I try to approach this shit with a healthy dose of skepticism, but I can't see many plausible reasons for the "leaked" artwork to disappear from google images when it's been sitting at the top of the "sun and moon starter evolutions" images for months.

But I do wonder why Nintendo would just NOW take them down, if the art is legit, as they've been around for a while.

Is it possible Nintendo (or the original artist) requested the take-downs solely to fuck with us?

GameFreak could totally do it to throw people off the trail, and if that's the case, it's working.

Similarly, the artist could have seen the China leak and decided to troll everyone with the image's mass-vanishing. Although, the disappearance seems to be too thorough for one casual artist to orchestrate.

I know, these hypotheticals are bonkers, but I can't believe Nintendo just caught wind of that picture if it's a legit leak.

Something's up here. Does this confirm the art? Is there any room for coincidence? Discuss.

>still choosing rowlet