated it over and over I’ll say it again
            – The last big leaks were starter concept art leaks that came out MONTHS before even the mid evos. They would NOT let that happen again especially when the images are such high quality.
            – Everyone wants to make fake leaks like those now. There are so many concept art leaks. They’re just like Coro Coro scans from back in the day but easier to make because you don’t have to make it look like the worst designed, most eye bleeding magazine in existence. Just draw them in a few poses and add some Japanese text.
            – There is no credible leaker backing this up with more information like the Chinese leaker with SuMo.
            – The only evidence supporting this is real is the Japanese text. While yes it’s a difficult language, that’s an extremely low bar isn’t it?
            – The sugimori style isn’t that hard to emulate. Take two seconds to look online.
            I say why the sudden need for evidence because everyone just accepts that these are real without anything to really back it up. But then I’m hateful because I’m the only one not just agreeing with everyone because I want it to be real.
            And yeah like I would love these. The bunny would be top 3 starters for sure but you gotta look at facts.”

          • Every single piece of evidence i see here is an opinion.

            “Too early, too common, not credible enough, too low of a bar, too easy to emulate.” All opinion, no facts.

          • Okay Im done. I hope you feel accomplished. You made people feel like crap (and you will continue to do so like you have done for months). Good job. I’ll go make the world a better place instead.

          • That’s all I’m good for apparently. Making people feel bad. Because no one wants to fucking think.

            I was the one who kept going on about how USUM wasn’t adding enough to fix Sun and Moon and I was right about that too, but that didn’t make people feel good so f*ck me then.

            Because it doesn’t matter what’s true, all that matters is that people get caught up in hype culture without caring about what they’re actually consuming. So when someone like me calls then out every goes in on them.

            F*ck this site honestly. I’m so sick of being treated like this. Maybe I should just censor myself and act like Pokémon is flawless because that’s how I acted when people here liked me. When I was like twelve or something.

          • If you want to feel like you can argue ANYTHING, stop using opinions and claiming you can back them up with “Evidence.” It’s not possible.

          • Alright, Star. This is my last attempt to illustrate my point. The fact that you didn’t believe the rumors isn’t the problem. You are perfectly within your rights to be as skeptical as you want. But look at the differences here:

            One way of expressing your side of the discussion – “I simply can’t bring myself to believe these rumors because of x, y, and z. #NotMyStarters. 😀 ”

            Here’s another way – “THESE ARE NOT REAL AND YOU ARE ALL IDIOTS FOR BELIEVING THEM BECAUSE I’M OBVIOUSLY RIGHT.”

            The first way is rational, civil discussion. The second way implies that your disbelief somehow makes you better than people who lean the other way and is insulting, not just in tone or by assumtion, but by literally using insulting words like stupid, idiot, naive. Do you see the difference?

          • So don’t let it personally bother you if someone doesn’t agree with you after you post your opinion the first way. They are just as within their rights to believe as you are within your rights to disbelieve. It is not an insult if someone doesn’t agree with your rationale.

          • How can I not let it personally bother me when people constantly get angry at me for not agreeing with their shitty opinions.

            Since USUM was revealed I’ve been treated like I just hate fun and I don’t want people to enjoy things because apparently that’s easier to believe

          • See, right there: “their shitty opinions.” That’s unneccessarily insulting. If people are getting angry at you, ignore them. Otherwise, you turn in to the person everyone else ignores for getting angry at them.

  20. Why is there controversy over fake leaks/possible rumors on Pokejungle of all places?

    I remember things being chill when all those Black and White rumors were shooting out the wazoo. What’s different now?

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    • I kind of wonder if there’s an actual zodiac theme going on or there’s just a string of coincidences.

      I guess we’ll find out eventually.

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      • Cyndaquil and fennekin don’t even fit. Charmander only does if you consider charizard, which isn’t fair considering all the other fire starters that actually fit the pattern do it from the first stage.

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        • I guess Charmander fits as a first stage because it’s based on the salamander, which is a close relative to the dragon?

          Meh. Personally, I’m hoping to for a fire seal, just through everyone off ala Chespin.

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          • I think it’s a dumb pattern. Why would they be basing JUST the fire line on the zodiac? I simply don’t understand what their reasoning would be/ is if true

          • Though, two of the fire starters are based on Journey to the West (Chinese) characters, meaning GF is aware of the Zodiac meme on some level.

          • I understand, it’s just strange to deligate a pattern to one starter type and not to the others.

            And that doesn’t really matter anyway because a time will come, if they are doing the pattern, where they will have covered all the zodiac animals.

          • Grass types have all been extinct animals and Water-types have all been amphibious animals/animals capable of movement on land and in water. Yes, the Zodiac will run out at some point, but 12 Gens is longer than 4.

      • I feel the pattern fits well enough that it’s not unreasonable to imagine this is the theme for determining Fire starters. Some might quibble with Delphox and Typhlosion standing in for dog and mouse respectively, but foxes are canids and I’ve heard that the Chinese character or characters for rodents applies also to weasels and other mustelids. I guess if the next Fire starter is either a snake, a sheep/ram, a rabbit, a horse, or an ox/bison, it will add more fuel to the… well, you know.

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