Update 2, 8/7/19: Well, here we are again, my PokeFriends. After Pokemon's June Nintendo Direct echoed information allegedly revealed in leak from May, and then a trailer in July bolstered that leak's potential legitimacy, today's newest Sword and Shield trailer has once again officially confirmed details first mentioned in that now three-month-old leak.

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This time around, the new trailer lines up with the leak by showing off the soccer hooligan-style Team Yell, as well as the fact that your rivals will be named Bede and Marnie. It also confirms regional forms similar to Sun and Moon's Alolan Pokemon, and the leak even said there would be "regional evolutions" - an idea that initially caused some confusion, but has also been backed up by the Galarian Zigzagoon seemingly having a new evolution of its own.

You scroll down in this article to check out a bulleted list of all the biggest info from the supposed leak (potential spoilers, of course), but as I said in both my last update and the original story, you still shouldn't take its contents as fact. At this point, I think it's pretty safe to say that post wasn't just making stuff up out of nowhere, but typos and inconsistencies were still found between the leak and the trailer reveals, so it's impossible to say what's accurate until we have official word.

Original update and story follow:

Update 1, 7/8/19: While this article was initially published after last month's Pokemon Nintendo Direct seemed to confirm details listed in an old leak, today's new Pokemon trailer has further confirmed gameplay details that show the leak could be legitimate after all.

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Most notably, the new mechanic Gigantamaxing and its ability to change a Pokemon's appearance has now been confirmed after initially being part of the leak. The trailer also shows off new characters named Chairman Rose and Oleana who were both referenced there previously.

That being said, we also have confirmation that this leak, even if it is real, also has typos and other potential inaccuracies. It had mentioned an electric corgi Pokemon called Pamper, and while that Pokemon was confirmed during E3, its actual name is Yamper. It's a small difference, but one that reaffirms the fact that you should take this all with a grain of salt.

The original story follows below, so read on if you'd like to see what else this leak supposedly reveals:

Original Story, 6/5/19: Today’s Pokemon Nintendo Direct gave us tons of official new details about Pokemon Sword and Shield, including 7 new Pokemon and a release date, but it possibly also seems to have shown an alleged leak with even more information from two weeks ago to potentially be accurate.

A thread posted on 4Chan on May 23 claimed to list loads of extra details not yet revealed about the next Pokemon games, but fake leaks are posted to anonymous forums all the time so there wasn’t much reason to believe it was real. But now many of the details officially revealed in today’s Direct match-up with some of what was claimed in that two-week-old leak, lending some weight to the rest of what was described.

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The leak details that matched the official reveal were your rival’s name, Hop, as well as the researcher Sonia being the granddaughter of Sword and Shield’s professor - Leon is also named though not described. The new Dynamaxing mechanic was also detailed accurately and the newly shown sheep Pokemon Wooloo was named, while both legendaries were accurately described but not named. Finally, the Wild Area was addressed by name, along with its open world nature and weather system, and the four-person Dynamax raids within it.

That’s a whole lot of specific names and information to get right by accident, but it’s always safe to remain skeptical with leaks like this regardless. Still, if you would prefer to stay spoiler-free then turn back now!

Here are the bigger unrevealed details that this alleged leak claims are true:

Sword and Shield’s enemy team will be called Team Yell.

There will be an “evil” legendary Pokemon named Eternatus.

In addition to Dynamaxing, there will also be the similar Gigantimaxing, which changes a Pokemon’s appearance in addition to growing its size. Three examples given are Meowth looking like “long cat,” Lapras getting “layers like musical bars to its shell and musical notes,” and Pikachu looking like “retro fat Pikachu.”

“Regional evolutions” will be a thing, with Farfetch’d turning into Sirfetch’d, and Meowth looking like “a ball of spiky grey fur.” It’s unclear if this literally means evolutions or if it actually refers to regional variants like Alola.

Chipmunk Pokemon potentially named “Skwovet and Greedunt” will hide in berry trees, attacking players if they shake them too many times, which will cause you to lose half the berries that fell.

To challenge a gym leader, you need to get an endorsement (not explained), which will then let you take on a gym challenge that needs to be completed before fighting them.

Three gym challenges are described, including one where you have to herd Wooloo while avoiding a new Electric corgi Pokemon called Pamper, one where you navigate a maze with water blocking your path, and one where you have to catch Pokemon and “get 5 points” while in a team battle with another trainer who is also trying to catch them at the same time.

While in the Wild Area, you will “randomly see nearby players and interact with them to get their league cards and items.”

Camping will be a mechanic, and is where you will play with Pokemon. It will also let you make curry to raise stats and use toys to raise friendship.

Grookey’s final evolution is a giant gorilla that uses a wood drum to attack.

Sobble’s evolutions are called Sizzile and then Intelleon, and will have a spy-theme to them.

“Scorbunny will have fighting moves, but is pure fighter.” (There could be a typo in here, it reads as if it meant to say "but is pure fire" or "but isn't pure fighter.") Its second evolution is called Raboot, and its final evolution looks like a humanoid fighter.

A blue seagull Pokemon was described that will get either a “barracuda or a Pikachu” in its mouth when it dives, which it then throws at the enemy.

Again, it’s important to note that this is still all rumor and nothing in the above list is even close to guaranteed to be accurate, so take it all with a grain of salt. It could be that someone was able to see the info that would be revealed in the Direct and simply made up extra details beyond that to mess with people, or that they or misreporting or misremembering details even if they do have inside information.

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Personally, it seems unlikely that this doesn’t have some degree of accuracy to it, but it’s still crucial not to take this as official until it comes straight from the Mudsdale’s mouth. We’ve reached out to The Pokemon Company for comment in the meantime. Update: The Pokemon Company responded to our request simply with “we do not comment on rumors or speculation.”

Pokemon Sword and Shield Images, Trailer, Release Date

For more on Pokemon Sword and Shield, here’s everything officially revealed today, a look at 111 new Pokemon images, and the full Dynamax trailer.

Pokemon Sword and Shield are Nintendo Switch games and have a release date of November 15, 2019.

Tom Marks is IGN's Deputy Reviews Editor and resident pie maker, and he hopes this is all real for the corgi Pokemon alone. You can follow him on Twitter