Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Leaks Won't Happen as Hackers Fear Switch 2 Could Be Leaked

It's been a pretty wild time for Pokémon fans lately, as someone has managed to hack Game Freak and spread all sorts of previously withheld data across social media. This data has led to some truly wild revelations, strange stories about Pokémon and humans having children together, and details about future and past projects.

What we haven't had much is information on the newer Pokémon releases like Scarlet & Violet. We found out a few days ago that this hacker has access to the source code of various Pokémon games on the Switch, but it turns out he has several reasons for not dishing out the goods.

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Leaks Won't Happen as Hackers Fear Switch 2 Could Be Leaked

According to a comment from this mysterious hacker shared by Pokémon-focused Twitter account Centro Leaks, they have serious concerns about revealing details about Scarlet & Violet as they want to try to minimize the risk they put themselves in. One of the reasons the hacker gives for Scarlet & Violet's absence is to prevent Game Freak from potentially canceling plans for future events if they were released.

Another important reason (and arguably the more interesting one) is that any leaks about Scarlet & Violet could potentially “reveal information regarding the Ounce console,” which was recently revealed to be the Switch 2's codename. They claim that leaking any information could seriously harm Nintendo, but also make them more angry about the leaks and crack down.

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This is somewhat understandable, as Nintendo has a history of ruining someone's life if they felt they had insulted them in some way. However, this means that among all of these Pokémon leaks, there is information about the Switch 2 that hasn't been revealed yet, and it could potentially be Scarlet & Violet.

That's a lot of unknowns, although the resulting claims that this is evidence that a Switch 2 version of Scarlet & Violet was or is either in development are all but unfounded. Unfortunately, it sounds like we might not find out what details about Scarlet & Violet this hacker is referring to until much later, possibly once we have the Switch 2 in our hands.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet bring trainers to the Paldea region, adding 107 new Pokémon to register in your Pokedex, as well as the all-new Terastalization system.