US EditionPokémon Winds and Waves Rumours: Gen 10 Leaks Explained
The leak reveals new weather-based battle mechanics and a story about a corporate group threatening nature, with the protagonist from a city like Kuala Lumpur, sources say.
- Leaker Riddler Khu made a post clarifying that Southeast Asia is correct; the leaks suggest Gen 10 titles are Pokémon Wind and Pokémon Waves set in a city similar to Kuala Lumpur.
- The leak traces back to Shigeru Ohmori's 2021 internal documents and originated after The Pokémon Company breach in 2024 as part of the wider 'teraleak' spread online.
- Mechanically, the leaks describe a Tenko-Waza / Weather Moves battle system, an MMO-style resort hotel and big tourist city start, procedurally generated islands based on Indonesia/Southeast Asia, and new Seed Pokémon and Storm/Wave legendaries running on Pokémon Engine X.
- The leaks portray a story in which a 13-year-old protagonist from Kuala Lumpur, whose mother, 33, wins a lottery, faces the Land Development Team and a 75-year-old hotel chairman antagonist with a 15-year-old heir.
- The roadmap indicates Pokémon Wind and Waves will release exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026 with 2027 DLC, using Pokémon Engine X amid claims of non-cross-platform development.
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