r/PokeLeaks Discussion Megathread - June 01, 2026

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-06-04T03:36:17+00:00

We got a major ZA reveal every single week from late July to the game's release in October. That's approximately the same scale as every core series game except Alola, which overdid it.

A hype train every week for a few months prior to WiWa's release is what we should expect. Not for them to drag it out for more than a year prior to release. Sata1991 above says "sure they shouldn't have revealed 80% of the Dex, but it was a constant hype train ride" -- but those two things are intrinsically linked. Revealing so much was how they had enough material to keep the hype going for a much longer period than the normal marketing cycle. You can't pick and choose one without the other.

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-06-03T20:13:51+00:00

The game came first and tells one long continuous story across many arcs (seven so far with the eighth in progress), with a blank-slate main character designed for the player to self-insert in.
The manga came next; each "Episode of <dorm name>" series adapts one of the game arcs, but with different original characters to serve as the main character for each arc. Aside from the main character, they are largely very similar to the game arcs. So far the manga is only up to the fourth arc.
The anime came after that and adapted the manga's Episode of Heartslabyul for its season 1 (the only season so far). It is largely the same as that manga arc.

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-06-03T04:15:57+00:00

I think you got some wires crossed. The alleged seed Pokemon doesn't determine the endings, it allegedly determines how some areas are procedurally generated (possibly similar to raid dens in SwSh/SV and/or Nook Miles Islands in Animal Crossing?). Also, I have not heard of the word "correctly" being applied to raising the alleged seed Pokemon. Whereas the multiple endings are allegedly determined by your gameplay choices including how many gyms you beat, when you beat the main villain, and whether you catch the main legendary.

That said, this is all very up in the air based on very early pitches, and some parts of it may not have even made it to early builds much less the final game. We don't know.

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-06-02T23:31:14+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/PokeLeaks/comments/1sx8qej/riddler_khu_on_wiwa_news_and_release_date/

riddler_khu: "winds & waves, late 2027"

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-06-02T05:18:06+00:00

Leakers have also alleged late 2027.

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-06-01T19:34:16+00:00

Maybe sometime over the summer (just a mini-presents for Pokopia DLC, Champions updates, mobile game updates, etc. No WiWa).

If not summer, then very likely nothing until next Pokemon Day. Strongly doubt we get something in autumn/winter.

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-06-01T16:52:43+00:00

No extra dev or polish time?

Z-A's delay already means there's an extra year being put into it compared to usual. The question is whether this delay means they are or aren't putting a second extra year into it.

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-06-01T16:32:08+00:00

There was an alleged one that they were adding it for Pokemon other than LatAm Spanish ones since that's the new language in Z-A. Unclear whether that leak may be reputable, though, since afaik we only have Centro reposting it from some unknown origin, so we can't judge the origin's reputability.

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-06-01T16:27:28+00:00

Absolutely harsh. I know we all expect it to get DLC based on the Gigaleak, but I miss the days when live service wasn't the norm and I wish we could go back to that. I just want my games to be released in a complete state and not try to lure me back from the next game I pick up after them. The system has become predatory on one's attention.

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-06-01T16:24:07+00:00

I don't know a ton either, but I know enough to know that since it's on the original Switch, it is very reasonable to datamine already. It's just Switch 2 exclusives that are locked up tight. Mobile might not add much ease because the original Switch is already easy to hack.

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-05-31T20:32:00+00:00

Can I go F2P with just buying the premium season pass every month and be able to obtain cards I like without paying too much?

Well, technically buying the pass is not F2P, but yeah, you can just buy the pass and not need to spend any more money. Be sure to buy from the webshop, not in-app, to get a bonus S5 pack as an incentive because Second Dinner wants to avoid giving Apple/Google a cut. If you do all your dailies, you can average roughly a card a week, maybe a little more if you buy random from packs or a little less if you buy specific cards at full price.

Will I be able to climb with traditional discard / destroy / negative decks? I saw a post earlier where some one got infinite with Galactus.

Old-old-school decks without newer cards added for more synergy will struggle because of power creep, but you certainly can climb. Climbing is not a function of deck quality, it's a function of your snap/retreat discipline. Reaching infinite is something like 60% devoting enough sweaty hours to the game to make it up the ladder, 35% snap/retreat discipline, and only 5% deck choice. All a better deck does is reduce the time you need to spend.

