If you missed Pokemon Rumors part 1, you can watch it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nb2Iad2qx8W0m5c.html

Fake Leak: *Has accurate Japanese* Leakers: Impossible.

"it was an April fool's day joke" "The artist came forward days later" "The Japanese text was inaccurate" "Rumor was proven false when the game released"

Pranksters: There's gonna be a third Gen 4 Game based on Giratina! Pranksters: Here's Sky Forme Shaymin! Pranksters: Here's a new Rotom Forme! Platinum Devs: *cold sweat*

Oh my, I remember seeing PURGE as a kid and not being able to wrap my head around how bidoof would become an unclear garbled mess.

That one rumor about a Spain based region and a story themed around tradition and innovation lookin' legit in retrospect...

you mean to tell me people actually believed that bidoof was gonna evolve into a robot? cmon man

Leak: *Exists* People who know Japanese: "i'm about to end this man's whole career"

you payed surprisingly little attention to all the pokemon Z theories... that was a really big thing back then. people were convinced it would happen because zygarde had two signature moves, 1000 arrows and 1000 waves, that weren't accessible without cheating, so people assumed those were going to be used for a pokemon XZ and YZ. then, at one point, the director announced there wouldn't be a pokemon Z because he didn't want to be predictable. you know, even now, thinking about it just reminds me of all the missed potential there was with gen 6. it honestly feels like they were setting up for a third version, but decided not to, for whatever reason. there was so much unused stuff and loose ends in x and y.

How to make a fake scan: use flash and tilt the image slightly

The early Gen 5 fake Pokemon brings back so many memories.

I remember Cutiefly being leaked a couple days before it was revealed, but no one believed it because of its name😂

Jesus that Mega Evolved Azumarill is horrifying

Okay, but "Apparachnid" as a ghost spider pokemon sounds amazing

For those wondering: the reason for the accuracy of those Sun and Moon starter leaks/fanart was that the JAPANESE NAMES of the starters had leaked (well, rather, trademark names were filed by Nintendo I think). This gave artists an idea of what each starter was going to be: a grass owl, a fire cat and a water sea lion.

Lol the "tradition vs technology set in spain" rumor is actually Scarlet and violet

You should make a video on leaks that ended up being real.

4:06 "A fake pre-evolution of Cofagrigus" actually you're slightly incorrect. At the time we had only seen the back sprite of cofagrigus via in-game footage, so this was the fake leaker's interpretation of what he'd look like (you can see the same happened to galvantula, since likewise, we had only seen his back sprite at the time)

We never did get that bag of potato chips Pokémon. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

These April Fools jokes just don’t fly nowadays as it’s too easy to fact check stuff.

April 1st: *Exists* Pokemon leakers: "It's free real estate"

Post apocalyptic universe where the Swim Goggles were real and made gen 5 Drizzle teams even harder to take down.

during X/Y’s time, i was in 7th grade and had a friend group at school and we all played pokémon and talked about it together. so i fabricated an actually pretty convincing Pokémon Z case complete with a cartridge (it was a pokémon X game with a photoshopped sticker on the cart) and i even went through the trouble of creating a manual for the inside of the case. Some people really believed i had an actual copy of pokémon Z. i still have it too

7:54 I wrote that article! I used to be a staff writer for Nintendo World Report till 2012 and I covered this story! Feels surreal to see it here on the video!

Moral of the Story: Dont Ever Believe 2Chan.

Tradition vs Innovation? Spain? Sounds like they knew about Scarlet and Violet since back then.

You can tell he’s getting frustrated by the end.

I love the Pokemon Platinum thing "Marilland said it was an April Fools day joke Then nintendo decided to say hey it's not"

Take a shot every time he says "however"

19:25 I like how Littens evo is just one of Espeons official sprites traced over. Real believable there dude.

There's only one thing right about this video: *There will be Diamond/Pearl remakes.* Eventually...

