The Leaked Pokemon-Catching Game Mode Is The Only Way I Want To Play Unite

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Prolific Pokemon Unite data miner ElChicoEevee uncovered a lot of unreleased content in the latest update, including the next two Pokemon - Espeon and Delphox - and files that indicated most, if not all of the wild Pokemon, would somehow become playable. Over the last week or so, the details of that development have slowly come into focus, thanks to the data mining community, and now we know with a reasonable amount of certainty that Unite is about to introduce a new game mode that will allow you to capture and control wild Pokemon, including Legendaries Zapdos, Articuno, and Regigigas.

Leaker @sobbleunitedtm has been uploading videos of all the playable Pokemon this week. Avalugg, Electrode, Articuno, Araquanid, Regigigas, Zapdos, Drednaw, Ludicolo, and Tauros have been shown off so far. These Pokemon do not have full kits, however. They have only two abilities and they can’t learn new ones as they level. They also don’t have any Unite moves. They do have scoring animations though, so expect to be able to play full matches with them just as you would with any regular Unite Licensed ‘mon.

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The new game mode will utilize the Quick Match map Mer Stadium, though the wild Pokemon come from all the different maps. This map has fewer wild Pokemon than Remoat Stadium, so it’s not surprising that a lot are missing, like Bouffalant, Rotom, Vespiquen, Frosmoth, Ledian, and Venomoth—though that also means these Pokemon are still available for future versions of this mode.

The way the mode actually works is still unclear, but one theory is that you’ll become any wild Pokemon you manage to get the last hit on. If this is how it works, I