Rumor: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's Gym Leaders and Rival In-Game Shots Surface Online

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The Pokemon Company has been rather quiet about Pokemon Scarlet and Violet after the first announcement trailer in February, with only one additional trailer showing up on June 1. The second trailer for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet revealed five new Pokemon in total and shed some light on the region for Gen 9 games as well as some of the characters, including a rival called Nemona and two Pokemon Scarlet andViolet version-exclusive Professors called Sada and Turo. However, nothing else was officially shared prior to that or after, but fans remain eager to know more.

As with Pokemon Legends: Arceus, a reliable source for leaks has been Riddler Khu, an insider who provides bits of information on their Twitter account, such as the type combinations of the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet starters. Recently, Khu has been sharing information about characters in Gen 9, including Gym Leaders and Elite Four members. Another account dedicated to Pokemon leaks that normally shares them regardless if they are true or false, called PokemonLEAKS, has now shared multiple in-game screenshots of what the various Gym Leaders and an additional rival will allegedly look like.

Pokemon Leaker Teases Scarlet and Violet's New Systems and Gimmicks

PokemonLEAKS was apparently sent in-game screenshots of seven Gym Leaders from Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, as well as cropped shots of unverified new Pokemon. The shots are blurry and low quality, and they show just the face of the Gym Leaders in most cases, which makes it hard to judge whether these images are real or not. Still, going by the appearance of these allegedly leaked characters, the first picture could be that of a Bug-type Gym Leader, the fifth could be a Poison-type wielder, the sixth a Water-type