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Press X
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Topics:
Game Freak confirms massive data breach of 2606 items, allegedly 1 TB of data stolen in apparent phishing scheme
Source code for HeartGold/SoulSilver and Gen 5 leaked, with huge amounts of prototype sprite art, models, and unused Pokemon
Tons of planning and reference documents leaked for how they designed characters (example: Skyla was supposed to look like Jennifer Lopez) https://x.com/Pinacoin/status/1845312463803240525
Extensive unpublished lore documents for the Pokemon franchise leaked, including the origins of the universe and “Original Sin,” and some of them get really creepy (Typhlosion impregnates a human girl)
Several MAJOR planned Pokemon video games, movies, and TV shows leaked https://x.com/CentroLeaks/status/1845560379428024713
Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo revealed https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-14-nintendo-sound-clock-alarmo-part-1/
Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program will start on October 24, but its content is a secret https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-switch-online-mystery-new-feature-test-requests-secrecy-from-players/
Mario & Luigi: Brothership – Overview Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF96tpchink
Sakurai reveals that Satoru Iwata had a part in naming Super Smash Bros. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2wYKkqhkG0
Tingle creator reveals who should play Tingle in the Zelda movie https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/tingle-creator-reveals-who-should-play-him-in-the-zelda-movie/
Yakuza Kiwami will get a Switch physical release through Limited Run, and Yakuza 0-6 will get LRG PS4 and Xbox One releases too https://x.com/LimitedRunGames/status/1844739951943987445 https://x.com/LimitedRunGames/status/1844739846415286559
NetEase Games announces Destiny: Rising for iOS, Android (F2P FPS RPG licensed by Bungie) https://www.gematsu.com/2024/10/netease-games-announces-destiny-rising-for-ios-android
Xbox Cloud Gaming will let you stream your own games next month https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/11/24268038/xbox-cloud-gaming-project-lapland-game-library
Xbox Partner Preview set for October 17 with about 25 minutes of third-party games https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/10/14/xbox-partner-preview-october-2024/
Questions from Discord:
RaxonXVI: If you could have any IP made into a game, which would you pick and what team would you want to make it? For example, I'd LOVE an Alice in Wonderland game from the team that made Lies of P.
What we’re playing:
Mary: Dragon Age Origins ✅, Echoes of Wisdom
John: Metaphor: ReFantazio
Greg: The Plucky Squire ✅, Nightmare Creatures II (Dreamcast), (Apex Legends, Rocket League)
Brett L: Echoes of Wisdom, Silent Hill 2 remake
Brett M: Zelda EOW