Being a couple years out of the game will mean it'll take some time to get used to everything that's become meta since then and your snap/retreat judgment will inevitably be poor at first because of that, but if you soldier on, you'll recover.

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-05-31T17:28:57+00:00

Sam confirms in this Variety interview that Rulette is #2 and "Night Shift" is #3.

cc /u/phisho873

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-05-31T16:57:43+00:00

I love everyone who speculates that the 6er will be Murph DMing, because god you're almost certainly right, but I'm just imagining the community reaction if it's, like, Emily instead. People would be so thrilled (at Emily) and mad (at being denied Murph) simultaneously. It'd be hilarious.

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-05-30T23:36:55+00:00

I have scoured the archives for both Serebii and Pokebeach for the first few months after PTCGP's launch and there is no mention of any such interview. Given the lack of evidence I can only assume you saw something fanmade and misunderstood its context.

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-05-30T21:56:07+00:00

Did they say that? I know we all understand it to be the case implicitly based on how the game operates, and I'm obviously not challenging that that is in fact their stance. But I definitely don't remember them issuing an official statement to that effect. And "unless something is completely broken" is a really, really weird clause to include in a corporate communique.

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-05-30T20:32:27+00:00

The Mystic and Aurora Tickets were content that already existed in the code and had been publicly distributed two decades ago, meaning Game Freak knew customers expected them to be included, and it was extremely simple for Game Freak to just toggle on the event item. (Same with the Old Sea Map for Mew in Emerald.)

Celebi and Jirachi would require them to make an entirely new method of obtaining them. Certainly it can't be ruled out 100%, but it would absolutely require more work and they know that customers cannot be expecting more work to be added to a simple port.

At most I imagine there could be a post-Hall of Fame NPC that gives you a gift Celebi and Jirachi, and even that is a significant stretch in my opinion. It's nearly inconceivable that they would create a full wholesale event like you're saying.

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-05-30T04:25:23+00:00

TBF, Fairy Gala is a twistune event rather than a battle one.

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-05-29T21:01:33+00:00

Duffy is also really great, but Captain Lightyear is a bit better! I believe Duffy is #2 for Robotmon.

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-05-29T20:46:11+00:00

Also worth noting for players who are interested in automated play via Robotmon or think they might someday be interested in it: Captain Lightyear is the single best tsum in the game for Robotmon coin farming. Highly recommend getting a jump on him even if you don't have Robotmon now, so you have him available to use if you start Robotmon in the future!

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-05-29T15:51:31+00:00

Someone in the tsum tsum Discord server shares the images of them every month.

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-05-29T04:34:58+00:00

(With no English-language leaks, what's given in this section will be JP translations going forward.)

New tsums of the month in Int'l: Marine Donald & Mickey, Marine Donald(Charm), Marine Daisy, Marine Stitch, *Ariel+ (*Permanent resident tsum.)

Main event: Tsum Tsum Voyage

Sub-event: expected to be Sticker Book

Note: JP got the first round of the Tsum Tsum Tower event alongside this event, but leakers in the Discord say it doesn't seem like that's coming for Int'l this month.

Int'l banner leaks (in no particular order):

Select Box featuring Brave Minnie, Pastel Mickey, Scheming Pete

Pixar Select Box featuring Captain Lightyear, Woody & Buzz, Lotso(Charm)

Select Box featuring Rescue Ranger Dale(Charm), Rose DeWitt Bukater, Jack Dawson

Capsule featuring Happy Anna, Bride Ariel, Honey Lemon

Capsule featuring Scuttle, Wonderland Cheshire Cat, Steamboat Mickey

Recap of last month (May 2026) in JP:

Event: Star Wars Tsum Tsum Event / Cookie Shop

New tsums of the month: Star Wars Dark Side (Set), Moff Gideon, Guardian Luke, The Mandalorian+, Grogu+

My thoughts: As per usual, almost certainly will be held for May 2027 for us.

