{"id":102984,"date":"2019-11-02T03:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T03:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/11\/rumour_the_starter_evolutions_for_pokemon_sword_and_shield_might_have_been_leaked"},"modified":"2019-11-02T03:45:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T03:45:00","slug":"rumour-the-starter-evolutions-for-pokemon-sword-and-shield-might-have-been-leaked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/11\/02\/rumour-the-starter-evolutions-for-pokemon-sword-and-shield-might-have-been-leaked\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumour: The Starter Evolutions For Pok\u00e9mon Sword And Shield Might Have Been Leaked"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e28e72e2eeaa1\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e28e72e2eeaa1\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Sword and Shield\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e28e72e2eeaa1\/sword-and-shield.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e28e72e2eeaa1\/sword-and-shield.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Sword and Shield\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>It appears the starter evolutions for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_sword_and_shield\">Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield<\/a><\/strong> have possibly been leaked <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/PokemonSwordAndShield\/\">on Reddit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The images of these Pok\u00e8mon are <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendoenthusiast.com\/grookey-sobble-evolution-possibly-leaked-pokemon\/\">believed<\/a> to have originated on a Twitter account. As can be seen, we&#8217;ve got the first evolutions for Sobble and Grookey, as well as their apparent final forms. In saying this, there are no Scorbunny leaks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Sobble and Grookey first evolutions\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b215c3b83e7b0\/sobble-and-grookey-first-evolutions.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b215c3b83e7b0\/sobble-and-grookey-first-evolutions.original.png\" alt=\"Sobble and Grookey first evolutions\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\">Sobble and Grookey first evolutions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Sobble final form\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/65b26938e5e17\/sobble-final-form.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/65b26938e5e17\/sobble-final-form.original.jpg\" alt=\"Sobble final form\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\">Sobble final form<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Grookey final form\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9d448cfc15296\/grookey-final-form.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9d448cfc15296\/grookey-final-form.original.png\" alt=\"Grookey final form\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\">Grookey final form<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t end there, either. A number of other new Pok\u00e8mon have also <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/rumor-grookey-and-sobble-evolutions-leaked-for-pokemon-sword-shield\/\">supposedly<\/a> been <em>unofficially<\/em> revealed. This includes what&#8217;s being referred to as a &#8220;Galarian Meowth&#8221; and an even bigger version of the talking cat. There&#8217;s also a red fox-like pocket monster, its evolution, and an odd-looking purple creature. Take a look below:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Is this a Galarian Meowth?\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/21cad1866ab49\/is-this-a-galarian-meowth.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/21cad1866ab49\/is-this-a-galarian-meowth.original.jpg\" alt=\"Is this a Galarian Meowth?\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\">Is this a Galarian Meowth?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Could this be another form of Meowth?\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/05c5ed4d530f9\/could-this-be-another-form-of-meowth.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/05c5ed4d530f9\/could-this-be-another-form-of-meowth.original.png\" alt=\"Could this be another form of Meowth?\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\">Could this be another form of Meowth?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Red fox\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b775dce0203c3\/red-fox.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b775dce0203c3\/red-fox.original.png\" alt=\"Red fox\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\">Red fox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Red fox evolution\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/087b60368419b\/red-fox-evolution.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/087b60368419b\/red-fox-evolution.original.jpg\" alt=\"Red fox evolution\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\">Red fox evolution<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Purple Pok\u00e8mon\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/bb7341e53a2b9\/purple-pokemon.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/bb7341e53a2b9\/purple-pokemon.original.jpg\" alt=\"Purple Pok\u00e8mon\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\">Purple Pok\u00e8mon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can view some in-game screens of these reportedly new Pok\u00e9mon on the game&#8217;s <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/Pok%C3%A9mon\">subreddit<\/a>. There&#8217;s even a look at an <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/PokemonSwordAndShield\/comments\/dq9ip5\/possible_new_pokemon_elephant_pokemon\/\">elephant-like<\/a> one that we haven&#8217;t listed here. Until we get an official confirmation, though, these leaks should be treated as a rumour and nothing more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"insert-label centered insert lazyload for-mobile lazyload\">\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> More images have surfaced online <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leakspokemon?lang=en\">via Twitter<\/a>. One is allegedly the final evolution of Scorbunny and the other is a new snake Pok\u00e9mon and its evolution.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"&quot;Cinderace&quot;\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/37399fe1fee9d\/cinderace.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/37399fe1fee9d\/cinderace.original.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Cinderace&quot;\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\">&#8220;Cinderace&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"&quot;Silicobra And Sandaconda&quot;\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b201d79d93c76\/silicobra-and-sandaconda.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b201d79d93c76\/silicobra-and-sandaconda.original.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Silicobra And Sandaconda&quot;\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\">&#8220;Silicobra And Sandaconda&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr>\n<p><em>What do you think \u2013 are these real or fake <em>Pok\u00e8mon<\/em> designs? Tell us below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears the starter evolutions for Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield have possibly been leaked on Reddit. The images of these Pok\u00e8mon are believed to have originated on a Twitter account. As can be seen, we&#8217;ve got the first evolutions for Sobble and Grookey, as well as their apparent final forms. In saying this, there are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}