A new Game Freak design from Pokemon's past has appeared online, showing what a scrapped Delibird evolution looked like, or might look like if one is added in the future. 2026 marks the 30th anniversary of the Pokemon franchise, and this is far from the first time that unreleased Pokemon appear online, either through leaks or official posts. In this case, the Delibird evolution was part of the planned lineup of Pokemon for Generation 4, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, and it comes from a DVD showing Game Freak at work on the games in 2004.
Similarly, an old design for a potential Lapras pre-evolution in Pokemon appeared online after 20 years, given that it was planned for Gen 4, but first designed sometime between 2003 and 2004. While this is not a leak, as the DVD was allegedly acquired lawfully at an auction, the franchise has seen a plethora of leaks regarding unreleased Pokemon over the years. One of the biggest was in Gen 9, when the entire Pokedex leaked online around one week before the games were released. Some leaks have also shown up for Gen 10, though they cannot be confirmed right now.
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