Key points
- Recent Pokemon leaks confirm a decade-old fan theory about a southern part of the Kalos region.
- The leaked content is considered one of the largest in video game history, with Game Freak publicly acknowledging the breach.
- Fans speculate that the southern Kalos region connects to the Paldea region.
A decade Pokemon The fan theory regarding the geography of the Kalos region was recently shown to have some weight after major leaks revealed extensive development materials associated with several titles in the franchise. Much of this information had not been seen by anyone outside of the Game Freak offices until recently Pokemon “teraleak,” which revealed a huge amount of information including employees' personal details, Pokemon beta designs, content cut from games, and much more.
The tides of the never seen before Pokemon The content that began flooding the internet as recently as October 13th is already widely considered one of the biggest leaks in gaming history. Game Freak publicly acknowledged the breach, apologizing to both staff and fans for the inconvenience caused, along with reassurance that the company is working to further strengthen its security measures in the future. While there's a whole host of information fans continue to search for, many Generation VI fans were quick to spot a screenshot of the game taken early on Pokemon X and Ywhich seems to confirm a decades-old fan theory.
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The theory in question refers to the existence of a southern portion of the Kalos region not seen in the final version of the Gen 6 games. Directly based on France – or more specifically, northern France – the Kalos region features a variety of countries and cities directly inspired by real-world locations, including the vast Lumiose City, which is essentially Paris in the real world. Pokemon world. A screenshot of the game recently discovered early in the game's development actually includes a rather different map of the region that confirms that Kalos was originally intended to represent the whole of France, with the first regional map including a southern section populated by several unused. city and locality.
Why Southern Kalos is such a mysterious part of the Pokémon world
This obviously left no shortage of Gen 6s Pokemon fans are upset that they never got to see the Kalos region that could have been, with fans long speculating that a potential Southern Kalos would arrive in the legendary Pokémon Za third Gen 6 title that ultimately never came to fruition. The stretch of land south of the known Kalos region has been the subject of further discussion in more recent years, as have many others Pokemon enthusiasts have speculated that the Paldea region, based on Spain and Portugal, might actually connect to southern Kalos in the northeast, just as France and Spain are connected in the real world.
While this is a widely accepted theory, it is certainly not an established fact. The idea seems extremely likely thanks to the strange parallel between real-world and world geography Pokemonbut there is little material in the official canon that concretely shows how all the games' regions are connected in the world. However, fans will return to Kalos next year Pokemon Legends: ZAwhich in turn could shed light on these particular parts of the Pokemon world and their history.
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