A new Scarlet/Violet Pokémon just leaked through Pokémon Go - Polygon

A Pokémon Go data miner leaked a Pokémon Scarlet and Violet creature up of the games’ merchandise connected Nov. 18.

Pokémon Go got a caller update connected Friday, according to information miner PokeMiners. Within those files, they recovered a cute small bug Pokémon that should look acquainted to radical who’ve kept up with the drip provender of unannounced ’mon; this small feline with antennae and a small coin connected its backmost appeared concisely in a Pokémon Scarlet and Violet trailer from October. The Pokémon shows up successful 1 of the trainer selfies successful the mediate of the 14-minute video, obscured by the camera’s interface.

Looking astatine the October trailer, it’s wide that these are the aforesaid Pokémon: You tin spot its bouncy antennae, circular (and yet someway inactive flat) purple head, and a speedy glimpse of the coin connected its back. PokeMiners said that the aggravated small dude is listed successful a record called “pmMystery” arsenic Pokémon No. 1,080. Pokémon Go only has 3D assets for the caller Pokémon, PokeMiners said.

Beyond the adorable, abbreviated clip of the caller Pokémon’s aggravated face, information miners besides uploaded representation files of it doing the classical T-pose. The assets besides springiness america a wide look astatine the Pokémon’s aureate coin, which, actually, was already added in an early, Oct. 31 Pokémon Go update. It’s unclear if the coin could beryllium utilized for thing different than this Pokémon’s backmost bling.

This carnal has been dubbed the Coin Pokémon by anxious Scarlet and Violet fans; salient Pokémon leakers Riddler Khu and Centro Leaks archetypal mentioned the Coin Pokémon months ago. Per Riddler Khu, this Pokémon volition beryllium hard to catch, similar Spiritomb successful Pokémon Legends: Arceus; to get Spiritomb, players person to drawback much than 100 glowing wisps astatine night, scattered each astir the world.

Needless to say, Pokémon fans are anxious to spot anything caller from Scarlet and Violet conscionable 2 weeks up of its Nov. 18 merchandise date. There’s already been a fig of fake Pokémon leaks implicit the past fewer weeks, truthful the assemblage is excited to spot thing existent for a change.

Polygon has reached retired to The Pokémon Company for much information.

Update: This communicative has been updated to adhd caller information.