Development:Pokémon Black and White

This page details development materials of Pokémon Black and White.

This page or section details content from the October 2024 Game Freak Leak. Check the October 2024 Game Freak Leak category for more pages also sourced from this material.

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

To do: Unpack all of the development roms found so far and see what's inside. Highlights: Multiple builds ranging from 2008 - 2010. Lots of early music, like a completely different Undella Town. A whole different game?? Many early Pokemon designs. Should content found in builds be put on a Prototype page, and content only found in the development assets be put here, on the Development page?

On October 12, 2024, a terabyte's worth of data from Game Freak was leaked onto the internet by a hacker. Among the leaks, the entire source code of Pokémon Black and White was released, containing lots of early and unseen content from its developmental cycle.

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Debug Menu Lots of cool debug stuff, like an overworld sprite viewer and a teleportation tool.

Sprites Hundreds of revisions worth of early sprites, including some unused Pokémon.

Audio Lots of musical experimentation and changes...including some of the Dreamyard kind.

General Oddities An unreleased Yoshi game in the source code?

Pokémon Data Name, typing, and base stat changes galore.

Move Data One of the moves melted away.

Maps When the Pokémon Centers originally bought up most of Unova.

Documents Gym Leader profiles, including references to real-world celebrities.