A series of upcoming Pokémon game projects have apparently been detailed online, via the latest release of material from so-called “Teraleak” data hacked from series developer Game Freak’s servers.
The cache of information, which includes development plans, concept art and early screenshots, was revealed overnight following yesterday’s disclosure of data obtained during the hack relating to Pokémon Legends: ZA, which launched this week.
As IGN reported yesterday, it appears that the hacker behind last year’s Game Freak breach remained on this latest data cache for almost a year, until the launch of Pokémon Legends: ZA. But now it seems the floodgates are open for everything else we’ve gotten from Game Freak detailing the future of the franchise – and its product roadmap for the rest of the decade.
The largest amount of information concerns the franchise’s highly anticipated “Gen 10” games, which are expected to launch next year, in time for Pokémon’s 30th anniversary. Details now shared online include the titles’ planned names, early animation tests, in-engine visuals, and several planned gameplay ideas.
Beyond that, there is information relating to a separate and ambitious Pokémon MMO project, as well as concept art for a third Pokémon Legends spinoff title. And beyond that, there’s the suggestion that Generation 11 of Pokémon will follow early in the next decade.
This is a frankly astonishing information leak, apparently coming from the same source that revealed details derived from the Pokémon Legends: ZA betas yesterday, and last year leaked a vast trove of development data on nearly every previous Pokémon project launched to date.
Pokémon fans are already looking into the alleged plans and discussing several revealing gameplay mechanics. There’s even early fan art for a new species of Pokémon spotted in one of the new pieces of concept art. But it is worth emphasizing that some, or even much, of what was shared may not ultimately come to pass.
As yesterday’s Pokémon Legends: ZA beta leak showed, gameplay features are being removed during development. And nothing in Teraleak can be seen as reflecting Game Freak’s current plans – since the hack itself took place in August 2024.
Nintendo previously attempted to track down the Teraleak culprit and launched a legal bid to subpoena Discord to disclose the identity of the hackers in April of this year. IGN has contacted Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for comment.
Tom Phillips is IGN’s senior news editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphilipseg.bsky.social