16:42 I can't stop laughing. Help.

what about all the rumors that turned out to be true? there was a post on /vp/ that accurately described sword and shield details months ago

26:05 Little did you know that 2020 was probably an accurate release point at the time. 2021 is awfully close.

I love these rumors. So many that I remember hearing at school

Image: *has unrelated real thing* Everybody: Sounds legit

All these memories hitting me like a brick. I really didn’t do anything with my life

Is nobody gonna acknowledge him saying “oshowatt”

the gen4 and 5 era leaks were the best. I love when we actually got the g5 starters leaked no one believed them. also ballio

25:40 The snake legendary is almost definitely Eternamax form of Eternatus. This leak probably confused LGPE with SWSH, as SWSH does make an ancient disaster (Darkest Day) that destroyed the land an important plot point

I heard a rumour that did you know gaming spoke in a non repetitive tone. However, this was shown to be fake.

27:50 Man had that person not given any supposed names for the game, one would think they were talking about Pokemon Legend Arceus

I remember people said X and Y would be the last Pokémon game

Fake leakers need to improve their Japanese skills apparently 😂

15:38 Hmm... we didn't get the Nintendo Fusion, huh? *beams eyes at Switch*

Actually I remember following all the leaks during Sun and Moon, the reason that the art at 18:49 at least resembles the starters in concept is because prior to their official reveal the Japanese names for the starters had been officially trademarked alongside Sun and Moon. Basically with just the names to go off of the community figured out that the grass starter was an owl, the water starter a sea lion, and the fire starter was a cat.

18:21 God, I love that soundtrack! It's the Battle Legendary theme from X/Y. I couldn't hear the vo over my rocking out!

13:23 "And a pre-evolution to Meowstic named Espurr." Well, they got one right. No, but really. All these rumors about X and Y bring me back... I was so naive back then...

So Nintendo fusion was a hoax even though it sounds exactly like the switch?

11:13 that looks like Alcremie and the Spaceworld Demo evolution of Farfetch'd

Kudos to the folks editing the clips to go with the narration. Nicely appropriate selections.

Did you also know Waluigi was rumored to be the male protagonist in Sword and Shield?

To everyone wondering about how Scarlett and Violet was predicted way back then. The said Chinese leaker must've been Riddler Khu. And to those unfamiliar with the leaking community. It has been confirmed that Riddler Khu is indeed an insider. He is active on Twitter and is still currently leaking info about Scarlett and Violet. He also recently predicted and leaked a ton of information about Pokémon Legends Arceus that all turned out to be true. The Pokémon Company seems like they have planned the concept about Scarlett and Violet way back then.

That April fool's joke with team galactic asking what bad deed you would do for the new Rotom was a set up 😂

Drinking Game: Take a shot everytime he says “April Fools” (Disclaimer: I don’t condone drinking at all)

Just rewatching this to feel some relief after seeing how this channel got hacked. I'm happy DYKG were able to get their channel back.

"The Channel Uploaded A Second Video That Showed Bidoof Evolving Into Purge." ...Even I could see that was fake lol! 😂😂😂

SO GLAD TO SEE YOU TALKING ABOUT SKYMIN!! I remember being on deviantart that time and everyone fell for it!

And this is why wait till official info comes out. But gotta admit. Some of the Fanart does look good.

Surprised that the legit alola starter evolutions weren't mentioned.

Holy shit I remember Purge. Damn, that takes me back.

There should be a part 3, especially with the new games that were just announced

The rumours for gen 5 brings back so many memories of me getting so excited for the Japanese release

Bidoof evolves into a freaking Mobile Suit from the Gundam franchise, yeah that seems about right.

