This image has been floating around and we are told it is from Pokemon Switch[prebreak]1[/prebreak], leaked by a member of the internal translation team at Nintendo:

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After some further investigation, it appears the image was initially posted by:

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It's since been removed.

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Who knows if it's real, or not?

It's also a slow news week, so far..

 

[Garblant]

On the first page someone mentioned it looking like Citra set to display higher quality graphics ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Oh, must have missed that. I find it funny how people seem to forget how citra is the only way to handle model hacks in USUM.

I'm sure the picture is definitely on the switch, but the picture probably originated on an uprez'd screenshot (thanks to citra) from a modded area in USUM (or possibly SM), along with the classic "blur" effect.

Meh, this makes any other leaks boring, since everyone could do something similar...

 

[Psi-hate]

The resolution width and height look wrong anyway. That doesn't seem to be the switch's screen at all, but I might be wrong.

 

[Capitan]

So a character riding a Lapras, with the head turned towards the camera. They're also surrounded by other Pokémon?

 

[RedBlueGreen]

So a character riding a Lapras, with the head turned towards the camera. They're also surrounded by other Pokémon?

It might not be other Pokémon. You can definitely see a Gyarados tail, but the red and blue things on the right side could be something else. Yeah the blue thing looks slightly like a Wooper, but there's not enough clarity in the image to tell.

 

[Frezgle]

Looks.... bad. As others have said, looks like a 3DS screenshot with some extra stuff thrown in and blurred to all hell to hide the seams.
It also reminds me a lot of this area from D/P/Pt:

So, y'know "Gen 4 remakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and all that.
(I sure hope not; after OR/AS I don't trust them not to ruin Sinnoh too).

 

[Vieela]

Honestly, it really does feel fake to me. I bet Nintendo and Game Freak would wish something that'd completely break barriers on the Switch, and seeing that they have a MUCH bigger hardware freedom in relation to the 3DS i really do doubt the would just copy over the 3DS graphics. When going from the DS to the 3DS they've done a big graphical advance by turning it into 3D, and now they are much probably gonna make the graphics much better.

 

[Deleted member 414991]

Fake.

 

[DarthDub]

Pokémon Ultra Fake and Ultra Gay.

 

[Deleted User]

Looks pretty fake to me. Besides, I'm not sure if it's just me, but the screenshots doesn't even look like it's being played on actual Switch, more like some random screen screenshotted slightly askew.

Sometimes I really wish these "leakers" would include the whole console in the screenshots they post, and not just some impossibly vague close-up that seem to suspiciously cover up everything but the screen.

 

[DeslotlCL]

Honestly, it really does feel fake to me. I bet Nintendo and Game Freak would wish something that'd completely break barriers on the Switch, and seeing that they have a MUCH bigger hardware freedom in relation to the 3DS i really do doubt the would just copy over the 3DS graphics. When going from the DS to the 3DS they've done a big graphical advance by turning it into 3D, and now they are much probably gonna make the graphics much better.

You mean still using sprites and just making the terrain and objects with ugly 3d models even for the ds capabilities and standars? Yeah, what a huuuuge improvement.

Dont expect high quality stuff with gamefreak, they have never used the full potential of any handheld they have developed for.

 

[Lightyose]

Didn't he say: "Pokemon Switch"? It was like he tried to tell it wasn't real...

 

[Pikm]

One switch, two switch, red switch, blue switch.

 

[AaronUzumaki]

This is 100% an ORAS mod. No way would they step the graphics backwards from SuMo. The character model is identical to ORAS, the land mass at the top is squared off exactly like ORAS, the rocks and the water looks just like ORAS as well.

 

[Vieela]

You mean still using sprites and just making the terrain and objects with ugly 3d models even for the ds capabilities and standars? Yeah, what a huuuuge improvement.

Dont expect high quality stuff with gamefreak, they have never used the full potential of any handheld they have developed for.

I quite agree, but, even if gamefreak isn't really putting an incredible effort, i really, REALLY doubt they would use graphics from an old generation in an entirely new game. They said they "hit the roof" on the 3DS' processing power, and i bet they would at least try to make something of more quality for an entire new gaming system. That's the least i would except.

 

[AkikoKumagara]

I feel sorry for anyone who believes this is real.

 

[TWIS]

It's ROSA

 

[plushifoxed]

(I sure hope not; after OR/AS I don't trust them not to ruin Sinnoh too).

You say that like Sinnoh wasn't already the worst region

Anyway this is comically fake. It's an area from one of the 3DS games, probably Gen 6 as SMUSUM look way better than that for the most part.

 

[CitizenSnips]

Definitely looks like an area in oras to me

 

[JellyPerson]

Looks like Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire

 

[leonmagnus99]

it will be another X/Y
pokemon is way too overrated..

play SMT folks.