It appears another "gigaleak" has gone down, involving Nintendo. According to sources online, it appears that Game Freak has been hacked, resulting in internal data from the company being leaked to the public. Those involved in the hacking community or those within general Pokemon related groups are claiming that while they will not be discussing or dissecting the specifics within the leak, it initially is being claimed that there is a total of 1TB of data.

This allegedly includes the source code for Pokemon Platinum, source codes for Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver, beta builds of Pokemon Black and White 2, beta builds of Pokemon X and Y, and potential internal codenames for upcoming Pokemon projects. Within it are mentions of an online Pokemon game, a collaborative project between Game Freak and Studio ILCA, the potential code name of the Nintendo Switch 2 being "Ounce", and a project named Gaia, which may be the next generation of Pokemon titles.

Further details are slowly being posted on X, and as more becomes clear, we'll be sure to update this post with new information.

[Gigaleak]

I'm currently hearing that a significant amount of internal data from Game Freak is being leaked onto the Internet.

I don't intend on looking at this data so I can't confirm for myself, but I have heard it includes stuff like source code for HeartGold & SoulSilver.

— OatmealDome (@OatmealDome) October 12, 2024

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Source: X.com: CentroLeaks
Source: X.com: 3clipse_tt
Source: X.com: SwitchTools

[UPDATE]

• As some of the data from the gigaleak hints towards a "Gen 10" Pokemon game, industry insider NecroLipe claims that Pokemon Gaia will launch for both the Switch and its successor system.
• Users on ResetEra claim that a playable build of Legends Z-A is included in the leak.
• Ikkaku, Gaia-K, and Gaia-N are all codenames with Nintendo Switch product codes.
• Synapse appears to be an "online multiplayer" game. This is the collab project with ILCA, who worked on BD/SP. One claim states that it's similar to an MMO, while another says it's closer to Splatoon.
• Contrary to the claims of there being a version of Legends Z-A that is close to complete, the leaker has apparently said they don't wish to spoil the surprises of future unreleased games, so those will not be included in the leak.
• The hack is the result of a phishing attempt on a Nintendo Dev Portal user.
• Beta Gen 3 Pokemon sprites were leaked
• Internal design documents for Gen 4 and Gen 5 were leaked.
• An official map editor for Gen 4 is in the files.
• Logo and boxart design from Game Freak were included.

 

[Deleted member 411374]

99.9% of budget for lawyers
0.1% of budget for security

 

[JuanMena]

Saddest song in tiniest violin:

an online Pokemon game

Pokemon TCG Mobile?

the potential code name of the Nintendo Switch 2 being "Ounce"

Damn, nobody nailed this in that Shaunj6 thread.

 

[emigre]

On the bright side, someone might use this to make versions of Scarlet and Violent which run semi- competently.

 

[smilodon]

Pokémon leaks are more interesting than their new games nowadays.

 

[SylverReZ]

Guess they focused more on the lawsuits than security. Every company is getting breached these days.

 

[ItsAshleyFTW]

I could only assume this could be "revenge" someone has taken against them for suing Palworld...

 

[hippy dave]

Inside job, in the hope that someone else will fix their buggy code

 

[NostalgicMillennial]

My only reaction to this:

Whelp...i guess someone didn't care too much for PalWorld getting targeted now did they....??

 

[Jayro]

Good, they deserve this expensive karma.

 

[The Catboy]

Tragic
Anyways

 

[WaveSmash]

Every single thing Nintendo related that leaks makes me happy. For one they deserve it, and two their development history is always extremely fascinating. I don't know why Nintendo is so secretive about even the most basic "behind the scenes" content. Unfortunately for them it paradoxically creates MORE demand for bigger and more serious leaks lol.

 

[Axido]

A playable build of an unreleased Pokémon game? I've seen builds of released Pokémon games that were barely playable.

 

[Bladexdsl]

this is retaliation for taking down RYU. i'm loving it

 

[BlusterBong]

if this was any other non-nintendo related company and things were leaked to this degree, it'd stay in the headlines for a day or two before being ignored. Remember when Disney had thier slack servers hacked and had a similar level leak?, wonder where the smug pricks who insinuate that it's some "Epik owns for being da woke!!" or "For making muh terrible products" then. Best to just not engage in this leak entirely if you want to be consistant with whatever stance you had.

 

[The Catboy]

I wonder if this leak has the rest of SV that we were promised?

 

[codezer0]

 

[CoolMe]

the potential code name of the Nintendo Switch 2 being "Ounce"

Wat? if that indeed ends up being the case, that's the gotta be one of the (if not the) most ridiculous name for a gaming console ever!

This allegedly includes the source code for Pokemon Platinum, source codes for Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver, beta builds of Pokemon Black and White 2

Yay!

 

[Quore]

My honest reaction

Game Freak just got gigahacked:

With source codes for Pokemon games reportedly leaked:

 

[JustABadger]

“Nintendo Ounce”

No fucking way.

The new console is going to be called Splash.