>>24824537Which is a lot better than what they used to do.
I remember back in 1999 reading about and seeing all the Johto mons as they leaked online when G/S were prior to be released in JP. I was only 9, but it was my first experience with "leak". I remember having to come to terms that the wait would be another whole year - was so ... ???~?~ words cannot describe.
I would laugh every time I saw some American media or official Nintendo/Pokemon site claim each new Johtomon revealed was "BRAND NEW! WORLD EXCLUSIVE!!!"
>I still have the USA Today poster of Hoothoot, in its "world debut">The poster was cool, but I knew about Hoothoot since the previous summer.. 