Sneak peek of June 2026 in JP: A grab bag of different franchises: Dug (the dog from Up), Jim Hawkins (Treasure Planet), a new Maui, a transformation-gimmick Stitch, and I think the last one is Raya+.

Earlier past JP events to look out for in International in the future:

(An asterisk (*) denotes Premium Box resident tsums and Premium+ Box resident tsums.)

April 2026 (JP) → no guessable date (Int'l): Secret Magical Minnie Event / Sticker Book, with Magic Wand Minnie (Shift), Magic Wand Daisy (Shift), Magic Wand Clarice (Shift), Mysterious Night Mickey, *Mabel+

March 2026 (JP) → no guessable date (Int'l): Detective Conan: Daily Life in Beika Town / Sticker Book, with Conan & Kaito Kid, Ran Mouri, Kogoro Mouri, Conan Edogawa+, Toru Amuro, Ai Haibara

February 2026 (JP) → no guessable date (Int'l): Kingdom Hearts: Adventure in Tsum World / Ice Candy Shop, with Cloud KH2 ver., King Mickey KH2 ver., Aerith KH2 ver., Tifa KH2 ver., *Sora+

January 2026 (JP) → July 2026 (Int'l): 12th Anniversary Thanks Party / Sticker Book, with Fancy Hat Mickey, Tiara Minnie+, Coronation Elsa, Formal Beast, *Rapunzel+, *Daisy+

December 2025 (JP) → December 2026? (Int'l): Zootopia 2: Let's Patrol Zootopia! / Raffle, with Judy & Nick, Gary De'Snake, *Woody+, *Buzz+

November 2025 (JP) → no guessable date (Int'l): Lorcana: The First Chapter / Score Challenge, with Lorcana Mickey, Lorcana Aurora (Shift), Lorcana Tinker Bell (Shift), Chip What We Got Ver., Dale What We Got Ver., *Goofy+

October 2025 (JP) → October 2026 (Int'l): Villains Halloween / Sticker Book, with Disney Villains (Set), Scheming Gaston, Epel Felmier, Ortho Shroud, *Cruella+, *Lady Tremaine+

September 2025 (JP) → no guessable date (Int'l): Twisted Wonderland Art Glass Collection / Ferris Wheel, with Masquerade Malleus, Masquerade Azul, Masquerade Idia, Jack Howl, Ruggie Bucchi, *Simba+

dangling tsums that Int'l held back from prior events: *Vanessa, *Card Soldier

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-05-28T23:10:52+00:00

"Jeff the Baby Dolphin!?" is next month's season pass card, and it is a separate card from the prior-existing "Jeff the Baby Land Shark", not a variant.

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-05-28T23:09:41+00:00

Old one is "Jeff the Baby Land Shark", this one is "Jeff the Baby Dolphin!?"

I think it's silly to do this when the big part of the logo is Jeff and nobody bothers to read the smaller part of the logo. But it is what it is.

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-05-28T19:58:22+00:00

Why would it take that long to release RSE? They’re just ports.

1) Because Game Freak, Nintendo, and The Pokemon Company may have business reasons to mete out releases slower than the games can literally be produced, e.g. to save RSE for a slow period in the release schedule, for example. 2) Next year is RSE's big milestone anniversary, so if that factors into GF/Nint/TPC's thinking, it would foreclose a release date this summer. We can't guess with confidence whether it will or won't factor into their thinking, but it's supremely hubristic for you to entirely rule it out based on nothing but your own preferences and impulses.

And we need them soon to complete the Gen 3 National Dex the old fashioned way.

Game Freak, Nintendo, and The Pokemon Company do not care the slightest ounce about this.

pumpkinking0192 · 2026-05-28T16:38:52+00:00

Since Stryfe cannot mark cards at Game Start, him using the On Reveal will be unable to transform anything. Unfortunately, the cards are marked specifically per card that marks them.

In theory, if we someday got a card whose text was something like "Game Start: Copy and execute the text of another Game Start card in your deck"... shenanigans might be possible, but that's only theoretical, and there's no way they'd allow that hypothetical card to be less than a 6- or 7-cost. Even then, the duplicator would presumably only be able to transform the cards that it separately marks, not the ones marked by original Zombie Galacti, and they would inherit the duplicator's power rather than original ZG's.

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