After last week's Pokemon leaks canceled Typhlosion, a new translation of the alleged lore paints the fire-type in a much more favorable light
Oct. 18, 2024The Typhlosion situation just got more complicated
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It’s been quite a week for Pokemon fans, and especially those with a soft-spot for the beloved Johto region starter, Typhlosion. Following ahuge leak at developer Game Freak, alleged short stories detailing everything from the origin of the Pokemon universe to strange folklore-style tales about human-Pokemon relationships surfaced online.
One of thesestories was about Typhlosion, and to put it politely, it didn’t depict the Pokemon in a very flattering way. The alleged tale seemed to describe the Fire-type taking in a girl (who many assumed to be a child, since she wasn’t described as a woman) while disguised, and making her forget about her family, before becoming her husband and father to her child.
Regardless of this new translation, though, it’s important to keep in mind that we should take the legitimacy of all these supposed stories with a pinch of salt, as the surge of leaks could have easily led to fake information being spread around without being questioned. On top of that, if itisreal, this isn’t information that’s ever been officially distributed, so it’s contentious whether it could even be classed as ‘canon.’ For all we know, the lore could have been long since dismissed and forgotten about internally. At the end of the day, if Typhlosion was your favorite Pokemon, you definitely shouldn’t let all of this get in the way of that.
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