New Pokémon Game Leak Reveals A 20-Year Secret About Gen 3 Games
It's been more than 20 years since the Hoenn region was introduced to the Pokémon canon, brought to life through thegames for the Game Boy Advance. The third generation brought with it 135 new Pokémon from the Hoenn region, while the games introduced double battles and Pokémon contests to the gameplay experience, building upon the game format the previous installments had laid. were the precursors for, which is frequently lauded as one of thebest games in the franchise's history.
But in a new post on X (formerly Twitter), it seems some new information on the well-loved Gen 3 games has surfaced. According to Kmie_821 on X, as shared by well-known leaks account CentroLeaks, and weren't the original names for the games set in the Hoenn region, though it seems Game Freak had decided on the general colors. KmiE_821 stated in a post that when looking through the game's RS files, Gen 3's titles were originally labeled and
Some of the source code appears to be in Japanese, though as KmiE_821 notes,these are not official translations, so it's possible that these are not entirely accurate. That said, it's confirmed that the RS files used "" and "" as placeholders for the games, though whether those were the original titles or the codenames used by Game Freak to prevent leaks isn't clear, and The Pokémon Company hasn't commented on this news.
While there were several game-changing additions with Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire back in 2003, there’s one that could easily make a comeback.
In addition to the possible alternate names for, KmiE_821 and Wobbuu found that there were different names in the source code for Team Aqua and Team Magma, the respective crime organizations in the games. According to Wobbuu, Team Aqua was originally called "" and Team Magma was ""
It's not entirely clear when these were changed, though when taking a closer look at the criminal organizations' Pokémon selections, these original team names make sense. Team Magma's Pokémon selection doesn't have as
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