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Kaan Serin

Rumored Pokemon Winds and Waves budgets are likely much larger than leaks, former Nintendo marketing leads say, because they don't cover "significant" marketing costs

Pokemon anime opening shot of Team Rocket members.

The Pokemon Generation 10 budgets that were included in the latest round of unverified but sweeping Game Freak leaks likely aren't the full amount, according to Nintendo's former marketing leads Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang.

Last year's Pokemon leaks popped back up again this week with information about Pokemon Legends: Z-A and beyond. Most notable was the supposed title for the next mainline game, Pokemon Winds and Waves, and a budget reportedly hovering around $20 million or 3 billion yen (all of which should be taken with a pinch of salt since budgets can change and leaks can be false).

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