A year after Teraleak, hackers release Pokémon Legends: ZA files, including gameplay footage showing clips and early builds
Blog Andrew Joseph 14 Oct , 2025 0
One year after the infamous “Teraleak” event, more data hacked from Pokémon developer Game Freak's servers has spread online – this time focusing on the upcoming “Teraleak” event. Pokémon Legends: ZA.
The content, which includes screenshots and gameplay videos, appears to show an ongoing beta for Pokémon Legends: ZA, which includes various features, mechanics, and mini-games that fans say aren't present in the final game.
The additional data released by Teraleak just days before the official release of Pokemon Legends: ZA for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 is particularly eye-opening – as the suggestion here is that hackers withheld the files from last year's trove of details until the new game in the series was (virtually) released. It also suggests that Nintendo's attempts to locate the hacker were unsuccessful – despite Company's legal offer to subpoena Discord The identity of the hacker was revealed in April this year.
Today's release of hacked Pokémon Legends: ZA information comes days after leaks from players with early copies (both legal and illegal) that revealed the new game's Pokédex, which includes a long list of fresh Super Pokémon species. last week, IGN warns spoiler floodgates are open. As of today, fans think they've compiled a list of all the Pokémon that are getting Mega Evolutions, not just in the base game, but in Legends: ZA's post-launch DLC, which is already available for pre-order.
Now that the game's biggest secrets are available online for those who want to find them, Teraleak hackers seem to have decided now is the time to release what they've got in Pokémon Legends: ZA, and they don't seem to be stopping there.
Teraleak hackers have return Now starting to release information they say is related to Pokémon Legends' upcoming “Gen 10” game, which fans widely expect to launch in 2026, just in time for the series' 30th anniversary. But as claims about the titles and settings of these games continue to change, it's worth pointing out that this information appears to rely on documentation from several years ago rather than actual gameplay footage, as is the case with Pokémon Legends: ZA.
October 2024, Game Freak releases statement confirming company suffered data breach In August of the same year, it noted that hackers had obtained the details of current and former employees. However, the company has not commented on the spread of hacked game data obtained from its servers. These include source code for numerous Pokémon games, unused assets revealing abandoned Pokémon species, internal meeting minutes and PowerPoint presentations, and more.
The hack, dubbed “Teraleak” by Pokémon fans, has reignited memories of the infamous game. 2020 Nintendo “Gigaleak”It's the largest leak of internal video game information ever, revealing previously unknown canceled games, prototypes, source code, development tools and internal communications.
IGN has reached out to Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for comment.
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