14:13 I REMEMBER FALLING FOR THIS. I was so excited and then when the game came out I realized it wasn’t there and I got suuuper upset

i like how the footage show stuff that in some way came true

I remember a rumor that Black and White would introduce a Light type. Zekrom being a Dark Dragon and Reshiram being a Light Dragon

I remember being active on message boards for a lot if these rumors, and that fake Jynx evolution was the one that I REALLY wanted to be true

23:28 "... the plot would focus on a conflict between innovation versus tradition, and would be set in a region based off Spain" I wonder if that's at all relevant in an upcoming game

the "pokemon kingdom: red and green" name kinda foreshadowed "pokemon legends: arceus" because of the title.

17:15 I wish it wasn't. But jeez I lived enough to remember all these leaks, specially the Black and White 3 and the MegaEvolutions. And I still got memories of Pokemon Stars.

Man I remember the days of XY rumors, those were some of my earliest days on KZfaq

23:30 “Sees the new Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Trailer” Ummm….uuuh…

"this grass bird" RootHoot deserves more respect than that. Also implying owls are birds.

As soon as I saw that "purge" I thought: "That looks like a Super Robot Taisen mech...". That's one of my favorite franchises and genre of games (turn based strategy), lol.

20:02 I love the haunted snowman design though not gonna lie

At about 12:10, the Mawhile and Sableye evolutions """leaked""" may have been megas.

In a nutshell, believe nothing about Pokemon unless it appears in a Nintendo Direct.

I remember someone telling me that you can catch the crystal Onix in pokemon crystal. There was also another rumor that there was a wood Onix which you could catch in RSE that had this ability to ko all pokemon in one hit.

There was also a really good "rumor" about Pokémon Black and White, stating pretty much every Pokémon that was in and every detail - BUT they said there would be 650 Pokémon. Number 650 would be a Green Snake with "strange" Eyes and big scales on the back also featuring eyes. So Black and White probably had Zygarde in, but it was used for X and Y since it fits more.

To sum this video up for you all: "The creator was forced to come out and admitted it was fake."

0:52 - You mean to tell me Westerners couldn't immediately recognize a _mobile suit from _*_GUNDAM WING_* ?

Ahhh the good old days of Pokemon rumors...remember the time when "Yoshi" was in the game. Nothing beats going on Serebii and seeing leaks populate from CoroCoro

based on some recent leaks, some rumors of a diamond and pearl remake have started, personally would love that, diamond and pearl where the first pokemon games I played, I would love to play them again on the switch in higher resolution.

I actually wish some of these rumors or “leaks” were real, like the evolutions for older Pokémon (that fake jynx evolution redeems jynx honestly its a really good design) and some of the content of things supposedly in new games... they sound a lot better than what we actually got... which was, oh right, cut content and terrible postgame. Can Pokémon get the effort and dedication it deserves?

They need to remaster pokemon , pear, diamond, and platinum. .... I miss platinum so much .

Shoutout Pixelpar though, easily my favorite rumor mill was his Let's Go drawings. Lol

2:19 - I think that this has happened for every Generation. Serebii.net used to keep a running list for years and I think Bulbapedia listed the notable ones.

Plot about Tradition bis Innovation in italy / spain ? Really Sounds like Scarlett and Violett !

oh man I recognized almost every one of those xy fakes I was still in highschool when it came out and me and my friends were like hardcore following updates and believing those fakes

Yo that Chespin evolution 12:35 what insanely cool! Huge kudos to the artist that is one really believable Pokemon

That klinklang leak is absolute gold

"a game that is about tradition vs inovation that takes place in Spain" dude this guy predicted sv

I honestly can't get enough of these pokemon facts *and i haven't played any games in a while.* 😂

Bringing back some forgotten memories with this one.

12:36 Dude, I would have preferred that final evolution, with it's best stats being speed and defense, have his attack and sp attack be equal mid high would be so awesome

Dammit, I really wanted my Sha Wujing starter.

it would be cool if they did a yugioh duel monsters video

That was so much information so fast that I actually feel a little ill trying to absorb it.

1:51 yooo there's a Golf Harlequin in the background, there were only 264 ever built and I want one